Arizona republican., 1904-12-07
ELLERY BAND CONCERTS
Ferullo Last Night Proved Greater
 Than Any of His Predecessors

A large audience gathered at the Hardwick theatre last night to hear
 the renowned Ellery Royal Italian
 band and the expression Of every man
 and woman as they left the auditorium was that of complete satisfaction and delight. Their conferences were radi- ant with happiness and everyone evil
 dently carried in his or her heart the consciousness of having passed an evening of unalloyed pleasure. It was
 truly a wonderful performance the thought of which will for many q long day send a thrill of delight and amaze ment through everyone fortunate
 enough to have come under the infiu- ence of the hypnotic music. There was not one in the audience who will not be borne away from and above all things sordid and selfish and grasping
 by the mere memory of those great crescendos of exquisite melody which rose and swelled, higher and higher.
 fuller and fuller, until they seemed to
 be the very walls of space encompass ing all the world; Or who will not stop a moment in the rush and grind of the wcrk-a-day world hearing faint echo
 of those wonderful diminuendos so
 sweet and low and tender that they al-
 most seemed like a whisper from an- other world.
 The people of Phoenix can now un-
 derstand that the half has not been
 told of the greatness of Francesca Ferullo. This young genius proved a positive revelation even to the most ardent admirers of Col. Eilery's other conductors. Ferullo is, without the question of a doubt. the greatest, most captivating and most dramatic con- ductor that ever appeared before an American public and it is little won der that he has become the popular idol wherever he has appeared. As predicted, the volcanic genius" anni- Inflated the reputation of his distin- guished predecessors in the twinkling
 of an eye. All thought of the praises
 bestowed upon any other leader was ! forgotten in admira ton fer this the
 latest and most brilliant star in the musical Armament
 1 It was expected that Ferullo would ! be emotionally intense and he was not disappointing in this respect but he is something more. He is young and passionate and has the fire, tempera- ment and enthusiasm of his land. His climaxes bubbled over with brilliant tone-coloring and exhibited suppress
 ed energy, latent strength and fiery l impetuosity. The sensational effects 1 and the audience wondered how he had arrived at such tremendous results. l Nothing like it has ever been heard here before and never will be again
 unless this famous musical organiza-
 tion revisits Phoenix un6er the same 1 leadership.
 This irrepressible genius is unique
 in his methods He is nore-he is a
 study. Every portion cf his body is
 brought into play when he conducts.
 He directs with his hands, his arms. f his feet, his head his hair and his
 voice. He begins quietly enough and
 for the first few bars of a number is
 not particularly sensational, but the 1 powerful impulse of the grand music
 he is interpreting soon carries him
 with it and he launches into his work
 heart and soul, standing upon tiptoes
 at times shouting at the top Of his voice, occasionally singing with the players and with all the energy at his
 command fairly sweeps the band along
 and up with him until the final crash | ing, wonderful and overpowering cli-
 max is reached.
 | The opening march was followed by
 the beautiful "Migncn" overture and
 here it was that Ferullo first began to
 exhibit his wonderful genius. In his 1 interpretation of the immortal Sex 1 tette from Lucia" he rose to still
 greater heights and more than won for
 himself the complete approval of ev-
 cry one in the auditorium. He devel- oped the full artistic strength of the i great compositicn while the marvellous
 color effects obtained exceeded the ex-
 pectations of the most sanguine. This
 wonderful music as played by Signori | DeMitris, Plantamura, DiNatale, Mandrillo, Basile and Mancini and the
 entire Ellery band was the most thrill- ling example of effective wind instru-
 ment work ever offered to the Amer
 ican public. Its conclusion was met with deafening applause, the audience standing up and shouting in the in | tensity of the enthusiasm created. The