The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-15

orchestra produced. The concert thrilled
and inspired the audience and 1t was up
lifting.
The first number was the Jubilee Over
ture,'' by Weber, and the audience was
well prepared for the plunge into the
higher realms of the Andante of Beeth-
ovens Fifth Symphony. The change was
abrupt. but il did not deteriorate from
the value of the music. Both were Sc
lections of great power and the audi
ence was warming to the orchestra 1t
required a little time for the chord Of
sympathy to be completed between or
chestra and audience and the overture
did the work and the Andante completely
carried the audience off their feet
Swendsen's First Symphony was the third
number and this profound work, coupled
with the artistic playing and mastery
Interpretation, brought many admirers
for the composer. And when Miss Jenny
Osborne appeared it was with the warm
est sympathy. The audience was keyed
to the proper pitch to listen and enjoy
the most intricate of classical selections
and Miss Osborne's singing of the Aria,
Queen of Sheba," carried the audience
the stage before the applause began, so
strong had been her influence over her
hearers, and she was required to sing
another selection. Miss Osborne has a
soprano voice, of much natural beauty
and her long study has given her Won
Gerful control. LISTS Rhapsodie, with
the arrangement as used by the composer
himself in conducting his own orchestra
was the fifth number and is taken from
a Hungarian dance and consists of
slow Introductory movement, followed by
q sharper one.
Until the sixth number the orchestra
refused to respond to an encore. They
could not do this without detracting
from the work they had just completed.
After the intermisson and the selection
from the Carnival Overture the orches-
ira played The Beautiful Blue Danube"
This was not the first orchestra that
played this piece, but no orchestra ever
gave it the color the Thomas orchestra
did Bruno Steindel followed with cello
solo with Blellman's Symphony and va
riations. Bruno Steindel has been in
Wichita several times. but never played
as he did last night. In perfection of
technique, III DT6dulu VI
in purity of tone and grace of delivery.
he proved himself an artist of the first
quality The audience accorded in this
verdict. as was evidenced in the storms
of applause which greeted him.
The last number was the selections
from Wagner's opera, The Vorspeil,"
and consisted of the parts taken by the
meistersinger in the opera. The motives
and themes OF the selection were so dis
tinct, so perfect that its meaning was
fully understood. The opera is a comedy
of the German people and the humorous
parts were appreciated to their full ex-
tent as we'll as the three principal mo-
tives of the play. The selections from
the opera were so developed that a eli
max Of great beauty closed the number
and the concert.
Every person who listened TO the music
was more than pleased and thoroughly
enjoyed the two hours Of music The
credit for bringing the orchestra to Wich-
tia belongs TO Mr.. o. \. Boyle. whose
faith in Wichitans caused him to put up
a large guarantee that those who really
loved music could listen to the best the
country affords.