Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
WUSIC
HHE shriners of Southern Californi

HHE Shriners of Southern California
hereby serve notice that the week
u Of April Is has been pre-e1npted
by them to their own use, that this
series of days Is to be labeled Shrine
week." and every one else is to keep
hands off. Ben Greet and his company
of forty-five players, with the Russian
Symphony orchestra of fifty members
under the direction of Modest Alt
schuler have been engaged for that
date and will appear every afternoon
and evening at Shrine auditorium.
The week will open with Midsummer
Nights Dream" given by the entire
Greet company and with the Mendels-
sohn music played by the orchestra's
chiIdren's ballet, and complete scenic
investure. Tuesday afternoon, Russian
Symphony orchestra program, Tuesday
night, Romeo and Juliet" Greet COM
pany and Gounods music by the Or
chestra.
'Everyman," the old morality play,
will be given Wednesday afternoon,
and in the evening, 1.-The Tempest"
with Sir Arthur Sullivan's music, or
cheStral accompaniment. Thursday
night, Merry Wives of Windsor by
the Greet company with the Nicolaf
music.
Production of "Everyman,v by the
0ISCL COIApdlly II IlOdy 4ilSIIy
ceded by a short orchestra concert in
cidental to the old drama. Saturday
afternoon d special production for the
children as well as adults, the Greet
company alone producing Hawthorne's
Wonder Tales, including "Pandora's
Box king Midas" Philemon and
'Bancis.'' "King Rene's Daughters"
preceded by a symphony concert, will
be given Saturday night, the first time
on the Pacific coast.
Over $4,000 people attended the Haw-
thorne afternoon when given for the
children on the lawn at the White
House the first of last month.
Concerning Senor Antonio di Grassi,
who is to appear in Simpson auditorium
Thursday night, Elizabeth Westgate
says the following in the Pacific Coast
Music Review concerning that violin
lists appearance in Alameda:
''Di Grassi's, technical capacity is
limitless, 1 should declare without great
fear of contradicting voice. At any
rate it was more than equal to his
program-at no time did he reach the
ultimate borders of his ability. And
when it is said that the first movement
of the D major Concerto of Tschaikow-
sky, not well known here, but full of
all amiable and unamiable difficulties,
was his first offering, you can realize
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Hung cadenza in itself is a test of
players accuracy, courage and style;
and in spite of not over-good E string
1t was triumphantly played.
Prelude of the First Sonata (the last
two as encores) showed di Grassi a.
highly intelligent and intellectual play
er of the classics, and the Ernst Otello
Fantasia gave him a chance at all the
tricks of the violinist's trade!"
The third and last of the kingsley
opera recitals will be given this aft
ernoon in Blanchard hall, with Miss
Mabelle Clarke and Miss Marguerite
Walker as soloists The opera is
Faust,' with the Gounod music, and
Tor lecture purposes has been divided
into ten parts, namely: The dread
compact, the kermesse, the calf of
gold. festive valse, the jewel song, the
garden scene, the soldiers chorus, the
moonlight serenade, the spectres' ride
and Marguerite'S journey to heaven.
s.
A little later the famous Constabu-
larry band of the Philippines, one of
the finest military musical organiza-
tions in the world, is expected to fill an
engagement in Los Angeles, and the
IGlipT1ng, taken from the Pacific Coast
Music Review, is of interest:
The band numbers eighty-four men.
The conductor is Captain Walter Low
ing, an American negro who went to
the islands as bandmaSter of one of the