The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-24
OF FATE"
At OPERA HOUSE

the organ fund of st. Andrews Catne-
drai. will have the following program:
song of Fate ....... Johannes Brahms
The Chorus.
we dwell on pathways of light.
through fields eternal. spirits beyond
the skies. Tenderly baImy breezes fan
your calm brows, as the players defr
fingers sweep over the harp-strings
Free from grief, as the slumbering
infant, heavenly spirits live. Chaste
enshrfned as a bud that is opening.
purely blooms their soul Away And
| their vision celestial gazes serene on
light everlasting.
ITO US It's not given to find repose
here on earth; they vanish, they falter.
our suffering. sorrowing brothers: blind
| ~ from hour to hour they are driven,
| like spray of the cataract. recklessIy
plunging down to doubt and darkne s
| below. Translate from the German
! of Friedrich Holderlein.
SYNOPSIS.
| In this composition the storm, the
| stress. the bitter anguish of earthly
mortals is thrown into sharp and vivid
contrast with the Nirvana-the perfect
E fiat as his key. After a beautiful
instrumental prelude of IS bars in slow
"A time. the alto voices enter. pianis-
simo, singing ''Ye dwell on pathways
of light. through fields eternal. Spirits
beyond the skies. The full chorus
takes up the same phrase, still p:anis-
simo. Passages of urpassing-almost
unearthly-beauty succeed one another:
1t-1i oh
sense of aloofness pervades. The first
part of the work ends in noble har-
monies with the words, And their
vision celestial gazes serene on light
everlasting"
Suddenly and absolutely the music
changes its mood. In an instant it be
comes warm. palpitating human
Plunging into a rapid A rhythm. the
voices enter in an ugly. crooked, yet
oddly fascinating phrase, singing ITO
us It's not given to find repose here on
earth a sense OF bitter hopelessness
prevails. An immensely striking syn
cope is introduced on the words Like
spray of the cataract recklessly plung-
ing. Again the crooked theme is
heard, wrought into a short fugato
passage; again it recurs i'm it's origi-
i4t't ANtii4- ~ ''N'NNiiS t41t - ' VI tt4iS ull1
diminishes, and on the words, Ito doubt
and darkness below" with supreme
pathos. it subsidies utterly A few more
bars of fluttering agitation-gradually
growing fainter and fainter-and the
struggle is over 1t is death.
All at once, almost imperceptibly.
without forewarning, the original
phrase of the entire work comes steal
ing deliciously on the ear; this time
in the key of c. The surge of strug-
Cling humanity has spent itseIf-mer-
cIful death has interviewed. The hu-
man has achieved Nirvana. This final
Observation-Disclosures brings Brahms's very
beautiful and interesting work to an
exquisite end.-Gerard Barton.
Two English songs-
Gar "A Song of Than1zspivine,"
Observation-Disclosures Frances .AIlitsen
CD Stars" ............F Franco Leoni
The Hon. Paul r. Isenberg.
ARIA" Q'rom Samson and Delfa)-
Mon Iouer SQUIRE a ia Voix"..
Observation-Disclosures. Saint Saens
Mrs. Bruce Nov. Mackan
Violin and Piano
Sonata in F Cop. ...Edvard Greig
Allegro con brio.
AHegretto quasi Andantino.
Allegro Motto NiVace-
MRS. A. B. ingalls, and Mrs. Gerard
Barton
Ihree English Songs
Ca) The Danza &c. w Chadwick
CD Songs That My Mother
Taught Me ...-...........D vorak
Maude Valerie White
Co The Throstle' ...............
ERT-11Ha TfN- oil
Two German songs
(a) 'Fergeben' Frank Refs