Programme . rs, and that the scorewas extremely weak; yet he praises Gaveauxs music to Roccos songabout gold for1 its melody, diction, and piquant used trombones sparingly, yet he introduced them in thePrisoners chorus. Berlioz also says that when Fidelio was per-formed at the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, the manager, Carvalho, wishedto introduce as the characters in Bouillys situations Ludovic Sforza,Jean Galeas, Isabelle dAragon, and Charles VIII., and to have thescenes at Milan 1495, for the purpose of more brilliant costumes andtableaux. Was this the revival in i860, whe
Programme . rs, and that the scorewas extremely weak; yet he praises Gaveauxs music to Roccos songabout gold for1 its melody, diction, and piquant used trombones sparingly, yet he introduced them in thePrisoners chorus. Berlioz also says that when Fidelio was per-formed at the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, the manager, Carvalho, wishedto introduce as the characters in Bouillys situations Ludovic Sforza,Jean Galeas, Isabelle dAragon, and Charles VIII., and to have thescenes at Milan 1495, for the purpose of more brilliant costumes andtableaux. Was this the revival in i860, when Carre* and Barbier signedthe libretto, and Pauline Viardot impersonated the heroine? Mr. Anton Witek, violinist, was born at Saaz, Bohemia, January7, 1872. He studied the violin under Anton Bennewitz at Prague, andin 1894 was chosen concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra ofBerlin. Mr. Witek commanded attention in Germany in 1895 by hisperformance in one evening of three violin concertos (by Beethoven,. mid Tfeeafer 3/S &©ih HOUSE 9 PHONES. OXFORD 935, 942, 2430 844 Brahms, and Paganini). Since 1894 he has given concerts in all theEuropean countries with the Danish pianist, Vita Gerhardt, whois now Mrs. Witek. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Witek, with Mr. JosephMalkin, who was then solo violoncellist of the Berlin PhilharmonicOrchestra, formed the Berlin Philharmonic Trio. (Mr. Malkin be-came a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in October, 1914.)In 1907 Mr. Witek played in Berlin the newly discovered violin con-certo in A major of Mozart, for the first time, and in 1909 in the samecity the newly discovered violin concerto in C major of Haydn, also forthe first time. Mr. Witek was engaged as concertmaster of the Boston SymphonyOrchestra in 1910. He has played in Boston at concerts of this orchestrathe following concertos:— Beethovens Concerto in D major, October 29, 1910; November 14,1914. Brahmss Concertq in D major, January 20, 1912; Bruchs Con-certo No. 2, Op. 44, Janua
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