The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-29
MUSIC AND DRAMA,
Sousa,


band of 50 musicians drew an excellent
audience to City ball last evening. The
programme, which was printed in yes
terday's issue. embraced several numbers
that were calculated to display the abili
ties of this fine musical organization to
perfection, and were of q character that
one would expect to hear given by
string orchestra rather than brass
band. But it was the Sousa marches that
the audience fairly reVellel in and Sousa
showed his usual generosity by giving
them as encores. There wGs the Liberty
Bell, and the Washington Post, the Man
haitian Beach, the Directorate and others,
gwen with all the old swing and
perfection of time.
Among the new music heard was the
Scherzo and Hahenera ia Slesta de Ia
Senorita'' composition brought by
Mr.. Souaa from Italy as most, attractive
composition full of the southern tone
and feeling. Then there was q caprice
of Kings "Ropin and Wren" delight
ful work. The Introduction and SIerl1ana
from "Cavalleria Rusticane" was given
with all the passionate coloring that per
taips TO it and few have ever heard Len
tner's Grand Festival Orchestra or Ru-
hensfeip's "Valse Caprice better
played.
lhe solos were all fully up to the stan
dard of the artists who rendered them.
Dir. Arthur Pryor the trombone soloist
uee6ed no introduction. He is unsEr-
passed on his intrument anc in response
to the encore gave "Annie Laurie"
MIR. He'll was q master of the fuegelhorn
and produced asbeautiful tone and played
with great expression. Mrs. Elizabeth
Northrop has q pleasing soprano voictf
of much fiexibility and sang with consid-
cradle brillianoy. For an encore she
sang "Comlns tho tee rye. Miss
Martina tombstone renewed the fine i'm
pression she made when here before
she is violin virtuoso Of great skill and
produces a superb tone from her instru-
ment. Of course she was encored.
Canadian Jubilee Singers.
The Canadian Jubilee Singers are the
only Canadian company having made
sixssyears' tour through the United States
a five years European tour, and appear
ing by royal command before Her
Majesty. The company consists OF
chorus of eleven voices. first class or
chestra, paragon male quartette,
black Jenny Lind soprano, phenomenal
boz bass singer, another bass singer of
merit, another soprano soloist, noted
al q
sweet voiced tenor singer. The Jubilee
Singers will be heard this evening at
Second Parish church. Reserved seats at
Center & McDowells. The concert will
begin at o'clock.
Hands Across the Sea.
Hands across the Sea, which comes to
Portland theatre next Saturday for
ratinee and evening performance, Is an
English melodrama of the popular sort,
being full of sensation, also full of stir
and action. No less an authority than
the Chicago Inter Ocean states that it is
written in Pettitt's 1.-THE famous drama
tist) best style, the villain being by
several degrees the most impudent, de-
terinined scoundrel ever seen in play OF
this kind. All the scenic details and
mountings are unusually well presented,
so that there is good denl to interest
the popular eye as the action progresses.
The com pany is an excellent one.
Trilby.
Paul NJ. Potter has made more of
play out of the Trilby book than casual
readers of it.would have thought possible
Trilby as staged is drama in four acts.
Those who have read the novel cannot
help noticing that Mr. Potter caught the
atmosphere of the Latin Quarter as 1t
was wildly portrayed by Du Maurier.
The gay old time in the studio OF the
Three Musketeers Of the Brush on
Christm as eve, is especially true to life.
The company is evenly balanced and
a fine production is promised. All who
have not seen Tr1lby should avail them
selves of this chance as Trilby Is to make
a tour of all cities not yet visited, before
the close of the season. Trilby will be
seen here on Tuesday, May 4th, matinee
and evening, at Portland theatre.
May Day Carnival.
Bosworth Relief Corps will produce in
City hell, May Day afternoon and even
ing, the operatic drama of Laila. The
plot of the piece represents May Day
sports in the wonds. In the midst of
their sports they are visited by a beggar
woman and her ten cildren in rags. The
whole party feel themselves insulted and
request the intruders 10 leave. Laila
sympathizes with the unfortunates, ap-
ueals TO the party to bid them to stay and
partake of her Inequalities, they -relent,
and with one accord bid the begga-s vel
come. The second act represents Leila
as having lost her way IN the woods OH
a mountain top; there she is visited by
the queen of the fairies ana her attend
ants, who try to persuade Laila to go
with them bus she prefers home. The
third act represents the May Day party
still in their sports, and while thus en-
gaQed the queen of the fairies and her at