Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-14
WEDNESDAY CLUBS CONCERTS.
Seats Are in Great Dcmnnd--The Two
progrummcs.

The sale of seats for the concerts TO be
given next Saturday by the Wednesday
Club opened at the Academy of Music
yesterday. The demand was very great,
and the club will. no doubt, be greatly
encouraged in their undertaking by the
ready response Of the public. 1t is great
~ 10 be desired that this winter festival
shall DO such a success from financial
point Of view, as it is sure TO be from an
artistic standpoint. Upon the success
this year depends. in very large de-
gree. the measure Of encouragement the
club will extend in future TO local talent
Both afternoon and evening concerts
next Saturday are TO be given by Rich
mond musicians exclusively. Even the
orchestra Of twenty-five pieces is drawn
from the ranks of Richmond profess
SIGNALS.
The club could not, Of course, be ex-
pected 10 undertake another venture OF
this sort in face of a deficit, and IN
patronizing this festival the Richmond
public is doing more than 1T has ever
done before for local musical enterprise
and local talent. 1t is really the most
important departure that Is being taken
by the Wednesday Club, and its results
are bound 10 be far-reachlng.
The programmes are as follows:
Afternoon Concert-Mr Walter c. Mer-
Ger. director Miss Helen Neye, soprano;
Miss Frances Digs, contralto; Miss An
ME Louise Reinhardt, violinste; Mr..
Scrivenor. baritone; Miss Mary Shelton,
accompanist: Miss Adelaide Watkins, ac-
companist; Mr.. Jacob Reinhart accom-
PIANIST
Overture. the Wednesday Club Orches-
ira: Chorus, "The Morning Invitation
Weazie), the Children's chorus and Or
chestra: Air, 80 Come Hither' psalm
xlvD C.. V. Stanford. Mr.. Scrivenor;
Chorus, Creation Hymn" beethoven,
the Chndrens Chorus and Orchestra;
Ballade ct Polonaise, Tor Violin VieuX-
! temps). Miss Annie Louise Reinhart;
/ Scena and Cavatina (ErnanD VerdD,
/ Miss Helen Nye: Chorus (a) Slumber
| Song (KnighD, (b) Hey! Ho! Hey"
! Richards the Children's Chorus and Or
| chestra; (a) Scena and cavauna cram
credD ORossinD, 90 Bedouin Love Song
! PinsutD, Miss Frances Diggs Cantata,
| The Legend Of Bregenz BendalD, Miss
| Helen Nye Miss Frances Digs, the Chill
drens Chorus and orchestra.
Evening COncert-Mr. Scrivenor, direc-
tor; Miss Adelaide Watkins, soprano;
Mrs. Henry T. Maloney, contralto' Mrs
Durrett. contralto; Miss Florence Dillard'
violiniste; Miss Ida Lowell Norton
pianiste: Mrs. Conway II. Gordon, accom-
/ nanist: Miss Fannie Mern, accom-
PIANIST: Mr.. F. A. Hoen. 'cellist; Mr..
Henry W. Geiger, pianist; the Wednes-
day Club Chorus, the Wednesday CluD
| Orchestra.
Overture. THE Poet and the Peasant
| (Suppe). the Wednesday Club orchestra;
! chorus. Lord. Thou Alone Art God"
! Isl. PauD (AIendelssohn), the Wednesday
! club Chorus; Recitative, Air, and Duet,
Help Me, Man of God" CElijah) Men
delssohn) (by reQuesO, Miss Adelaide
Watkins and Mr.. Scrivenor; Part Song,
1.-THE Sands of Dee" (by requesO Mac
farren) the Wednesday Club Chorus;
| Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (Schu-
MANN. Miss billiard, Mr.. Hoen, and Mr..
/ Geiger: Chorus, with Sheathed Swords
| (Naamam Costa, Mrs. Durrett, the We'd
nesday Club Chorus. and the Orches-
! ira: Chorus, How Lovely Are the Mes
sengers" (St. Paul (Mendelssohn), the
| Wednesday Club Chorus and Orchestra;
J (O II Profeta. "Gia IRA m'abandona'
| MeyerbeeD, % Arioso, La Mort de
| Jeanne dare" Bemberg), Mrs Henry IT,
! Meloney; Part Song, THE Parting Kiss
! PinsutD. the Wednesday Club Chorus;
| (a) THE Rustic of SpringO (Snding, %
! "Valse Brillante" Chopin, Miss Ida
| Sewen Norton; Ladies Chorus. when
! CLOVIS a Heart with Silent Love- RafD,
! the Ladies of the Wednesday Club
! Chorus: Chorus, 1.-THE Heavens Are Tell
! ing" Creation Qaydn) the Wednesday
! Club Chorus and Orchestra.