Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-10
MASTER OF THEART
Sousa Captisates by the Magic
Charm
OF HIS SUBTLE BAND MUSIC
More Than Fifteen Hundred Persons
Assemble TO Hear HIS Delight
ful Revelations


Tue mere advent and exodus Will
soon be forgotten Ia the busy whlrl Of
life; the memory OF tue concert VIII
1--we long witn the 1000 people who
comfortably filed Hartman's nall Last
evening. Rarely have the emotions of
a Grand Rapids aud iene, been as IN
consciously swayed by the power Of
muslc-lsughter and tears We're but
bar apart. When one remembers that
these effects were produced by brass
band watch played compositions rang
ing from the overture 10 "semlramlde'
u MARY Green and from peer
Gynt' 10 burlesque on the Salvation
Army there eau De ous one conclusion:
Ii IS y superb band.
When Sousa WAS last here with the
Marine band fault was found with the
reed Instruments, there the band Was
weak. Whether this criticism ever
reached the ears of Mr.. Sousa Is proble-
matte; a. any rate such a remark will
never be made OF the new Marine
band.
Revelation In Melody.
The first number Was Rossini's over
ture t. ''Semlramlde," IN which the
motif Is almost wholly carried by the
reed. The phrasIng, colorng, and
expression was . revelation TO the au-
dlence. No band ever rendered 1t bet
ter. For an encore Mr.. Sousa gave that
catchy little air, MARY Green," and 1t
had to be repeated.
If there was one thing more than An
other which endeared Gilmore TO the
public II was his good nature Ill re-
spending TO encores. His programs
contained pieces that appealed to all
conditions of men. These were charac-
terlstlcs of the dead baudmaster. They
are also those of Sousa.
Those of the audience who were ia
millar with Greig's "Peer Gynt gasped
with astouishment when the beautiful
melody tioated through the hall. A
brass band TO play composition writ.
ten for violin and piano. Such thing
had never been heard of. Sousa had
| arranged the piece In the same pitch
for his band as though 1t were played
on a muted violin. The effect WAS
wouderful-the reeds bringing out the
/ violin and piano parts In al. their won
crous beauty. One could fairly see
the warm, bright sun breaking through
the cold, grey clouds, and could sniff
| the cool, fresh, braclng morning air.
The motif changes and Asa is dying
another instant and "Peer Gynt" is flee
| ing from the king of the mountains, hit
| enormous strides accumulated by drum
and cymbal. All the dramatic fire and
beauty were brought out by a master
hand. None but a superb conductor
| directing magnificent organization
would have attempted it; none other
could have saved it from failure. II
was as successful as 1t was daring.
The Soloisrs and Program
Signor Galsssi's voice was not heard
to advantage In the Evening STAR
! from Tanhauser. The composition
was not suited 10 him. Ii showed that
his voice was growing old. His artistic
rendition, however, received well
merlted encore and he responded by
singing Largo al Factotem" from the
Barber of Seville, where the beauties Of
his voice were apparent, Miss Mar.
| celia Lindhs captlvated the audience
Her voice is remarkably sympa.
thetlc soprano of singular sweetness
particularly in the upper register, and
IS under perfect control. She sing
with Intelligence, phrasing well and
co!oring wonderfully. The mad seen,
from Lucia" was superbly rendered.
The following is the program;
/ Overture-"Semlranide "........... ... Rossi nj
Sute-"Peer Gynt." drieg
! A. Morning. p. Asa's death.
C. Peer Gynt chased by the King of tn
mountains.
| Episode Militsire-"March of the Royal Trum
| pets SO usa
| Inrratuci,y a say tarte ri Evvnti. n trim, net J,
| Song-"Eyenlng star (Tanhauser). W agner
Signor Gasssi,
| Ballet music 10 "Rosamunde. "....--Schubert
| A. Intermezzo-"Bal des En- sauts. .-JaNOne
| p. MOreeau-"A Dream after the Ball
| Aria-Mad scene from Lucia, -. DoniZetti
| Miss Marcela Lindh.
Scenes MISUNDERSTANDING r. de......... Sousa
| HumorcsQue-"6ooi Bye" ...... usa
Patriotic air-"The Spang Ell Banner"
.......hE