Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA
Its Successful Concert at the LAFAYETTE
Theater.

The fifty-seventh concert of the George
town Orchestra, which took place at the
Lafayette Theater last night was in every
way success. The house was filed with
representative Washingtonians, who take
pride in this organization, and the program
was one of the best Professor Kaspar has
presented. The orchestral numbers We're
the 'Egmont' overture, by Beethoven; three
movements of Mendelssohns Scotch Sym
phony, Rubinstein's tone poem, "kamen-
mol OsroW;' Asses Death" from Grieg' s
Peer Gynt' suite; minuetto Ohe love
duct, from Edward Germans Gypsy suite:
waltz from Saint Saens "Etienne Marcel, +"
and Bockelmann's 'Marche d Inaugural
uon' All these We're played in excellent
form by the orchestra, which numbered
seventy performers, and that Professor
kaspar held this large force of mixed anna
tours and professionals well in hand is a
high tribute to his leadership. In the TWEEN
ty-one years Georgetown Orchestra's exist
ence he has had many musicians under his
charge, and he is entitled to great praise
for the fidelity of his work. II is now the
only large local orchestra, and it is a credit
to Washington that it possesses such an
organization capable of interpreting with
equal effect symphony, tone poem and
the lighter forms of modern music.
The .Egmont' overture was played. with
fine effect, the stately chords being given
with dignity and firmness, and the conf
dence manifested In the attack in this num-
Der was noticeable in every selection, par
ticularly in the "kamennoi Ostrow." where
the rich harmony and solemn monaStic
color was brought out with singular beauty
In this number the harp accompaniment by
Miss O'Toole had to be omitted, owing to
an accident to the instrument. and Mr..
Henry Xander played the part on the
piano. The horns, which are usually the
most unruly section of an orchestra. were
unusually good. and came in on perfect
time and in tune. This was especially
remarked in the accompaniment to he
Carmen" aria The Bockelman march,
with which the program closed, is a COM
potion of more than ordinary merit. and
was played from manuscript parts loaned
by the author. Mr.. Bockelman also Sc
cured the orchestral parts of the Rubin
stein number. which was arranged by
Spickler for Anton Seidl, and is now in the
possession of Mrs. Seidl.
The soloiSt was Miss FrancheSka KaSpar,
the daughter of the accomplished conduc-
tor, and it was, in reality, her first appear
ance in concert since her return from
studying in Europe. Her first number was
the Micaela aria from Carmen" and she
sang it with such delicate expression that
she was at once recalled and presented with
big floral offerings, and sang as an encore
the waltz song from Gounod's Romeo and
Juliet In this brilliant work she in
creased the favorable impression first made
and showed that her voice has much sweet
ness and feXibility. Her group of songs
included Schumann's 'Fruilingsnacht,"
Rubinsteins Thou Art so Like Flower
and the waltz from La Boheme." The
first sung in German, the second in
English and the last in French. The Ru-
binstein song was the best of the three, and
she could have had an encore on that If
she had taken it, but the brilliant waltz
evoked such pronounced applause that the
fair singer returned and gave Comm
Thro' the Rye" in quite chic manner.
Miss Kaspar has soprano voice of much
h.ut nj n ytyn q nd fnSri-
biHty and she sings with intelligent ex-
preston. She reminds one of her mother.
when, as Annie Roemer. she was one of the
best singers in this locality.