The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
PLAN FOR CONCERT
IS COMPLETED. .
Men of Symphony Orchestra
Will Give Third of Series
in the Greek Theater
THURSDAY THE DATE

BERKELEY, Oct. THE men of the
University Symphony Orchestra, under
Professor F. ]. Wolfe, are to be heard
next Thursday afternoon in the Greek
Theater, when the third of the series OF
symphony concerts will be given. The
first number on the programme Will be
the Serenade in A of Brahms. This, the
second serenade of Brahms, Is type
of composition not commonly found on
conventional programmes, and 1ss a
number of singular beauty and attract
iveness. The orchestral serenade is OF
the type of dance music, being an of
shoot, as it were, Of the minuet. This
serenade is written for flute, oboe, cla-
rinet, bassoon, viola, cello, bass cello
and French horn The acoustic prop
critics of the Greek Theater, suitable to
high degree for all sounds, are par
tfcularly adapted to the sounds of the
wood wind instruments, and this COM
position will therefore make an espe-
cial showing. The serenade is written
in suit form and is divided into five
numbers-aIlegro, scherzo, adagio, min
| uetto and rhondo
The second number on the pro-
gramme will be the last symphony of
Mozart, the so-called Jupiter Symphony
in c. Mozart wrote forty-one sympho-
MES. OF these the last three dn K fat,
g minor and G major) were composed
in 1888 in the astoundingly short time
! of three months, and represent the very
| highest symphonic productions of this
master The Jupiter symphony is writ
| ten in the fully developed form and is a
| composition of the highest merit, both
as an example of symphony and as a
work of aesthetics. throughout the
! four movements the tcne is exalted as
! BELTS the title
The third number on the programme
will be the Dreams" of Wagner. Wag-
/ ner wrote a vocal study for Tristan
and Isolde under the name Of Dreams
! a beautifully delicate piece, scarcely
more than a fragment. This has been
orchestrated by the composer Svend-
| sen and it is this adaptation that is tc
be played at this concert.
/ The programme closes with the Ride
/ of the Valkyrs, from the last act OF
die Walkuere" of Wagner. This com
munity is deprived of grand opera fol-
| the present and the musical public
must feel grateful to the university
orchestra for the opportunity TO heal
at the symphony concerts many of the
most loved orchestral parts OF the Wag-
merriam music dramas.
The orchestra will consist of some
sixty-five musicians and Will be under
the direction of Professor Wolfe. The
last concert, which was attended by 6
| large crowd, was exceptionally wei
rendered, and music lovers may lool
forward to an exceptional enjoyment IL
| the coming concert Advance an
| nouncementh as been made that the
| Messiah of Handel will be sung by thu
university chorus, accompanied by th'
university orchestra, during the weel
of Thanksgiving, on a day to be def
nitely announced soon.
The Messiah was rehearsed last yea
and was to have been given Just prio
to commencement. The plan was null
lifted by the fire When the universit.
opened in August the rehearsals wer
resumed and the preparation of TIL
great work is now nearly completed
The solo parts will be sung by compe
tent professional vocalists, otherwis
the chorus is composed entirely of stu
dents of the university. to the numbe
Of ESQ. The performance of such work
as the Messiah form an integral part o
the plan for university music; in fact
the university chorus is in some re
spects the chief purpose of the estab
lishment of the chair of music. 1t |
planned to give twice each year som
noble choral composition, and plans ar
already under way for the second per
formance to be given in April Exac
information as to the date of the per
formance of the Messiah. sale of tick
cts, ETC., is promised within few days