Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-27
CREATORE'S ITALIAN BAND.
AN EXCELLENT CON NcERT
AT COLONIAL
Seeming Lack of Appreciation On
Part of AnnapoIitans Was
Very Mech In
Evidence.

Everywhere that Creatore has ever
been he has been drawing card, ex-
cept at Annapolis, and this was no
fault of his or of his excellent band,
but of the seeming lack of apprecia-
tion of an Annapolis audience which,
heretofore, has been termed music
loving The house was not two
thirds full AT the close of the per-
formance Signor Creatoro said it was
the smallest house he had ever played
to. IL may be said of the house. how
ever, that il rose to the occasion aud,
to use a threadbare phrase, what il
signally lacked in numbers, it doubly
made up in enthusiasm.
The house applauded to man and
oheered vociferously, and Creatore
must have recognized the true appre-
citation of the smallest audience he
ever had. When the curtain rose at
S. 80 it revealed the band of about
sixty musicians seated on the stage. A
minute later Creatore appeared and
the band rose while the audience
greeted him with applause. The pro-
gram then opened with "a march
american Navy, - composed BY
Creatore himself The band was in
excellent condition and as the strains
VI Ntt0 nuAHh AOltn NAlAA1 was
such concord of sweet sounds
that the audience felt it had an ambi
tious program TO enjoy. Possibly when
Creatore scheduled the initial mum
ber of his programI American Navy, +"
me thought he would be doing honor
20 large number of that portion of
tho navy located here. He was mis-
taken.
The navy representatives in last
! nights audience could be counted on
| the fingers of one hand. However, he
received an ovation at the close of the
| piece, and responded TO an encore.
! The piece de resistance of the even
| ing's program was the overture "Wiii-
| lam Tell, - by Rossini. It was ad-
mirably rendered, and was mastery
effort for brass band and its close
was greeted enthusiastically. Again
| the great band director was obliged
TO respond to an encore and gave a Sc
lection in lighter vein. The min
net, by Paderewski, was followed by
sextette from Lucia de Llamamoor,
Donizetti. This was superb. Solos
were given by Signori Pierno. Sarno,
Croce, Procirillo, Glove and Bartoletti
with fine effect on the various brasses.
accompanied by the entire band.
After the intermissiOn the program
was opened with Strauss's Blue
| Danube" which everybody enjoyed.
| This was followed by a soprano solo
Ernani. by Verdi. sung by Nine
| Barili with oboe obligato Mime.
| Bariii has a musically sweet, though
not strong voice and her high notes
| lack clearness. She responded to two
encores. one of which was the mock
| ing bird. The Overture, from Caval-
/ leria Rustieana, was greeted with en-
| thusiasm. A harp was introduced
in this selection. The program closed
with American Fantasie, which in
| troduced a number of patriotic airs,
closing with the "Star- -Spangled Ban
neT. !" while the entire audience re-
mained standing during the rendition
of the national hymn.
Such performance as CreatOre and
| his Italian band gave last night at
| the Colonial Theatre has never been
/ given here before. Creatore is known
everywhere He is a musical genius,
great composer and wonderful di-
rector He has perfect control Of his
sixty musicians There is no clash
of the instruments; all are in perfect
time and accord and while it is known
| that clarionets and oboes cannot take
the place of violins in delicacy and
effect, yet Creatore has produced won
ders from these instruments. The en-
tertainment was inspiring. Every
body in the audience left feeling that
the night had been filled with music,
and the cares that infest the day, had
folded their tents like the Arabs, and
had silently stolen away" Creatore
and his band left here today for viii
mington and will later take a trip
across the continent, playing at inn
| portant cities en- route to San Fran
1 cisco.