The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-25
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
st. Luke's Guild.


Next wednesday evening, St. Luke's
Guild will give a most attractive enter
tainment at Kotzschmar Hall, consisting
of readings and vocal and instrumental
music. The following will be the pro-
gramme:
Ia. Menuet'''....
-'''-o N0iO b. Elfentanz: $3.50. S'iios
Miss Louise Brown.
Vocal Solo-Barcarolle. Schubert
wa '0 Mrs Henry st. John Smith. 0eiiuDei'
Reading-The Madonna q, Of the Tubs. .......
,,,s. aojd h5lzsssth Stuart Phelps
Piano Solo-Variations, y i; Chopin
Vocal sol0-The Lost Chord (Sy rsquesp.;,;
Mrs. Henry st. John Smith. 'ui'' an
Reading-Pauiine Paulouna. .......
..................;. Thomas Bailey Ai6rich
Miss Goldthwaite
Ia Germany.
Misses Davis and Brown.
One of the Finest.
Next Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings, zone of the Finest will be seen
at Portland Theatre, play Astounding in
beautiful and realistic scenic effects. The
Central Park scene is. without doubt. one
of the most beautiful pictures presented
on the stage in years.
Tickets for the E1ks' Benefit.
Tickets for the grand benefit of the
Elks are going like hot cakes. and the
event in City Hall on May 18th, is certain
to draw a full house. It is settled that
the Bowdoin Minstrels will be seen in
the first part, which will be fine pre-
lude to the large array Of professional
talent that is to follow. The Elk bene-
fits given yearly in Boston are very large
ly attended by the ladies and rank among
the finest performances Of the year.
Portland Lodge Of Elks will set the same
high standard on May 18th. Tickets
may be obtained from the members.
D'AIbert.
The great pianist will be here April
2Sth, at City Hall, and tickets are being
rapidly secured at Stockbridge's.' The
Boston Transcript says:
Beethoven's sonata in F-sharp, opus Is.
is one of the least often heard of it's
whole family. We cannot remember
ever hearing it in public before. EXCEPT.
perhaps, in Beethoven yclus.'' It
belongs to the period of the full bloom
of his second manner; but there are
strong hints in it Of his third manner, of
that new musical essence, the birth Of
which we generally date roughly with
the eighth symphony. D'Albert played
1T wonderfully. Here was a novelty
well worth the hearing. But where the
great pianist had his greatest triumph
was in the Mendelssohn D minor varia-
tons. His playing of these was not only
wonderful throughout, but at one point
lin the slow variation in D MAJOR, he
made one of the grandest, the most Ii
tanic strokes that we can remember in
our whole concert-going experience.
When an artist does thing of chat sort,
there is no need of talking about musical
right or wrong; it may have been purely
Mendelssohnian, or inyeterately I'M Men
delssohnian, for all that we know, or
care. 1t. was stupendouslv grand play
ing OF passage that is already great in
Itself, and as such, can stand against any
criticism whatsoever. 1t was flash Of
true genius. ~ y
Notes.
Miss Lizzie Soule is to bring out 'sPan,
dora" in connection with her class exhi-
bition in Kotzschmar Hall, May 18th.
MI. Ponce's new theatre at Long Island
is rapidly assuming shape, and the frame
is all up. 1t is understood that Mr..
George MoKenney, who was formerly
head usher at Portland Theatre, has the
refusal of the management.