The Portland daily press., 1895-04-05

generously even laVlSnly IN Tune ana
strength by her music and her personal
endeavors in numerous philanthropic
fields, that Portland people will welcome
this opportunity to show her their
hearty appreciation of the same.
| Boston Symphony Orchestra.
| The concert to be given by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, on the sixteenth of
this month, will be one of the finest ever
offered by this celebrated organization.
In fact speaking of performance of 1.-The
overture to Don Giovanni" by the or
| chestra in Boston a critic said: "The
| playing of the orchestra throughout was
| teadily fine. The Mozart overture was
| read by MIR. Paur in mastery manner
and was played very beautifully. 1t
might be reasonably believed that the
work was well known to Symphony
| not the case, for the programme book
gave four pages of minute description,
even telling of the time-honored story of
the overture being composed in great
haste the night before the performance,
and scored from the strings and wood
wind, feat that was utterly impossible,
as may be proved by any rapid copyist
who attempts merely to write out the
score in the time Named" The tickets
may be procured at Stock bridges. All
holders of concert tickets from out of
the city will have half fare and late
trains on the railroads.
A Musical.
| Mr.. and Mrs. f. e. Hanson of Brackett
street gave musicale Wednesday eve
ming which was largely attended and en-
joyed by everyone present. Following is
the programme:
Piano Duet-Sonata in D, Diabelli
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson.
Vocal Duet-Like the Lark, Apt
Miss Davis and Mrs. Henley.
Reading-The Fate of Virginia,
Miss Totten
Piano Solo-Polacca Brillante, Weber
Miss Linscott.
Flute Solo-La Vavorite de Vienne,
Terschak
Mr. Tolman.
Cornet Solo-Lucia di Lammermoor,
Donizetti
Mrs. Hanson.
Vocal Duet-Wanderer Night Song,
Rubenstein
s"a@ s Miss Davis and Mrs Henley.
Reading-KissingP Prohibited,
- Miss Totten.
Piano Solo-Com'e Gentil Cleft hand
only, Smith
Miss Linscott.
Trombone Solo-The Arrow and the
Song, Pinsuti
Mr.. Hanson.
Special mention should be made of
Miss Totten's excellent reading.
Notes.
The people of Portland will hear grand
be at City Hall under the Stockbridge
management, April Goth and 30th on
their way from Canada to Boston, OPEN
ing in Boston at the Boston Theatre for
two weeks.
The audience at City hall Wednesday
night will perhaps rememb ber the young
lady who, in the first act, played the
small part of the French maid, but
whose name was not on the bill. The
Ethel Barrymore, daughter of Maurice
Barrymore-who is well known to Port
land theatre goers-and Georgia Drew
Barrymore. The young lady is not quite
seventeen, but she played the part with
much taste and judgment. :
Saturday evening, April 13, is the
date fixed by Manager Eugene Tomkins
| for the return to the Boston theatre of
his big show, "The Black Crook" This
years production. it is claimed, is more
| elaborate than ever, as q spectacle, and
as to the variety and quality of the spec
ialties
Miss Antoinette Szumowska, who
makes her first appearance at the rehear-
sal and concert of the Symphony Orches-
ira iu Boston this week, is pianist who
has already gained a generous recogni-
tion of her ability in. the principal Con
tinental cities of Europe as we'll as Lon
don and the English Provinces. She is
native of Warsaw. Her first education
was in medicine, but her preference
soon led her to abandon those studies,
and she became pupil of Mr.. Paderew-
ski, with whom she studied for three
years. She is the only pupil of Mr.. Pad
erewski in this country who has her
teachers Endorsement as concert ar
list.
Manager Brady Is fast completing ar
rangements to send out his first "Trilb."
company, which will play New England.
Another company will be put on western
and another ON soul uthern circuits.
Robson is to produce new play
called Marmaduke" in Boston.
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