The Portland daily press., 1899-02-02
MUSIC AND DRAMA
PORTLAND YMPHONY OR
CHESTRA.

49, Na1 As<hs
Tue Portland Symphony Orchestra is to
be congratulated and its director, MIR. f.
L. Callahan, may pride himself on the
excellent result of his good work. The
first concert, given at the jefferson last
night, was II marked success. There was
large and brilliant audience present.
aud II those who were absent had known
beforehand what an enjoyable entertain
ment had been provided for them, they
surely would have filled all the empty
seats
The orchestra was warmly greeted when
the curtain rose and when Mr.. Callahan
appeared the applause was long continued.
There are about thirty five men In the
organization and several of them are
soloists OF no mean order. Furthermore
We are informed that they are all Port
anders The band is we'll balanced as re-
CARDS brass and strings, and ultimately
will doubtless be increased and other in i.
struments intr nduced that this organiza-
ton does not possess and are only found
IL very large musical organization.
This was the programmes:
Overture Helsenmuhle, Reissiger
Three Quotations, Sousa
Ia The King OF France.
(b) /, too, was born IN Arcadia.
(cJ In darkest Africa.
Solo-1he Coming of the king, Roeckel
Mr.. Thomas Il Clifford.
Grand Descriptive Columbus
Herman. Op. PIG
Synopsis-Grand opening; Fanfare ait
nouncing the Majesty OF spain :lIorch-
light dance; The SORROWS of departure;
Fealty to the flag; ships bell; Part
ing salute; The anchors weighed On
the vast waters: Merrimsnt of the
sailors; Great storm scene; The storm
gradually abates; Prnyes; Quietness;
Melancholy; Mutiny of the crew; The
veice of Columbus quells the disturb
ance; Land no; Birds greet the ship:
Excitement on board; Three cheers;
Salute of the guns; Aborigines heard;
Hail Columbia
(Intermisson of five minutes)
March-La Refine Saba, Gounod
String Orchestra,
Andante from Peer Gynt, Greig
Minuett, The fly, from Der Bajazzo,
Czibulka
Solo-Toreador Song from Carmen, Bizet
Mr.. Clifford.
Selection-The Serenade, Herbert
March-The American Republic. lhiee
Mr.. Callahan conducts with ease and
grace. He evidently feels that he has his
men well in hand and they respond readi-
ly to his every movement. Throughout
the evening TIE band played together.
Their body of tone was large and they
displayed good color effects This was
especially noticeable in the itch orna
men tation of the march from the Queen
of Sheba" In the opening overture they
showed great spirit and worked up TO the
climaxes by q natural and easy progress
sion. So we'll pleased was the audience
with their work in the overture that an
encore was demanded. delightful and
praiseworthy effort was the rendering of
Sousa's Three Quotations, particularly
the one entitled 1.-The King of France"
in which the shading WAS noticeable. The
great descriptive fantasia of "Columbus"
was very effective, although the distin-
guished discoverer of America was
probably unacquainted with Hail
Columbia" with which the fantasia
cl ses Perhaps the.number that pleased
more than any other was the one that in
cluded the andapte from peer Gynt"
and the minuet from der BajaZzo,'
which were given by the string orchestra
with delicacy aud refinement highly TO
he praised, An encore was demanded and
Sousa march given in which some ex-
oellent work was done by the piccolo
Mr. Thomas L. Clifford the Boston
baritone. bore out his established reputa-
ton as capital vocalist. He displayed
nobility of style and DRAMATIC power in
The Coming of the King" which was
repeated in bis encore FAIRIES Palms.
He was also vociferously applauded after
the l'oreador song" and responded
with "The Holy City" Mr.. Clifford will
always be heard here with pleasure.
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