The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-10
LAST NIGHTS CONCERT.
Another Success added to tho Home
orchestra's Record. -sf

Another Success added TO the Home
orchestra's Record. .-rf
The Opera House orchestra gave its
annual grand concert at the Opera
House last evening, and like all previous
similar entertainments given by this
superior organization, it was a most ar.
tistic and delightful success; it was
wheeling's May Musical Festival on a
small but very enjoyable scale. The
audience, while not so large as the one
that attended the Orchestra's last annual
concert, was one of goodly size; there
were but few seats unoccupied in the
lower part Of the house, and fully one
third OF the balcony was taken. Promi-
nent among those present were nearly
all OF the city's leading musical people.
AS usual on these occasions the or
chestra was assisted by outside talent.
Three or four Pittsburgh musicians were
here, and Professors Schockey and Was,
Of this city, sat with the first violins and
rendered efficient aid; Miss Annie Lang,
OF this city, harpist, also assisted in sew
eral OF the orchestral numbers. With
these additions the orchestra num-
bered over twenty pieces. The pro-
graInme was a remarkably fine one
from musical standpoint, and was rem
dered in a splendid and very finished
manner, but it is question whether
II was not q little too heavy to
be popular with a Wheeling audience.
Aside from the exquisite "Scmiramide"
overture, the descriptive selection by
Kling-"A RusticiWedding in Savoy"
and the pretty waltz, dreams Of the
Ocean," the orchestral numbers were
hardly such as catch the popular ear.
The orchestra is doing q good work,
however, in educating public taste up
to the higher grade OF music with which
last nights programme abounded.
The vocalist OF the evening was Miss
Flora Williams, who may be safely said
to enjoy greater popularity here than
any other singer Wheeling has ever
called her own. She never appeared ia
betteradvantage, and sang as charmingly
as she looked. Her solo, "Salve Regina,
by Dana, was so heartily encored that
she returned and sang Arditi's famous
kiss Waltz" Miss Lang played as {
harp solo without any accompaniment
"Thou Art so Near and yet so Far" anC
responded to q warm encore call. Mis-
Lang's playing shows great improve
ment; in "Abenruhe," a composition
for the strings, bells and harp, her in
strument wasagain heard with pleasure
The programme opened with Weber,
grand overture, "Der Friescheutz,
which was played with fine expression
another good number was iantasiI
from Meyerbeer's prophet" Two mum
bers that were superbly rendered ant
yet not appreciated as they should have
been were the Allegro Moderate o
Schubert's unfinished symphony in !
Minor and n paraphrase on the "Lorely'
by Neswadba.
Mr.. IF. Cooper, one OF the Pittsburgh
musicians, an accomplished 'cellC
player played as solo romance by
Zippel in an artistic manner that brought
out all the expression in the compost
ton. The success OF the entertainment
was due in no small part to Prof. L. w
Spell, who conducted the orchestra
For some time past he has had his mer
rehcarsing and the result Of his goot
work was shown in the splendid rendi
ton OF last nights programme.