Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-10
The Musical World
By Genevra Johnstone-Bislno o!

T HIS afternoon the local symphony
orchestra will present its third con-
Il cert of the season at Temple audi
torium at o'clock sharp. Director Ham
ilton has secured a most excellent series
of program numbers and will not only
introduce some new features OF sym
phonic work, but will also present Her
bert Witherspoon, the celebrated basso
and eoloist, who will sing two arias by
Thomas and Wagner.
The program numbers are as follows:
Overture to 'T1delio" (Beethoven)
AAr du Tambour Major, lie Caid' CThomas)'
Irish Rhapsody (Stanford).
90 du Holder absendsterne Tannhauser
Cwagner)
Scotch symphony (Mendelssohn)'
s.
I,eocayallo expects to come to America
next season and produce his new opera,
"Zaza."
The emperor of Austria has conferred
the golden cross of merit on Lille Len
mann, the noted German soprano.
s.
Calve appeared in Mexico City Decem-
Der q and had a perfect ovation.
A program, novel, interesting and OF
yirtuoso proportions unusual, was pre-
sented by the Thomas orchestra on De-
cember 27 and 49, Musical enthusiasts
connoisseurs, and especially those IN
terested in the ultra modern treno
in music, were on the qui vive ror
this program, for the now famous
"Dance of the Seven Veils," from Rich
ard Straus' "Salome," was listed for lis
first hearing. The whole program was
wonderfully effective, of a riotous tonal
mass of color, all harmoniously merged
it was not alone enjoyable to the trained
musician as a program of great beauty
of the absolute in music, but 1t had lts
educational value as well, compreheh-
sibly and vividly illustrating the many
characteristics of the modern school, par
ticularly emphasizing that drifting away
from the plain diatonic mode ana
definite tonality, for the chromaticlzeu
the enharmonic, with its resultant mghly
emotionalized physiognomy, which even
by the passive mind is graoually peins
hailed as the most delectable land OF the
tonaI art. The program opened with over
ture eSolenelle' by Glazounow; folloW'
ing were bacchanale from "Tannhauser
hachanale from Saint-Saens' Samson
and Delilah''; the 'Mephisto' waltz pS
iszt. and the Tschaikowsky concerto az
a solo number. The massing together oi
This combination of mixed nationality
with their various tonal expressions on
subjects akin to "Salome," was a ntune
hacIssro,lnd for the Dance of the seven
VeiIs,' 1t is almost impossible to explain
on paper anything about Strauss music
that will give any idea whatever Oh Tue
effect the actual hearing produces. AS
comnoser Strauss infuses into his musie
perhaps in a greater degree than any
other composer, past or present, lne
nsychological note that appeals SO strolls.
iv though it may not always be possiple
to define it's exact meaning; this charac
teristic applies to the excerpt, tne
"Dance" as well as to all else Una
Strauss has written. In texture nlusiVIi. ~
lv n Is an intricate weaving OF tne t'
varied themes forming the entire WorA
~ "salome' and calls into use an eA-
tended orchestration, the orchestra nuni-
herring for the occasion 112 men, incIuuins
the use of several musical instr ruinents' l,,lN,s
AZ to the orchestra and Conductor StocA'
too much nraise cannot be accordeo lnen',
tbe virtuosity. the brilliancy ana M toilai
coloring of the entire program pens
superb Olga Samaroff, the soioist ~ sals
1rschaikowsxy B nat minor concerto
x.,bosa nlaving always bears the note oi
distinction, was in particularly nus ,.,, ~. -,
and gave reading that satisneu eVeis
aesthetic demand.
Garcia. mother Of King Frederlch Au-
gust Of Saxony. died December 10 Ac-
cording 10 the saxon law of 1904 no con-
certs or amusement performances could