The Portland daily press., 1898-02-08
MUSIC AND DRAMp.
THE BLACK CROOK.

This evening the big spectacular 70.
nance ''Black Crook will begin a
two nights engagement with special bar
gain matinee tomorrow at Portland Thea
tire. The company comes to this city
with flattering notices of satisfactory per-
ormances given at many of the principal
cities in Now England. The cast is more
than ordinarily strong, and contains sew
eraI artists who were COST for the same
roles in the big New York and Boston
runs. There are ten clever speciality acts
in the olio, which together with the many
beautiful corpyhees, fairies, acrobats and
clowns, also the splendid special scenery
carried by the company, form one of the
most attractive and satisfactory enter
| tainments ever given at popular prices
For such a grand production to be
offered our theatre goers at the low scale
of prices is indeed unusual, and there
will doubtless be lively demand for
seats, the sale of which began yesterday.
PIANO AND CELLO RECITAL.
Tickets for the piano and cello recital
to be given at Second Advent church this
evening by Mr.. Edward B. Hill and Mr..
Thomas 81. Cabot of Boston, can be Sc
cured at Loring, Short &c Harmon's sanG
Cressey, Jones & Aliens. Both of these
gentlemen are credited with being very
skillful performers. Mr.. Hill is grand
son of Rev. DIR. Hill, so long pastor of
the First Parish church in this city.
This concert ought to call out an audi
ence Of music lovers that will fllxthe
house. The programme already printed
in the PRESS is especially attractive
with many numbers from modern and
extremely interesting composers. Mr..
Hill has for many years shown unusual
musical ability both in original work
and in his felicitous rendering Of the
great masters. The enthusiasm which
Prof.J K. Paine of Harvard college. GER
tainly onei.of our foremost musical au.
thorities, has long felt for Mr.. Hills at
tainments and the cordial praise of Mr..
Whiting of New York are sufficient assur-
ances of the young pianist's very genuine
talent. having taken the highest honors
in the musical course at Harvard, fire.
quentIy writing music for various public
occasions, favorably known in Cambridge
and Boston for his work gas leader, &C.
conpanist and instrumental soloist, it
seems evident that Mr.. Hill has before
him career which will be watched by
his many friends with great interest.
The playing2of Mr.. Cabot, r!e violincel-
list, has been highly praised, and will
largely add to the attrativeness Of the
programme.
FRANZ RUMMEL.
Speaking of tine great piano virtuoso
who will appear at Kotzschmar hall at
matinee recital next Saturday, the Bos-
ton Advertiser says:
Mr.. Rummel unites in himself in
high degree those qualities that have
made the Teutonio race famous above all
others in music, and his limitations,
slight as they are, are those of his ma
ton. He is one whose nationality REIN
forced by personal taste, has held him to
the straight and narrow path of the old
fashioned !. Interpretation of old masters
He makes no pretense to dazzle or amaze
His is temperament that does not have
to simulate sentiment and passion, bnt
feels them; 1t Is one given to strong col
or, but not binding contrasts.
There is power in this calm emotluu
that moves as do old poems and old
scents, it is far removed from the neurot-
les that SO often now are made to appear
in even Beethoven and Schumann.
II Mr.. RuNmel is distinguished by