Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-26
A MAMMOTH SUCCESS.
The Careless Concert at the Theatre
Last Evening.

LaSt EF6ulDse
Professor George Careless last night in
troduced to the public his new orchestra.
Professor Careless is the old time pioneer
of music in this Territory. The first
orchestra in Utah was formed under his
leadership, and he has ever since been
unremitting in his efforts to give the
| public orchestral music He has, how
ever, always labored under the drawback
of having but crude materials to work
with. Although the orchestra he pre-
sented last night is probably better made
up than any he has ever had, yet the
overture to William Tell' was an ambi-
tious undertaking. This is an overture
that will tax the powers of any orchestra.
1t would be very easy, of course, to find
fault, were We to apply anything like
critical standard of measure. This, how
ever, would be out of place, as no pre-
tentions are made beyond that of giving
an enjoyable Interpretation of the coinpo-
sitions presented 1t was evident that
Mr.. Careless had worked hard
to get his orchestra into train
ing, and the audience testified their
approval of his efforts by liberal and
hearty applause. 1t was pleasant to note
the evident disposition on the part OF the
public to encourage the maiden efforts OF
the orchestra, especially as there is every
reason to suppose that further training
under Mr.. Careless baton will develop
it into an efficient musical body. The
soloists all did themselves credit. Mr.
Weihe's rendering of the andante move
ment of Mendelssohn's famous violin
concerto, OPP. GA, was particularly fine,
and our only regret was that he did not
present the other movements also. The
Moscheles duet for two pianos was accep-
tablyrendered byProf. Radcliff and Mr.. C.
Darlington. Mr.. Gorlinski sang Verdi
aria from Nabuco," in which his fine
voice showed to great advantage; but we
liked his rendering of the ballad "Never
Again, (which ne gave as an encore piece,
still better. Mr.. Krouse gave spirited in
depreciation of two movements of Men
delssohn's piano concerto OPP. %. This
gentleman has the material in him for
brilliant pianist, if he were little more
friendly to hard practice Mr.. Van
Praag, for a Cello solo, played one of
Peppers Carnival Scenes,' which he
rendered with his usual brilliant
effect, and was loudly applaud
ed. We understand Mrs. Care
less hesitated about singing in this con-
cert: on the ground that she was losing
her voice. There is no fear of this, in
view of her splendid rendering of Claws
well-known ballad "She wandered down
the mountain side" Her voice is as beau
tiful and fresh as ever
There are some small details which
should be looked to at these concerts:
For instance, one of the piano stools used
appeared to be the great grandfather of
all piano stools-decrepit,w worn, lettering,
lop-sided-ft for nothing but fire-ma-
terial, and positively dangerous to sit |
down upon. Yet this stool was not only
assigned to poor Mr.. Darlington. but it |
was during the entire performance left |
directly in front of the conductors desk, |
as If 1t had been the most brilliant of |
ornaments. The other stool squeaked so
horribly when it was raised or lowered, |
as to excite the visibility of the audience.
Again, the conductors desk might GER
talnly be arranged more tassefully than |
to be draped with red bunting. |
Arrangements should also be made to al |
low solo artists to pass between the chairs
of the orchestra, in order to arrive at the I
front of the stage Mr. Van Praag, for
instance, not only had to describe a circle
around the entire orchestra when he ap-
peared to play his solo, but he also had to
carry his own chair. Heaven knows, we
are not writing in fault-finding or quer-
ulous spirit, but these things are so pro-
vincial and ungraceful, and might so
easily be avoided. There should never
be anything done or seen upon the con-
cert stage to offend the eye or ear. Taste,
decorum, grace and quiet-these should
never be absent from the concert room.