Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-19
IN ARTISTIC EVENT
Was Last Evenings Concert BY TIL
Pittsburgh Orchestra.
A Large, Cultured and Critical
Audience Present at the Granu
Opera House Applause Gener-
Gus and Discriminating Through
out the Evening.

House, was Iaf anu away eh0
event OF the present pronounced Husi-
cal season.
From every point of view Whlcn
could possibly be occupied by the loNei
OF what is best in music II was SaIi91
factory, and the event was one well
calculated to advance the cause Oh inu
sic in this city and 60 Drlng apoue
higher standard Of taste ana more
mature judgment in the popular Inlau.
The audience was by no means as
large as 1t should have been, Whlcn IS
an old story; but it was larger than
that assembled at any concert IN
Wheeling for a long time past, and
this fact marks the steady advance
ment which we are making OF neces-
sity. it was a cultivated and critical
assemblage Each individual came pre-
pared to hear classic programme
well interpreted, each left delighted
with the result
The orchestra numbers forty five
members, and under the mastery di-
rectorship of Mr.. Frederic Archer 1t
has reached almost the highest point
Of proficiency. Well-balanced as TO
composition, particularly strong IN
strings, responsive as a great organ to
every motion OF the leader, the various
numbers were taken with a confidence
and precision which left very little,
indeed, to be desired. The only APP
proach to criticism heard was after the
Beethoven Symphony, where 1t ap-
peared that the reeds were somewhat
overshadowed by the strings; yet that
might have been the result OF faulty
acoustics in the building, or from the
fact that the small stage compelled the
throwing Of the wind instruments IN
the background to a too great extent.
The programme. rendered was as fol-
lows
Symphony No 7, in A............ Beethoven
POGO Sostenuto: Vivace.
Lllegretto.
Presto memo assai.
Finale Allegro con brio.
Suite in Minor, op. 100, for Violin and g
o PreindlaL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Perpetuo,
Violinist, Mr.. Voelker.
Symphonic POEM "Danse Macabre;
Suite, Peer Gynt". .Grdeg
Daybreak.
The Death of Aase.
Anitras Dance
In the Halls Of the King OF the
Dover Mountains.
Song, He Was a Prince from cd ~
Guarahs' Mrs Wilkins: S.
Polonaise Militaire- .. !. CHOPIN
Romance, for Harp and Orchestra, ...:t,,,
''.'-'i Harm. Nine. W1underie.
Overture, Carnival ............... DVofak
The Seventh Symphony, op. w, IS
comparatively new in Wheeling. AS 10
its motive and story, there is the great
est doubt and the widest possible dlI-
ference Of opinion among even Inc
closest students OF the great master.
BY some it is thought to be sequel
to the Sixth, by others to depict we'd
ding festivities, to embody the military
spirit, a masQue ball, and so on IN al
most infinite variety, as the Thoughts
and ideas of the students and CRITICS
may have led them. Be the motlf
what it may, the work is one OF the
greatest of the immortal son OF Bon,
and he himself often referred to 1t IN
letters and conversations, but only as
to it's undoubted merit as compost
ton. Last evenings Interpretation OF
this great work was maStertIl. me
stately opening movement was given
with a clearness Of conception and an
accuracy Of phrasing which appealed
to every individual of the audience,
and at the conclusion of each Of the
four movements there was the most
enthusiastic applause, while at the
close of the allegro which brings the
Symphony to an end, there was an
universal expression of approba-
ton.
Mr.. Voelker. the solo violinist ~ tie
orchestra, well demonstrated his abil-
ity~ The Raft Suite is a task trcm
which even the most competent 'lusi-
clans may we'll shrink. -Aboundihg III
technical difficulties, to say nothing OF
it's length, which is very considerable,
the three members are mainly N rhe
fastest prestissimo tempo, and the
strain upon the performer is q Sreat
one. The whole was given, however,
with a smoothness and finish rare in
deed, while the support of the orches-
ira was judicious and altogether most
excellent.
The "Danse Macabre," more Or less
familiar TO most concert goers. VAS
rather better given than ever before
in this city. The uncanny story vas
depicted with a yividness whiGn left
little to the imagination. and The re-
sulting applause showed how complete
ly the audience appreciated the Num-
ber
The still more familiar "Wareh,"
from "Tannhauser,' was played with
swing and dash, and over it the enthu-
siasm was SO great that an encore was
enthusiastically demanded, the orches-
ira responding with Ballet" which
met every requirement Of the enthu-
SiaSts.
The Grieg Suite, which opened the
second part, was unfamiliar to most
Of the audience, but the four tone-pic
lures were most thoroughly enjoyed
Mrs Williams fairly surpassed her
self in her vocal number, and her hun
dreds of friends would not be satisfied
until she had consented to respond to
an encore She took the high notes
with a precision which was simply ac-
curate, and the cadenza and trill near
the close were given with an ease and
grace which demonstrated anew her
vocal powers. The musical occasion
was a great one, but she met the condi-
tons with the greatest satisfaction.
The remainder of the programme
was in entire keeping with the num-
bers above particularized, and the con-
cert as a whole was one rejecting the
greatest credit upon the Pittsburg or
ganization and the gentlemen who
brought 1t to Wheeling May we have
other concerts as good, and many Of
them.
Thousands Of Remnants at