National Republican., 1883-04-26
THE GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA
Give an Enjoyable Concert ut the Com
grational Church.

SrattOnal Church.
The Georgetown amateur orchestra made
its first bow before Washington audience
last night at the Congregational church,
which was crowded to sutfocation by the
friends of the organization. Although this
was the sixth public rehearsal, it was the first
ever given in q hall the acoustic properties of
which were at all adapted for concert pur-
poses, and the gentlemen of the orchestra
have reason to feel proud of the impression
they made. The selections rendered were far
more pretentious than those given at any
previous rehearsal, and as whole were
smoothly and satisfactorily done. The
shading was carefully attended to- and with
but an occasional exception the chords were
struck with precision. The first number
was the most uniformly satisfactory,
not yet having commenced to make havoc
among the strings. The traumbilder with
the either solo by Prof Finckle was very
neat performance and we'll received. The
symphony from Schubert was done well, not
comparatively but positively. Beethoven's
Symphony No. was the most ambitious
work that the orchestra has yet attempted,
but their performance justified its attempt.
In shading and phrasing they were uniformly
correct, and their Interpretation was accurate
and a4plendid. The orchestra has now
arrived Mt a stage in its growth when its
performances are very generally appreciated,
and more frequent appearances in this city
will be looked forward to with pleasant antic-
ipation. The programme which was carried out
under the leadership of Prof. r. Il. Bernays
was as follows: ], Die Felsenmuhle zu Is
talieres, G. G.. Reissiger.
g Symphony (unhnished), Franz Schu-
bert-(d) Allegro Moderate; (b) Andante con
moto.
g. Marionette's March, Gounod.
A. Symphony No. l, Beethoven-(d) Adagio
motto; Allegro con brio-C major: (b) An
dante cantabile con moto-F; (c) Min uetto +
Trio-C major; (d) Adagio; Allegro motto Il
Vivace-C major.
g. umbilder-Fantasie (by request),
Lumbye.
Prof. Bernays is young man, but an en-
thusiast in his art and thoroughly skilled in
its technique. His success in the perfection
to which this orchestra has arrived is credit
able alike to his efforts and the personnel of
the orchestra.
Tho Georgetown Amateur orchestra was
organized some years ago in Georgetown, and
has grown until IL now numbers over forty
active members Most of them are George
town people, but few are from Washington.
Its list of passive members numbers some of
the most distinguished names in the district.
II presents an array of talent that has been
disciplined and developed by laborious and
intelligent study into musical association of
which the district may well be proud.
The active members of the orchestra are
II. ID. Cooke, president; f. S. Barbarin, sec
retary L. w, Stone, librarian; r. G. Bernays,
conductor; Il, IL. Gibbs, treasurer; A. Coyle
Gibbs, assistant librarian first violin-H. ID.
Cooke, Il. Szemelenyi, F.Weiler, IL. Rakeman,
@. w. Curtis, Q. A. Pearson, A. j. Bowles,
+. Q. Schaefer, ]. r. Hill; second violin
Lillian Parslow, Il. p. Upham, J. G. Fletcher,
Carl Keferstein, Tyler Nordlinger 4. T..
Rogers, Alex. de Nogueras; viola-F. j, Papst,
w. II. Burr, Geo. X. Finckle; vioincello-
+. S. Barbarin, l. T. Davis, j. A. Alexander /;
contra bass-A. w. Tyler l.. Naeckar flute
II. Ii. Gibbs, Il. w. Stone; oboe-C. S. Helm,
John JUST clarionet-J. II. Gibson, f. w.
Schroeder; horn-N. d. Adams, VIM. Long I;
trombone-F. IL. Barbarin; tympani-C. L,
Schroeder.