The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

at the service will be "All Praise to God"
by Wagner; Call TO Remembrance, by
Novello, and the "Sancta Mater" from
Rossinis "Stabat Mater"
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The Maennerchcor will give it's third con-
cert of the season next Wednesday evening
the society being assisted by Miss Lillian ].
Adam, soprano, of this city, and Herman
Diestel, 'cellist, from Chicago, who played
at the last Maennerchor concert with the
Spiering quartet. Supper and dancing will,
as usual, follow the musical programme.
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The wonderful boy violinist. Kocian, has
been appearing in concert in San Francisco
and has completely captured the Pacific
metropolis with his brilliant playing. Pr
etro Mascagni, who is st1l in California,
heard Kocian play at one of the San Fran
cisco concerts and burst out with this
characteristic exclamation: All that boy
Kocian! He is good! He is great He
knows!" Mascagni did not explain just
what he meant-whether he referred to
Kocian's knowledge of music or his knowl-
edge OF his own greatness.
The first American concert tour of Ed
Guard De Reszke promises to be record
breaker. The great basso has been en-
gagged for the spring tour of the Duss Met
ropolitan Opera House Orchestra and will
have Nine. Nordica as an associate ar
tiste. The aggregation will make a trip
during the month of May far west as
Denver, and will be heard in Indianapolis
1t has been the desire of Mr.. Duss for
number of years to have an orchestra in
stead of band, and at the first oppor-
tunity he engaged the Metropolitan Opera
House Orchestra in its entirety.
XXX
The Boston Herald's writer on musical
topics makes this comment: 1.-THE revival
of
York critics, who dodge and hedge about it
amusingly. Apparently they liked it bet
ter than they expected. and better than
they dare to admit in consideration of their
intense and long preparations of devotion
to what the Tribune calls the triumphant
and beneficent German INVASION One of
their difficulties is that they have
no criteria to go by; for they never knew
Italian opera while there was still great
artists to sing ii, and their longest recol-
leetions reach back only about twenty
years"
In strict regard for truth it must be
said that Indianapolis is not ripe just yet
for grand opera in all of its schools, prob
ably because this city has had so little of
grand opera of late years that it's musical
education has become dulled. The Castle
Square Company's season demonstrated one
thing beyond all doubt-that Indianapolis
eras of the Italian and French composers
and fails to fall captive to the more poetic
beauty of Wagnerian music-drama The
audiences present during the presentations
of I'll Trovatore," Carmen and Faust
We're sincerely enthusiastic. while the big
audience present during the fine perform
ance of 'Lohengrin" was cold and SEEM
ingly unappreciative to most deplorable
extent When masterpiece of the monu-
mental proportions of "Lohengrin" comes
but once in many years. to be sung i'm a
thoroughly praiseworthy manner, and is
received with but little expression of inter-
est, there Is but one conclusion to be
drawn. indianapolis is noted among light
opera producers as good town to play. -
while it has always been regarded by grand
| opera impressarios, having more thoughtful
masterpieces of music TO present as a
| good place to stay away from. Looking
back over the season just ended the reason
| ing seems sound. The Castle Square Com
| pany's engagement proved a success inan-
| cially. and il certainly was a great success
artisticaly. When the organization comes
again next season il will remain week
| 1t Is to be hoped that IL will not only sing
/ "Lohengrin again. but "Tannhauser" also
! for if ever large city has had few oppor-
/ tunities to learn to appreciate Wagner Indi-
/ annapolis is the one.