The herald., 1898-04-17

history Of this city. The change from
Hazards pavilion to the Los Angeles
theater was certainly the part of wis
dom. The only point of advantage that
the pavilion can boast is its greater seat
ing capacity. The acoustic properties Of
the theater are infinitely superior ano
the comfort Of the audience will be much
greater than at the pavilion. The sale
Of seats opens at the Los Angeles thea
ter box office tomorrow morning.
The sixth and last concert Of the pres
ent season to be given by the Los An
geles Symphony orchestra will take place
at Music hall on Tuesday afternoon. The
following excellent program has been
prepared:
March Hongroise, Domination of Faust
(Berlioz).
Overture. Hebriden. "Fingars Cave"
(Mendelsshon).
Waltz, "Seid Umschlungen Millionen"
(Strauss).
1.-The Mill" (GilleD; strings alone.
Second Symphony in d Beethoven);
Adagio motto, allegro con brio; Larghetto.
Scherzo (allegro), Allegro motto.
Overture, Light Cavalry" (Suppe).
Richard Wagner once wrote, with par
donable eXaggeration, that the conduct
or's art is summed up in the correct in
stinct for tempo-the pace at which the
piece is taken. Dismayed by the errors
SO frequently made by conductors, he
once undertook to provide metronome
marks for the whole of his opera Tam
hauser," but found that therewere more
misconceptions than ever, wherefore he
concluded that the metronome is mis-
leading, and thenceforth confined his
marks chiefly to notifications of tempo,
"of which our conductors know prac-
tically nothing" Beethoven, too, found
the metronome a useless encumbrance.
He twice provided his ninth symphony
with metronome marks, and very diff
ferently In the two cases. When this
was pointed out to him he exclaimed: :
mo metronome! A man who has the
right feeling does not need it; the man
who has not finds it useless; he and the
whole orchestra run away from it,"
Scenes in costume from several of the
principal Gilbert and Sullivan comic
operas will be given at Paulk's hall
Washington street, under the direction
VI AAi D 1Sdpci w ydlt OI HulSQay even
ing next. In addition to Mrs. Wyatt
the participants will be Misses Edith
Preston, Edith Hanes, Marion Arm
strong and Messrs. Merle Manning, Her
man de Laguna and Fred Abbott, as
sisted by chorus.
The Sunday School orchestra Of the
First Congregational church gave its
eighth popular concert Friday evening.
The orchestra of thirty pieces is under
the direction of w. Fl. Mead. The solo,
lists were Miss Annie b. Shepard ESQ.,
prano), Roy B. Summers (basso), Mrs.
Pearl w. Severance (zitheD and C. w.
Stevens Ccello).
A. j. Stamm gave a musicale with
some Of his advanced pupils at,B57 South
Flower street last Thursday evening,
when the following program was rem
dered:
Sonata in A major for piano and violin
(MozarO; Allegro molto. Tema can varia-
zloni (Andante grazioso)-Miss Grace
Freebey and A. j. Stamm
(a) Polonaise N C sharp minor (Chopir):
(b) "The Two Skylarks" Leschetizky)-
Miss Viola I. Bell.
Kanzertstucck, Op. 70 (Weber); accom-
paniment By an organ Miss Helen Day)
AID second piano "a. J. Stamm); Largh-
etto ma non troppo. Allegro passionate.
Tempo q! marcia, Presto assai-Miss Grace
Eanbou.
Fantasia Brillante. op. no. for two vio-