The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-27
THE sousA BAND CONCERT
Monday Evening the Audience Was
Large and Enthusiastic Over
Work of the Band.

VI III LSsSAios
1t was an enthusiastic audience
which gathered at the corn palace
for the first evening concert OF corn
palace week, and there were many
people in the vast building-a larger
II than has been present at any
former opening night concert, which
is a high testimonial u MIR. Sousa
and his band. When the bandmaster
came out for his first number he
was very cordially greeted and he
swung into one of the most beautiful
overtures that he has ever performed
in this city. 1t was the overture
"Kaiser,' founded on Haydn's world
famous "Emperor's Hymn" by West
meyer. 1t has q gorgeous setting
throughout the long and difficult
number where the work for every sec
ton OF the band is on the same high
scale of composition. To the bass
section is handed a class Of WORK
that is seldom found among bands,
but ii was played with that clearness
and decision for which the Sousa
bass section is famous. Of all the
bands that have appeared in the corr
palace none have EVER approached that
dignified section of the band. But
when it comes to speaking Of sections
in tbo hand avarv ono of tham ic fllad
out to the important point of thor
|oughness, the clarinets and comets
being simply superb. The Kaiser is
a beautiful presentation of the theme
and it is treated with great Difference
in the various portions of the num-
Der.
Mr.. Herbert L.. Clarke, the cornet
I~soloist, played a number of his own
composition, "Rondo Caprice" which
enabled the artist to display some
great technical work, MIR. Clarke
shows q great Improvement owe his
work of three years ago, and is tax
ing his place among the noted cornet
players of the country.
Miss Jeanette Powers is a v~ioliniste
whom it is a great pleasure to hear.
Their is a quality of richness in the
tone that she produces that appeals
to the lovers of that famed instru-
ment and there is little left to be de-
sired in her work. She played Adagio.
motto perpetum, by Refs, the first
and measured character and the lat
ter part brought into execution a
swift movement that was handled
very cleverly by the young lady. She
played Schubert's Serenade for al
encore.
Miss Lucy Allen rendered a so
lprano solo with grace and skill, and
her grand voice permeated every por-
ton Of the vast auditorium. She
sang the waltz song from Romeo and
Juliet, which brought into requisi-
tion come splendid vocal effects. Hell
soprano voice shows a fine caltiva-
ton and a rich quality in lone color
She w.s very much appreciated by
the ldience and was forced to re
|spond 10 an encore.
The duet by Messrs. Clarke and
Mil house on the cornet was a gem
and Was played faultlessly. They
We're heartily encored.
The rest of the program was made
up OF rich and dignified numbers
with an occasional drift into, the
lighter and with encores of the same
character, made the program an ex-
ceedingly pleasing one. Mr.. Sousa
is playing more numbers of his own
composition this year and they tind
a ready and popular reception among
the people. The concert closed with
the ever popular Poet and Peasant,
and Sousa's band plays it with a dis