Evening star., 1899-11-09
ANIJEENENTS.

BANDA ROSSAEThe announcement oi
| the coming concerts, Sanday afternoon and
| evening, November In at the Columbie
Theater, has already brought forth
many inquiries regarding seats and boxes
for the Banda Rossac This famous Ital.
ian band is now making a most successful
tour through theH country, playing this
week IN Philadelphia lat the exposition In
that city for a second time in the last
month. On its former tour through this
country they gave an afternoon concert in
this city, at which time the band made a
Clstinct hit, the 6udisuce being most en-
shusiasuc sins IN its praises. The band con-
Slsts CT sixty instruments, many of which
nave never been used In the bands in this
country, the effect being of the most weird
ana pleasing kinds The sale of seats and
DoXes Will open at the box office of the
theater on next Monday morning.
EMMA NEvADA.-The return to her ma
i've America of Mime. Emma Nevada is
the most important event of the concert
season ana has local interest in view
OF the fact that negotiations have been
corsunmated which will result in the ia
nous cantatrice visiting this city, Wednes-
day afternoon, November o. at AIS o'clock
at the Columbia. Nine. Nevada has not
toured America since 1884, and her unpre-
ceueHteo triumph at that time Is still re-
membered. Harper's Weekly of November
1884. said: Her voice is light. fine So
prano, extremely sympathetic, almost fra
gle In Its delicacy. She uses it with the
ease or perfect self-command and enlight-
ened training. Its softest tones have the
peculiar sensuous quality that distinguished
tnose or Patti, and in other respects COM
pare with PATHS in sweetness. She occu-
pres place quite beside herself on the
musical stage, and her gentle, gracious
persanility dwells like a star apart Ital-
ian opera may well recognize her. She is
JUST now doing more to save its fortunes
IMAM any other prima donna. Patti alone
excepted Mapleson's memoirs tell that
at the close of the first performance of
La Somnambula,' the audience. instead of
rushing to the doors usual, remained,
rose 10 their feet and called the prima
donna three times before the curtain"
DE PACHMAN.-The Boston Herald is
quoted as having said of De Pachman's S
appearance at the musical festival in
worcester, Mass: 'Of course, the feature
OF the concert was De Pachman, and he
played enchantingly in regard to both
technique and style, and what added. an
unantlclpated delight to listen to him was
the utter absence of the personal eccen-
tflclty that was SO eXasperatingly disturb
Ing and intrusive in his earlier perform
ahces IN this country. His behavior was
exemplary and he obliterated himself in
his work. As far as Chopin playing is
concerned he is beyond cavil, Incompatible
ana none of the great players from abroad
who have been heard since his first visit
IN IN thls country come within approachable
distance of him. His playing this after
noon was exquisite in all things and car
ried conviction that it was a real and not
a pianists Chopin who was presented. The
elegance, deicacy, warmth and appealing
tenderness of his performance of the slow
movement are indescribable. The effect
was heavenly At the end of the concerto
the piaudits and recalls were fairly furious.
At last the artist responded with the
Chopin A fiat ballad, wonderfully read and
played, and then followed another excited
demonstration that brought him to the
piano again. when he gave the familiar D
fiat waltz with delicate piquancy."