Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08
MUSIC
BY NJ. n. F. BRIDGHAM

IKE nothing else the seasons cal
endar has to offer the student and
lover of high class music in Los
Angeles Is the series of organ recitals
provided each winter by Archibald
=. Sessions on the fine instrument at
Christ church, where he Is organist,
and for many, notably those who ap-
preciate the dignified and churchly in
music, the season began here Wednes-
day night when, with the assistance of
Eugene Rowland, violinist, Mr.. Ses-
sions gave his sixty-sixth recital. 1t is
noteworthy that the large audience
room was nearly filled when the pro-
gram began and that with few excep-
lions every one remained until the
cloAs.
While in Paris last summer Mr.. SEES
sions studied again with Guilmant, his
former teacher, and his program
opened Wednesday evening with that
COMPOSERS sonata No. 1, opus AZ, the
musicianly rendering being especially
effective in the glorious group of chords
that forms the finale.
The tone of the program was serious
throughout. Sjogren's fantastic, opus 10,
No. l, furnishing the only suggestion
of brightness, while in ITO the Even
ing Star" (Wagner) and Mendelssohn s
Spring Song" Mr.. Sessions gave his
hearers popular favorltes. Wolsten-
holmes Caprice and the finale in
b fiat by Cesar Franck completed his
numbers.
Eugene Rowland, whose violin work
is remarkable for its beautiful tone
quality and breadth of conception, gave
an entirely new rendering of Sind1ng s
adagio from suite opus 10, followed by
the Romance from Wieniawskfs ID
minor concerto.
At the next recital, which is to be
given the afternoon of November IL
at o'clock, Mrs. Philip zobelein is
announced as soloist.
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The Ellis club will render the follow
ing program under the direction OF J.
b. Poulin, Tuesday evening, at Simp-
son auditorium:
winter Song" (Bullard); Sands o
Dee" (Goldbeck); in vocal combat
'Then You'll Remember Me- Rocked
in the Cradle of the Deep" (Buck);
contralto solo. (a) "Voce de Donna
d'Angelo' (PoncinellD, (b) La Gita-
ma" from "Gioconda" (ArditD, Co THE
Nightingale Has a Tyre of Cole"
(Foote), Miss Dorothy Clement CheY-
rier; "Gralsfeier" (feast of the Holy
GraiD from "Parsifal' (Wagner); 1.-THE
Handorgan Man (Von Othegraven;
Ever of Thee" (1all-Buck); cello
solo, sur de Lac" (Godard), ''Scherzo"
(Von Goens), Frederick S. Gutterson;
"By the Beautiful Blue Danube"
(Strauss).
We are to enjoy at Simpson audito-s
rum Thursday evening the first of the
Lott ISrauss series of six ensemble
concerts for the season of 10000. The
program is interesting, and together
with the work of Mrs. Harry Clifford
Lott, pianist. and Mr.. Lott, barytone
soloist, should satisfy the most critical.
The program numbers are as follows:
Quartet, '"Aus meinen Leben," allie
gro vivo appassionato, allegro demora-
to a la polka, largo sostenuto, vivace
(B Smetana); songs, I'm der Trauer'
(Song of Sorrow, "Schifferlied' (Boat
Song), (Sinding), "The Tryst" (Jean
Sibelius); andante cantabile from quar-
tet, op. II (Tschaikowsky): piano quin-
tet, allegro ma non troppo, andante,
intermezzo Vivace, finale, allegro vi
vace (Sinding).
The second ensemble concert in the
series being given by the Newland-
Hunter Trio is announced for Tuesday