Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-21

Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, In
Guiding "Pandora's Box" king Midas"
and philemon and Bancis."
Saturday night will be left open, the
program to be selected by the public
from LAS You Like It." Twelfth
Night" Comedy of Errors" or king
Renee's Daughters"
One of the delightful events of the
Lenten season is the series OF song
recitals being given by Mrs. Estelle
Heartt- Dreyfus, and the second pro-
gram, where, under the title of Songs
| of the Soil,' she has arranged a hap
ply chosen group of nature songs,
which was given THURSDAY was eA-
ceedingly interesting.
| Mrs. Dreyfus is successful in infusing
| into these recitals the serious spirit
| demanded by the Lenten season. Three
particularly enjoyable numbers We're
1.-THE Dove" CWachtmeister), written
for Mrs. Dreyfus; The ButterIy
(Waldo Chase, and Grieg's Swan.
The program was the following:
Birds-'Hark! Harki the Lark tSchuberD.
THE swan (Grieg). THE Dove Wacht-
meister) written for Mrs preyfusl, The
Rose (HorrocksJ, THE Birds Go North
Again" CWilleby)
Butterflies The Butterfly" (Chasel.
Blossoms" Daisies" CManney), The Rose
and the Gardener Foote), Hedge Roses
Sea sons-"Autumnal Gale" tGrieg).
Sun-"Sunshine Song (Nednger).
Moon" Mondnacht' (Schumann.
| Stars-"The Star of the Day" Nynes)
Wind-"The Wind (Spross).
Snow" Snowflake" (Cowen).
| Rain-"Aprl Rain" (Speaks).
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A large audience gathered at the
Ebell club house Tuesday night to hear
Rudolf Friml, the Bohemian composer
and pianist, in a recital program that
was his formal farewell to Los An
geles.
If originality is the hall mark of
genius, Mr.. Friml certainly is double
dyed for he not only sets forth in
musical terms the most clever and
dainty conceits of his own buoyant
nature, but he places sacrilegious hands
on such old friends as Beethoven's
Moonlight Sonata" and gives 1t a
meaning new and strange.
Mr.. Frimrs own compositions are
characterized by abundance of action
and bear the stamp of joyous, care
free nature untouched by the deeper
experiences of life.
d
Miss Geraldine Gutterson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gutterson,
the cellist and pianist, has returned
from Paris, where she studied piano
Will I1dIOId DhuOl.
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Frank Carroll Giffen, baritone-tenor,
who has recently returned from Europe,
will be heard in recital in Simpson
auditorium April 2. Mrs. Harry CLIFFORD
Lott accompanying.
Mr.. Giffen enjoyed the rare honor,
for a foreigner, of being invited to sing
with the Bach choir, the Oldest in Ber-
lin. under Professor Kahn.
Mr.. Giffen is brother of G. M. and
C. A. Giffen OF Los Angeles.
s.
Rather of an unusual character is
the program announced by the First
Congregational orchestra for the sec
ond concert of its fourteenth season.
Tuesday evening. The orchestra num-
hers will consist entirely of standard
oyertures as follows: "Caliph of Bag
dad" by Boieldieu, a type of early
overture style; "Entfuhrung," by Mo-
Fart: Martha" illustrating the popu-
lar operate form; the well-known
"Semiramide," by Rossini; loan OF
Arc" historic overture, by Verdi, and
the grand descriptive overture maxi
milan Robespierre." by Henry Litolf.
Miss Bessie Bulpin, soloist for the
occasion, will sing "Elsa's Dream
(from "Lohengrin'O, by Wagner, and
pace milo DID," from La Fora del
Destino" Verdi, with orchestral ac-
compartment.
The orchestra, under the direction of
William H. Mead. one of the original
members of the Los Angeles Symphony
orchestra, has been working fourteen
years, and while it is strictly amateur,
has invariably given creditable per-
formances, owing to the faithfulness
and hard work of the majority of Its
members, among whom are many of
the most capable amateurs in the city. |
For this occasion its personnel will be
augmented to between sixty-five and
seventy.
s.
To the principals and teachers of |
schools the junior choir of Christ |
church, Twelfth and Flower streets, |
offers an attractive musical program |
this evening at 1880 o'clock. Rev. |
Baker P. Lee, the rector. will give a |