Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-03-06
THE CONCERT.
Marietta Orchestra Covers Itself All
Over With Glory.

The spacious Auditorium was pack
ed last night with an admirlng but a
discriminating audience. gathered to
hear the Marietta Orchesbra--an insti-
tuition which grows in quality and
popularity more and more as time
passes.
Including Conductor Schmiedeke.
and excepting the singers, there were
twenty-one musicians on the stage,and
they gave forth splendid, full volume
Of tone--nothing seemed to be lack
ing in the perfect rounding out Of the
most heroic passages.
From beginning to end the numbers
found favor in the ears of the hund-
reds, and several numbers were so
warmly greeted that encores were
granted.
The third number-a gavotte, Fort
Bell, was composed by Mr.. Fl. L.
Theis, a member of the orchestra;
and the rendition of the piece, which
beautifully rendered the attractive
passages called forth great applause.
The composer was compelled to rise
twice and bow his acknowledgment
of the applause.
Professor Schmiedeke, on whose
skillful leadership so much Of the sue
cess of the concert rested, Is to be con-
graduated for the way his men acqult-
ted themselves. Mr.. Schmiedeke i'm
presses us as a conscientious, forceful
and snappy conductor. With little of
the spectacular, he proceeds through
the numbers and gets the proper and
satisfactory results.
We enjoyed Mr. Birds rendition Of
The Erl King. Mr.. Bird was in fine
voice, and he sang the grandly sad
song in most impressive manner.
Miss Rose acquitted herself very
nicely in the selection, "Salve Re-
gina" Her voice Is light, but 1t is re-
markably clear and pleasant. She
sang in response to an encore a
very pretty and catchy waltz-song.
OF number of features of the con-
cert we publish a short critique by
Mr.. H. S. Saroni, who was quite high
in his praise of the performance.
"The main feature Of the entire pro-
gramme was the overture to William
Tell. 1t is one of the finest and grand
est efforts Of tone-painting ever COM
posed by musician. Eliminate Bee
thoven's Pastoral Symphony and II
stands unrivalled by either mod
ern or classic composers. In II
we find the sunny effects of Claude
Lorraine landscape and the stormy and
sombre effects of Turner sky blended
in such an artistic manner as to pre-
sent a perfect masterpiece. 1t is 8
pity that the Allegro Is not in keeping
with the Andante, but something ha;
to be done to make the overture suit
able for the French palate, and the re
suit was brilliant military move
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The orchestra did full justice 30 tn
music. Mr.. Wehrs on the cello, Mr.
Wittlig on the flute and Mr.. Schmied
exc on the oboe, did their best to make
the ensemble a success, and they wert
ably seconded by the entire orchestra
If in the overture we had a pastora
picture. in the Erl King we had I
dramatic effort, equally grand, and al
though the composer intended it fo
contralto, Mr. Bird, with his lyric ten
or, did full justice to it. Miss Rose
though possessed of the vibrando tend
ency, may develop into great singer
Her intonation is excellent, her enun
citation clear and her roulades yer!
good. She showed to advantage II
the waltz given as an encore.
Mr.. Schmiedeke's orchestral ar
rangements of the different yoca
numbers were neutrality-suspicious.
that of the Erl King"