The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-25
SECOND THOMAS CONCERT
CURRENT STAGE BILLS.

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When you analyze the impression Of per-
feet artistic finish produced by the music
MI. Thomas extracts from his orchestra,
you arrive at the conclusion that II Is due
only to rigid attention to detail. After OBJ
serving and listening to him and his orches-
ira at their second and last concert last
night at the Odcon. the fact that your
schooinaster used TO impress upon you was
brought home with sledge-hammer force.
It's this simple principle and nothing more.
Mr.. Thomas seems TO be a born General.
You might cali him an orchestral Wagner.
What he has done for the orchestra will
be appreciated more, perhaps, after he has
gone than now. From the point OF view
of 4 person who has heard considerable
good music. it seems difficult that that
compositions the orchestra interpreted last
night could be played with more perfec-
ton.
Tie greater part Of the credit of course is
due to Mr.. Thomas for the tedious. careful.
thoughtful. work he has done off the stage.
For lie does nothing on II. II you notice
the performers you Will observe that their
attention to him is the least thing they do.
They have learned their work by heart at
the rehearsals. The leader is almost a mere
figurehead whom the audience applauds and
who does the bowling. But each of those
men, If you studied their physiosnomies.
YOU will have noticed that they are men
who have done things AMI who know
things. They appreciate the Importance OF
subordination and they are willing to merge
themselves in the magnificent whole be-
cause they are individually artists.
III you take. for instance. MIR. Bruno
Steindel. the 'cellist Who played the Dvorak
concerto. Before he was brought out az the
central figure on the stage. he played with
as much self-effacement in the body OF the
orchestra as If he We're the merest member
of it. And even after the audience almost
rose 10 its feet and made him play that ex-
Quisite bit from Aida three times he
retired to his place and played modest!y
ike il soldier in the ranks after he has done
something heroic in battle. That is how
the perfection of detail Is produced. It's
:he eternal old rule that If the pennies are
taken care of the dollars will take care of
themselves. and you may be sure that Mr..
Thomas's dollars are taking care of them
selves to judge by last nights audience.
And il n thing is well done you may be sure
that ii is done quietly, to which observa-
zion compare Thomas's Orchestra.
We don't often hear "Bach's Suites' in
st. Louis as an orchestral number. proba-
MY. for one reason, because they are too
difficult to play, and for another that
Thomas's Orchestra don't come very often.
It's one of those beautiful ella ssics composed
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Bach has buried the dance forms under u
lot of modulatory passages. but It is splen-
did as 1t is. And If the flute had come In just
the infinitesimal part of a second too soon
1t would have spoiled the most beautiful
part of the composition. AS it was played
last night We have never heard Tschai-
kowsky's "PathetiIue'' before. although the
Choral-Symphony Orchestra's performance
compares well. The "Goldmark Wedding
March, was 81 technical exhibition.
1t is interesting to note that Mrs. Car
ters ZaZa retains much OF the %pronuncia-
ton used by Maryland Calvert in The
Heart of Maryland" In the last act of the
newer play she pronources you" as "ye''
quite distinctly, and in many phrases you
hear softness of speech not to be expected
by Zaza even in her tenderest moments.
Mrs. Carter has many excellent periods in
her work this year. If she finds herself as
we'll cast in the next play provided for her
by Mr.. Belasco she will be in a fair way
TO become one of the great actresses of the
Notwithstanding stage.
Current Stage Bills.
Tho Olympic ana Century ~tleaters viii he
closed next week. Mr.. Nat Goodwin and Misc
Maxine Elliott will appear at the Olympic for
the week Of May Is in The Merchant OF Ven
Ice
The stsrs at the Columbia this week are M.
and Mrs. Perkins. Fisher and Josephine Sabel.
Next week Al Leech and the Three Rosebuds.
VIII NJ. Cressy and Blanche Dayne. nert.e
Fowler and johnson. Davenport and Lorel'o will
be on the bill.
Murray and Mack are to be at the Grand
OpeIa-house next week. They will present their
l.test farce. Shooting the Chutes.' Tho farce
is said to be rich in specialties and in the
strength OF its chorus.
U,der the name of Pablo Romani.'' Manager
Garen will present a dramatization OF the nov
eL. The Vendetta Mt Havlin's next week.
The Rose Hill English Folly Company will
come to the STANDARD next Sunday for the usual
weeks engagement.
The managers OF tile ST. Louis Orchestra
Company announce that the Sunday afternoon
concerts at the Odeon will be discontinued until
next fail.
Mr.. Ebert Hubbard will lecture at Memorial
Hall on the evening Of May is on '"rhe Work OF
the Roycrofters.'
Friday evening the Military Minstrels' will
give an entertainment at the Odeon for The ben
eft of Company e of the First Regiment. Much