The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
WEDNESDAY,. CLUB
TOMORROW NIGHT
The Opening Concert at Academy of
Music.
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE SEASON
A Large Crowd is Expected to be in
Attendance-But Few Seats Re-
main UnsoId- The Pro-
gram me.

The music festival OF the Wednesday
Club will open at the Academy of Music
Tomorrow night It win be. not alone
pre-eminent among the musical events OF
the season, but by all odds the most inn
portant series of concerts ever given IN
this city or State.
The liberal policy OF the Clubs dice
torate has been amply justified by the
ready response OF the public, and there
are but few seats left for any Of the three
concerts.
The eight soloists who are to appear
IN the concerts. together with the members
of the Bostonian Festival Orchestra, will
arrive in the city this evening. Most Of
them viii go 10 the Jefferson Hotel. To-
morrow morning there will be full re-
hearsai, when The works to be. presented
Will be gone over for the last time before
the grand opning concert in the evening.
Nearly ali the boxes have been taken for
the series and with the Improvements
lately made in the Academy and the bet
tered acoustic properties of the building,
there is little to choose between any OF the
seats, in point of desrability.
a GREAT EVENT.
The fun scheme Of the festival has been
given in detail in The Times. and the
extent OF the undertaking has excited a
great deal of surprise not only IN this city,
but at every musical point throughout the
STATE. II is difficult to discriminate be-
tween the three concerts in point of inter
est. The work Of the club will. of course.
be looked forward TO with the keenest an
ticipation, and the world-famous solofsts
are sure of a hearty reception. The chill
dren's Chorus, it is said, will be an abso-
lutte surprise to all who have heard them
before and will he so fortunate as to near
them again. The very gracious act oa
Nine Juch, in conserving to sing with
the chorus in addition to her other work,
has been highly appreciated by the mem
i,ers of the chorus who will present the
noted singer with a testimonial of Their
regard.
II VIII be a somewhat remarkable fact
for the children to sing through the WISH
ing Bel Cantata, which extends over some
sixty pages. without note or manuscript
of any sort to aid their memory
THE PROGRAMME.
The programme for the opening concert
will be as follows:
Wednesday Club. Mr.. Arthur Scrivenor,
conductor: Boston Festival Orchestra,
Mr.. Emil Molleuhauer, conductor.
Soloists-AIiss Flora Provan, soprano
Miss Isabelle Bouton, contraito; :. MI.
C3iuseppe Campanari. baritone; Mr.. Fred
ericls Hoffman, violinist.
-.Gallis'' (Gounod). Miss Provan, the
"Wednesday Club and orches ira
Cayatin.. Glamour and
Juliet''-cGounod9. MIR. Moore; Cavatna,
"LAmour' = Romeo and juliet
(Gounodl, orchestra; Valentines Song
from Faust (Gounodl. Signor Campo
mari; Part Song. Night" tGounod)' thu
Wednesday Club; Aria, o Harp In
mortal" from "Sapho" CC7ounod), Miss
Bouton: Andante, Allegretto non Troppo,
Allegro Motto Rance, from Violin Con-
certo Opus 81 Notwithstanding
AIr. Hoffman and orchestra; Aria. Vision
Fugitive from ..Herodiale'' CAIasseneD,
gSignor Ca.npanari; Grand March, from
..The Queen of Sheba'' lGounod> orches-
ira; Chorus, Unfold, we Portals, So
Iyrano solo and chorus, Lovely Appear,
chorus, Hymn of the Apostles from
.'The Redemption (Gounod). Miss Pro
van. the Wednesday Club and orchestra.