The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-09
|SWAYED BY MUSIC
RECITAL AT MONT
 GOMERY THEATRE.
Great Audience Thrilled By symphony 0rchestrs COnAucteA by MT. Ellen berx.-Adm1rable Hendeffng Of
 ntmcult Numbers.

Music lovers of Montgomery gave away to demonstration last evening at the Montgomery heatre. Two thous- and dignified of the city rose to their feet. with the burst of the whtrl- wind they gave away to their enthu- siasm, and fairly chowered their ap- probation upon the musicians in the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, and their Conductor. Robert .Eilenberg.
 tI was at the close of the rendition of Rossinis Overture to William Tell. With musical skill of the highest de- gree, the forty-two musicians on the theatre stage had passed through the masterpiece of the Italian composer. From the first note of the cello. through the rumblings o fthe ap- preaching storm the music led. Through the fitful gusts preceding the hurricane, and int the fury of the tornado. Back into the clear light of the sun after the storm clouds had passed, where the birds were singing and the flowers carpeting the moss. covered with dew. The trumpet call had summoned the soldiers to arms; they had been heard marching gayly to the strains of martial music The finale crashing the sound of instru- ment with instrument, ceased at last. Il the silence admiration. An instant only, and then the great audience ris- ing, into spontaneous storm of ap- plause which filled the building, rising and falling, and renewed repeatedly.
 The first recital of the Symphony orchestra was emphatically success. Not nly was it a production of the highest class from an artistic stand point; 1t also had the good fortune to be heard by ansaudience which recog- nized the merit of the players efforts. For a long time to come the recital of the orchestra last night will be spoken of by all lovers of music In the Capital City.
 Once again before the close of the mu sical program did the audience give away to.i it's admiration. The last num- Der on the list of selections for the even was the overture from Tam. hauser." The story of the victory of Virtue over Vice, as told In music thrilled the hearers and held them In their places until after the last note In the thre floors of the theatre, ev- cry seat was filled. And every seat remained filled until Conductor Ellen berg left the stand, as a sign that the entertainment had come to an end. The rounds of applause that succeeded the rendition of the last number bore efo- quent testimony to the impression that the local talent had produced.
 The first recital of the Montgomery l Symphony Orchestra was given in con. | junction with the annual recital of the pupils of Mir Eilenberg. Heretofore | followers of music have always re- garded Mir. Eilenberg's recitals as rare entertainments. Last evening the re- cital became an event.
 | A little over three weeks ago, four | or five musicians in Montgomery gath cred together. for the purpose of pur-
 suing the study of higher classical fnu. sic. The number grew as report of il spread throughout the city. The Idea l of organizing an orchestra was formed and MT. Eilenberg was selected as it's conductor. Last night, the results of | the months of painstaking practice were presented to the public, Today l people are speaking of the first appear
 ance of the orchestra, and they will speak of 1t for Some time to come. FoI | the entertainment of last night dem- onstrated that in Montgomery there is musical talent unthought of before The number of high-class musicians
 and the quality of their work was z
 distinct surprise to those who formed 1.-the audience last evening. The excel llence of the manner in which the diff lhcult selections chosen, selections whicl
 have been heard before by everyone
 who heard them last evening, came al a pleasant shock. The symphony hat
 succeeded in doing something better 1 than 1t had ever been done in Mont gomery before. And the credit of | .all belongs to Montgomery talent. | 4 division had been made in the pro gram The first part of the entertain,
 ment was given entirely to the younger lpupils of the Eilenburg Studio. Theil l v1a uya plaUarlV Isented. and pleasing and charming tt
 the eye and ear. Every player gav'
 evidence of his or her skill and every player showed the advantage of excel lent training. The little folk wer'
 warmly applauded.
 It was in the second part of the pro
 gram that the orchestra first made itI Appearance. As an opening number l gave the first movement of Beethoven
 First Symphony. accompanied by Mrs Eilenberg as piano accompanist. Fol flowing the Symphony. the orchestra lpresented the overture to William Tell" and 1t was then the audienc' first gave vent to the full of their en thusiasm. For five minutes the ID plause lasted. and was only concluded when the curtain rose again, showing
 the empty seats of the orchestra, ant the next number of the program wa put on. The overture from TaTfn hauser'' came as the climax to the re
 cital, the most finished musical pro duction ever heard on a Montgomer!
 stage
 As a musical entertainment, last eve ning's recital is a decided triumph fo
 Mir. and Mrs. Eilenberg. Not only | much of the credit for the orchestra
 success given to the local teachers O
 music, but several members of the jul venile portion of the program, were selections of his own composition. Mrs | Eflenbetg, in her role as piano accom- panist in the Beethoven symphony mastered her difficult role in a manner which won for her the admiration oi the audience
 The orchestral arrangement of the recital was one of the strongest fea- lures of the entertainment Last night for the first time in Montgomery twelve pianists were heard on one stage. In the overtures from William Tell' and from "Tannhauser" six pi- amos, each played by two musicians, were used as accompanies for the or- chestra.
 The first number of the program was the Flying Leaf" of spindler. The short selection was charmingly rendered by little Miss Helen Well. one of the youngest pupils of the Ell enberg studio. Following this number came the Youth and Joy" of Gurlitt. presented by Miss Gladys Hudson. an- Other of the younger performers of the evening.
 Twice during the first part of the nrosram four pianos were used, once with twelve little misses seated at the Instruments. in the rendition of se- lection from Streaborg, and again with