The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-23
FIRST SYMPHONY CONCERT.


On next Tuesday evening Wichita viii.
for the first time. hear symphony or
chestra in concert. This is finally the
realization of a project that has long been
hoped and wished for by these interested
in music, that the event is anticipated
with genuine pleasure. The playing of
the Symphony orchestra will be an agree
able surprise to those who will hear
them. OF course it must be remembered
that the organization is only a few
months old and that IL cannot 5e ex-
rected that they will play as well as
Thomas orchestra, but the great
achievement that Mr.. Apply, the conduc-
tor, has made lies in the fact that he
has perfected the organization and has
made such project possible. He also is
deserving of every kind of praise in hav
ing the orchestra arrive at that state of
proficiency with which they play the first
program.
For the second concert the Wichita
Symphony orchestra win present much
stronger and better program than at the
first concert. 1t takes time to get an
organization in the condition to play the
music which Mr.. Apply intends that it
tain a much more difficult class of music
than the first concert, and a symphony
viii be presented as soon as the orchestra
has reached a state of efficiency so that
it can properly handle that class of mu-
sic. OF course it is the aim Of the pro-
rnoters of the Wichita Symphony orches-
ira as well as Of Mr.. Apply TO train an
orchestra as rapidly as possible so that
the highest class of music can be prop
erly interpreted by the orchestra for the
benefit of music lovers, not only of Wich-
tia, but for a large surrounding territory.
The music that the orchestra viii play
on next Tuesday evening will be d pro-
gram OF classical, operate and popular
numbers, and If the orchestra will play
as well at the concert as they have play
ed at the rehearsals the people will be
amply satisfied with the progress Of the
orchestra as made under Mr.. Appy's in
structions, and they will he abundantly
pleased with the rendition of the pro-
gram.
The star performer of the concert will
he Mrs. Carl Busch of Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Busch viii play upon a special
Steinway Grand piano. The piano arrived
StSLtLUdN cliQ VIII ne put upon tie stag
of the Crawford theater on Monday morn
ing, when it viii again be tuned. Mrs.
Busch has appeared before some of the
most critical audiences in Germany ami
in this country, and her press notices and
criticisms by acknowledged artists are
most flattering. Wichita people like piano
music and they will certainly have a
treat in the numbers THAI Mrs. Busch
will play. The following press notice from
the New York Courier will be of interest
to those contemplating attending the con-
cert:
Mrs. Carl Busch's first appearance
this season was the prominent feature of
the fifth Philharmonic concert. Since tde
return of Mrs. Busch from the four years
study at Leipsic. graduate and prize pu-
Pill of the Conservatory, her really arts
Tic and musical worth has never oeen so
appreciated and acknowledged as on this
occasion. Numerous recalls. enthusiastic
and spontaneous demons tration attcsted
the sincerity of this appreciation She
played Observation-Disclosures the orchestra
the Greig A Minor concerto. 1T was
triumphant victory for an artist Of whom
Kansas City may well be proud"