The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-08
CINCINNATPS ORCHESTRA
1T GIVES A CONCERT UNDER FRANK
VAN DER sTUCKEN's DIRECTION.
4 Violin Solo by Jose Marion and One
Song by Miss Bessie TudOr-sOme
Unfortunate Delays.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
played last night in Tomlinson Hall under
the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A. before an
immense audience. The orchestra IS under
the direction of Frank Van der Stucken,
and is one of the four greatest organiza-
tons of its kind in America. Owing to
the late arrival of the orchestra, the audi
ence was kept in waiting until S:45 o'clock.
Even after the members of the orchestra
cid appear on the stage the audience had
another long wait owing to Mr.. Van der
Stucken's delayin receiving his trunk. which
contained his evening dress. When Mr..
Van der Stucken was ready TO appear there
was another delay, Occasioned by the lights
over the stage going out.
The programme was unconventional in its
arrangement, inasmuch as it opened with
a symphony and closed with an overture.
The symphony is one known as the lie
nore," and is by RAN. 1t is based on
poem by Gottfried August Berger, which
is represented in three movements of the
symphony. The first represents Loves
Longing" the second Happy Possession"
and the third March" The story is
of Lenore awakening in the morning from
an oppressive dream. She had received no
word from her lover, William, who had
been with Frederick's army at Prague.
Her heart was saddening, and the first
movement is supposed to express psyche
logically the doubt in her mind, as she
knows not whether he is faithless or has
met death. She looks out on the return
ing triumphal soldiers, but he is not among
them.
'To earth herself Frustrated
Lenore, the poor, Inflated
Her mother attempts to comfort her as:
Child, what If false thy lover be, and
far off in Hungary, have formed a new
alliance?" The orchestra well expressed
the wild desperation by its sweeping rythm,
which is followed by her appeal: 20
lost forever. Death, death is my reward
alone" The ghost of the lover returns
to her at night, and in the orchestra Is
heard his knock at the door of IGNORES
home. He takes her on his horse and
they fly through a wild. weird night,
through dark woods and fields and over
hills to the graveyard wherein rests his
earthly self. This is expressed in the or
chestra by weird, minor tones.
Mr.. Van der Stucken in the rendering Of
this work showed close and careful study
in the minute expression OF every emotion
set forth in the poem. OF all the move
ments in the symphony the march is the
most popular for it is often rendered alone.
1t is liked by artist and layman alike 1t
is written in the style of Frederick the
Great, who wrote many things himself, all
of which have a martial character.
Miss Bessie Tudor, the vocalist or the
evening, sang an aria from Eli" al viii
Extol Thee" by Costa. Miss Tudor is a
young woman Of fine stage appearance and
presence. In her work she indicates both
intelligence and culture and her voice has
great power. Her work was appreciated by
the audience, which was hearty in a recall,
but through fatigue of travel she was un-
able to respond 1t was impossible for her
10 give her second number on the pro-
gramme.
The next number was well-known COM
position, 'Idylle," by air. Van der Stucken
himself. which is beautiful in its instru-
mentation and lacks quality so common
to preSent-day composers, inasmuch as it
does not suggest something that one has
heard before.
Mr.. Marion was the second soloist- He is
concertmaster of the orchestra. He is one
Of the most scholarly violinists in America
to-day and his work last night indicated
careful training and long experience. He
played the Svendsen Romance" COM
position which has been played here many
times but now for the first time with
orchestral accompaniment. which gave it a
background, both in harmony and tone
color, and which rendered the very fiorid
composition doubly beautiful. The pro-
gramme closed with the overture to "Eury-
anthe," by Weber.