The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-05-06
Cincinnati Irav FESTIVAL.

The work of preparation for the Seventh
biennial Festival, which opens in the great
Music Hallin Cincinnati on the 18th of May
and closes on Wagner's birthday-May 22d, is
about complete.
Seven grand concerts will be given, each
containing at least one choral composition and
a symphony by one of the great masters.
The Festival opens ON Tuesday night, May
18th, with Haydn's "Creation' and Bee
t%hoven's immortal Seventh Symphony. The
talns Bach's Mass in b Minor and Shumann's
second Symphony. The third concert is a
matinee, on Thursday afternoon, when some
beautiful part songs for women's voices, var
ions arias by Lehman and Whitney. with
Schubert's delightful Eighth Symphony, from
an attractive program.
The fourth concert, on Thursday night, is
entirely taken up with Berlioz' "Damnation of
Faust" a great work, which is attracting
crowds from all directions. The fifth concert,
on Friday evenings, presents Beethoven's
Heroic symphony and Rubenstein's magnif-
cent o%ratorio "'The Tower ofBabel." The sixth
concert is a matinee, with Hastreiter, Ludwig
and Juch as ~soloists. The seventh concert, on
Saturday night, is the Wagner concert, the
principal work of the evening being "The
Meistersinger," Act Sd.
The third and sixth concerts are given in
the afternoons ofThursday and Saturday, and
are somewhat lighter than the more classical
evening concerts. In addition to Schubert's
delightful Eighth Symphony and Berlioz'
Symphonic Fantastique,' Lehman, Whit
arias; there will be various part songs for
wOmen's voices, and Sehubert's beautiful sett-
ing of the Twenty-Third Psalm will be rem
dered.
The price of a single ticket for each of these |
concerts will be $500 only, and very many |
will avail themselves of the opportunity to
purchase tickets at the sale of Single tickets |
who were unable to attend the entire season of |
the Festival. This sale opens at the store of
The John Church Company in Cincinnati,
Tuesday, MAY 4th, at 9 A. NJ, and continues |
until the close of the Festival.
The Cincinnati Music Hall seats between
4eop and 1850 comfortably, and was built
with such marvellous acoostic skill that it may
be fairly said that every seat in this matchless
hall is a good one, so that all who wish, may.
come to the Festival assured of a delightful |
evening of music enjoyed in a comfortable
seat.
Special rates are made on all the railroads
during the Festival week, and long enough |
to allow those who attend the Fes-
tival to reach home. These rates will be furn-
ished to all who apply to the local agents, and
in most cases will be. at least, as low as one
and one-third fares for the round trip.
The entire city of Cincinnati will be given
up to gaiety during the week. Excursions |
are coming from ali directions. The Art Mu-
scum is to be open, and several of the fine resi-
dences of the city will admit visitors by card, |
and everybody who comes may be assured of
enjoying a visit, the pleasant memory of which
will last long,
Those who are unable to purchase tickets, |
in person, can send their orders to Mr.. Lucian
Wulsin, Secretary of the Association.
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