Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-26
THE BAND CONCERT
ciaI success---PrevIous Concerts Out.
done by Last Evenings Performanc..

Was an Artistic Triumph and n FInan.
ciaI decentralization Concerts Ont.
done by Last Evenings Performancs.
Satisfied. That is the way everybody
felt last evening when they left the Audi.
torium after hearing the concert bv the
Brattleboro Military band. And they were
not only satisfied with the entertainer,
but they were satisfied that the Brattle.
boro band is the equal of any band in this
section. All the previous triumphs of the
band were put in the shade as it were BIZ
last evenings performance.
of the magnificent work of the assist
ing artists, Mrs. Belle Knowlton, accom-.
PIANIST, Mrs. Harriet Brasor-Pratt and +
II. Miller, whatever one might say at this
time would be but repetition of praises
which have already been sung. Brattle.
boro people always know what to expect
from them and they are never disappointed.
The entertainment opened with a stir.
ring military march by Gounod, which
was followed by the beautiful "Templar's
Air. from Sullivan's "Ivanhoen by Mr..
Miller. In the next number, the overture
"Poet and Peasant" by Suppe, the band
had its best opportunity to do artistic
work. Musically this was the best instru.
mental number on the program, and it was
also the most difficult, but whether the
passages were difficult or simple the effect
was always as though each player had the
same Interpretation of the piece and as
though all the instruments were controlled
by one man.
A group of five charming songs by Mrs.
Pratt was followed by a cornet solo, "I
Staccato' by Bonnisseau, by Sewall Morse.
Mr.. Morse showed himself to be thor.
ough master of his instrument, and be was
given a hearty encore to which he respond
ed with familiar air. Mrs. Pratt and
Mr.. Miller then rendered two duets which
were followed by another swinging, rolick-
ing selection by the band, 1.-THE Serenade,"
by Herbert. Mr.. Miller's last appearance
was in three well-rendered songs embrac-
ing variety of sentiment.
The climax was reached in the descrip.
tive selection by Voelker, "a Hunt in the
Black Forest" in which the audience was
carried by happy crowd of huntsmen
through wood and glen from "The Break
of Day" to "Homeward Bound,r to the
accompaniment of barking dogs, hunts
mems horns and clatter of horses hoofs.
In response to the ovation which was given
at the close of this number the band rem
dered Sousa's latest march, Islands Across
the Sea-" in a manner which could but
have pleased the author had he been pres
ent to hear it.
The last, and to many the best, of Mrs
Pratts selections were "Oh, That We Two
Were Maying" by Nevin, and DANNY
Deever," by Kipling, set to music by Wal
ter Damrosch One could not help sym
pathizing with poor Danny as the story of
his degradation was portrayed by Mrs.
Pratt. The closing number, "Reminis-
cences of Scotland" by Godfrey, intro
dused the well-known Scotch airs "Com-
in Through the Rye" "Blue Bells of
Scotland, "Annie Laurie and "Auld
Lang Syne."
The concert was under the direction of
F. c. Leitsinger, and it was listened to by
an audience which filed the house. There
were p members in the band, all but three
of whom are regular players in the organi-
cation.