Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

evening in Symphony hall, in the
Blanchard building.
The program to be given is the fol-
lowing, and contains much that is of
interest not only for the student of
music but also for the unframed music
lover who knows good music when he
| hears 1t, even If he cannot tell why
| in the phrasology of the music critic:
Robert Schumann (1S10-1S56): Trio
f major, op. so, (a) Sehr lebhaft, CD
Nit innigem Ausdruck, (c) In Mas
siger Bewegung, Id NIGHT zu rasch.
Edward Hage Grieg QS43-19O8) Sonata
F major, op. So (a) Allegro con brio,
OBJ allegretto quasi andantino, (c) al
legro motto viVace-Messrs. Rowland
and Hunter Ad Martin Forester
QS54-) Trio c minor, OPP. 30, (a) al
legro con brio, (b) larghetto, (c) allie
gro con spirito Yivace, First time in
Los Angeles.
The Woman's Lyric club will give
it's first concert of the season Decem-
Der 8, at Simpson auditorium. Among
the choruses to be presented are,
ACROSS the Fields to Anne" by
Clough-Leighter Schubert's God in
Nature" and with Revels and Was
Sails" by r. Huntington Woodman,
we'll known eastern organist and d.
rector, who has added charm to his
work by using words from old Christ
mas verses.
The club will be assisted by Ru-
dolph Friml, Bohemian pianist and
composer.
Rehearsal of the Woman's Orchestra
last week showed that the organization
Is fully prepared for the opening con-
cert of the year at Simpson auditor
ium the evening of December 1. Miss
Cora Foy, the president, informs me
that fhn nnftrn haFgbfD fqUnrad
reduced rates for teachers and music
students. With the orchestra will APP
pear Adela Verne, who is not stran-
ger to Los Angeles, as she spent sew
eral months here last winter. during
which time she was heard In public
several times, and who is said by those
who met her to be one of the daintiest,
sweetest English girls imaginable.
Miss Verne recently played her
premier in New York to an audience
which filled Carnegie hall.
The composite mind of the music
and art committee of the chamber of
commerce is still concentrated upon
that plan for music and art education
in Los Angeles city and county which
was placed in outline before the public
early in the fall, and, in no wise
daunted by the obstacles that have
arisen, the aforesaid committee is busy
CllNlCINOlll1B " llGW a SlIdtEAlL PAIN
that shall at least prove tangent to the
fair land of their desire.
One of the stoutest hearts back of
the project Belongs to Charles Farwell
Edison, chairman of the committee, who
talks art and music education contin-
uously and enthusiastically and con-
vincingly. Mr.. Edison presented the
plan anew to the consideration of the
Gamut club membership Wednesday
evening and a resolution was adopted
urging the chamber Of commerce to
accept the recommendations therein
embodied.
The plan includes the following lines
of effort: First, the support of the Los
Angeles Symphony orchestra, in COM
bination with the best procurable So
loists in the world; second, Sunday
afternoon popular concerts by the Los
Angeles Symphony with representa-
tive local soloists, so that the best in
music may be placed within reach of
ALL third, the organization of a chorus
for the purpose of producing the works
of the great masters, the singers to be
chosen because of their fitness and to
be subject to yearly examination as to
ability; fourth. the organization of
childrens orchestra, to be conducted
by leader of the Symphony orchestra;
fifth, children's chorus of pupils in the
grade schools to work with ehildrens
orchestra; sixth, the giving of chill