The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-11
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
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The Boston SYMPHONY Orchestra gave tbs
last regular entertainment in the Stockbridge
course last evening, if we except the lecture
by Mr.. Burdette, April 18th, who will take
the place made vacant by the death Of Mr..
Cough The hall is usually sufficiently
crowded at these entertainments but last
night every inch of space was occupied, and
the heat and bad air was something terrible,
and it seemed to have its effect on the au-
dience who were less alert and enthusiastic
than usual The programme however was
an admirable one, and it possessed for Its
chief feature the rendering OF Gounod's
"Troisieme Messe Solennelle" by the Haydn
Society of this city, accompanied by the
Symphony Orchestra.
The chorus was arranged as usual On raised
seats in the rear of the orchestra and num-
bered some one hundred voices. The excel
lent drill they displayed last June when the
same work received its first Interpretation In
Portland at their hands, was repeated last
night, beautlfed and richly colored by the
delicious Instrumentation of the orchestra.
The precision of attack, the delicate shading,
the grand crescendoes and dminuendoes, the
volume and quality of tone, for which the
society is noted were all made more pro-
nounced last night, and the melodlc forms
of the composition were revealed to an as
tonishing degree by the orchestra Mr..
Kotzschmar conducted with that power and
feeling which has made him one of the best
oratorio conductors in the country, and it
must have pleased both him and the Haydns
to have been so warmly applauded by the
orchestra.
Of the rest Of the programme we can say
that the beautiful overture to the Hebrides,
or Fingaps Cave as it has been called in the
score, was rendered so smoothly and effec-
lively that the 'calm sea and summer
voyage" were photographed on the brain,
while the finale with the gradual roughening
of the ocean, were as faithfully described.
The Haffner serenade of Mozart's. was one
of the graceful finished melodious compost
tons that are among the, best, Of the great
masters subordinate works, while the List
poem, "LeS PretudeS," displayed the rich
ness of the braSses to a great degree, while
the whirlwind of the strings in the allegro
the beauty of the oboe and yiolins in the
pastoral passages, and the grandeur of the
basses, were so individualized as to give
great delight.
Mr. Kneisel charmed his hearers with his
superb tone in the Faust fantasia by
Wieniawski, as well as by his command of
to all and the applause that followed his
effort showed him how strongly he had stir
red his audience.
A noted feature was the fact that when
the electric lights failed the orchestra kept
right on with the overture seemingly so
familiar with the score that notes were un-
necessary.
THE REFORM CLUB ENTERTAINMENT.
The entertainment at the Reform Club
Hall last evening was well enjoyed, and the
several parts were exceedingly well taken
and elected much applause. The following
was the programme:
Song. ........... Miss Morrison and Miss Laughton
Banjo and Harmonica Quartette. ...............
Home, Sweet Home with variations.
Messrs. Sheldon, Flagg and Hartwell.
heading Willie M Letavor
Guitar and Banjo. =. Messrs. Armand and Bean
Song. .,...........-. Miss Morrison and Miss Fagg
Harmonica Duet. >. Masters Church and Griffin
Banjo and Harmonca Quartette. Cuckoo
Messrs Sheldon, Flagg and Hartwell.
Heeitaton a,ss ~, MISS ,s Pearson
Song. Miss Morrison and Miss Fiagg
APHRoDITE.
Aphrodite is a dramatization of "The Tin
ted Venus and has become one of the most
popular musical extravaganzas now on the
stage. The music is all new and pleasing,
the scenery prepared especially for the piece
and the characters are said to be well sus-
tanned, Miss Lille Bate, in the title role,
being all that can be desired, while j. ].
Williams, as the BARRIERS apprentice keeps
the audience in roar. Tickets viii be
ready Saturday.
YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP.
The Madison Square Theatre Company
who will appear in young Mrs. Winthrop"
at the theatre tomorrow night will have
splendid audience to greet them. The
tickets will find ready sale for the general
talk is about this entertainment.
NOTES
City Hall is engaged by company for the
last week in this month which will bring out
several dramas.
The Haydns will rehearse elijah, and
will give miscellaneous concert in June
next.
Mrs. Eliza Kinlock, who was born in Lon
don, Mrrch Z, 1886, and who made her first
appearance in America in Philadelphia in
1927, celebrated her ninetieth birthday in
Philadelphia on Sunday at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. john Drew. She was
an excellent stock actress and is probably
the oldest living actress