Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

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Mrs. Wilkes stay very pleasant with
! delightful informal entertaining:
he hopes to present while the Lambardi
company in this city.
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The project of popular concerts for
our public schools, which Is being so
actively pushed, is more than meeting
with success, and the originators of the
movement as well as interested onlook-
ers, are enthusiastic.
The first concert, given at Polytech-
mic two weeks ago by Charles Farwell
Edison, was attended by $50 students
the second, which was furnished by the
Krauss quartet Thursday morning, was
listened to by HOO students.
The Los Angeles high school put on
! the first concert in their series of three
| Thursday afternoon, and Herr and Mrs
Thilo Becker played to throng that
crowded the Auditorium. over $4OO
worth of tickets have already been sold
for this series, which assures good
profit for the entire course.
A series of six recitals for the grades
will. begin in Temple auditorium the
afternoon Of November 20, the following
concerts being set for the third
Wednesday in each successive month,
April included. This series had been
planned for Simpson auditorium, but
already the seating capacity Of 1900 has
proved inadequate, and so the larger
building hs been engaged.
Proceeds from these concerts will be
turned back at once to the schools In
the shape of concerts in districts where
little interest in music is evinced, and
thus their educational value will be
enhanced twofold.
The entire proposition is educational,
and it is hoped that it will be possible
to continue this work from year to
year until the next generation shall be,
perforce, one of music lovers.
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The week has been rich in offerings
from our local musicians, and lovers
of high-class music have enjoyed q
feast of good things. Monday night
came the Nowland-Hunter trio, with
the second in their series of ensemble
concerts in Symphony hall; Tuesday
evening friends of the Ellis club mem-
bers filed Simpson auditorium in their
honor, while third in point of time, all
though by no means last IN the scale
of artistic values, was the Lott-Krauss
chamber convert given Thursday even
ing in Simpson auditorium.
That the Los Angeles musical world
is richer for the advent of the Now
land Hunter trio cannot be questioned,
and this new organization is making a
place for itself in the front ranks. With
a month for rehearsals since the first
appearance, this trio of artists has
gained greatly in ensemble, and their
work Monday evening showed a degree
of finish that was delightful.
The program included two trios, IF
Major Op. so (Schumann) &c Minor
Op 29' (Foerster), and Greig's sonata
IF. Major Op. s." rendered on piano
and violin by Messrs. Hunter and Now
land, and the audience, composed large
ly of representative musicians again
and again signified it's appreciation by
enthusiastic applause.
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The Ellis club opened it's thirteenth
season Tuesday evening with a concert
that gave both director and chorus rea-
son to be very proud Of the high degree
of attainment reached. Musicianly, and
at the same time appealing to the
popular taste, each number pleased and
the audience was unstinted in its ap-
plause. sands % Dee" THE Hand
Organ Man" and "By the Beautiful
Blue Danube;" each and all was de-
lightful, as was also the (a) and (b)
cello number by Frederick s. Gutter
son, who held the closest attention of
the audience while rendering "Sur de
Lac" (Godard) and Won Goen's "Scher-
20" two happily contrasted selections,
that were exquisltely played. Mrs.
Gutterson accompanied her husband on
the piano.
Towering above everything else on
the program, apd presented so re-
ligiously that one listened reverently
and with bowed head, was the Feast
of the Holy Grail" from the first act
of "Parsifal." The organ accompani-
ment by w. F. Skeele was especially
impressive, and a hush prevailed from
the opening to the closing note such as
accompanies the passing of the sacra-
ment in church. The beauty of the
conception and its almost perfect rem
dering will remain long in the memory
of every one present, and 1t is to be
hoped that Mr.. Poulin will arrange for
repetition of the number some time
this winter with an orchestra.
Miss Dorothy Clement Chevrier, con-
tralto, was heard in two numbers Miss
O'Donoughue's artistic work as an ae-