The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-30
YALE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT
Annual Concert Last Night by the
 Students-A Fine Success.


 Annual Concert Last Night by the
 Students-A Fine Success.
 The annual concert by students of
 the Yale university department of
 music and the New Haven Symphony orchestra occurred at College street hall last evening. The audience was a
 large one, despite the inclemency of the weather
 The opening number, an original conn was Concert Overture" in c major, l which the young composer conducted 1 in person. The work shows much seri- ous thought and considerable familiar ri ity with the power and qualities of the | various instruments. An overture being among the freest of musical con- | structinns, some liberty can be taken with the form and much originality in | the way of rythm and orchestration Chandler was far from a novice and directed with grace and exactness.
 Miss Clara Asher of this city played Chopins concerto in F with orchestral accompaniment. The Larghetto was beautifully done and in the allegro vi- vace she showed good control of the rubato and displayed some excellent color effects. These last two move ments of the work were we'll adapted to the qualifications of the player, the first movement being omitted The orchestral accompaniment was excel lent.
 One of the strong features of the school is it's violin department. Last evening Miss Florence M. Cornwall of Milford played with the orchestra, the familiar Beethoven Romance in F, displaying excellent fundamental training.
 The slight nervousness noticeable was natural in player so young, but she nevertheless showed good control in legato and staccato alike.
 Miss Mae Louise Stanley of Water- bury, who was to have played Beriotis A minor concerto for violin, did not appear owing to illness.
 The theme with variations for or chestra composed by the class in or chestration was unique and certainly showed diversity of musical thought. David Stanley Smith conducted the work
 A violinist of considerable accom- pishment and a delightful refinement of tone is Miss Julia Stanley Gridley of Southington, who played with the or chestra the "Andante' from Men .1- r.. and sympathetic.
 It is almost an innovation to hear a student do a modern piano work of such magnitude as Tschaikowski's B flat minor concerto, the first movement of which Miss Sadie Burton Pickett of Seymour played with precision and finish. The opening massive chord work was powerfully acclaimed for girl so frail, and later the octave construction, of which the writer Seems to make a feature, Miss Pickett played fautlessly. Beautifully contrasted were the rip bling cadenzas, and her strength held out quite well in the final climax.
 A remarkable piece of work was Saint -Saen's Rondo Capricciose for vio- lin and orchestra played by Benjamin Franklin Lowenthal of Hartford. He was the only one of the evening who played without his notes. This young man has undoubtedly talent for the violin, and already has abundant tech niqual resources. His runs and phras- ing are all clearly defined, and his ru- port throughout the evening, and play | emotion, still does not stoop to senti- mentalsm. He displayed the virtuosity l of a master, while executing the two | string passage The orchestra, with it's conductor, Professor Parker, gave excellent sup I D trothroughout the evening, and play ad the closing number Huldigung's March by Grieg suberbly.