Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
MusiCNOfeS

/ T HERE was a notable gathering of
artistes in Los Angeles during
Il the week just closed-Sembrich
/ Wuellner, Hamlin, Francis Rogers,
Frank La Forge and Coenraad Bos.
/ All the others went to hear Hamlin
sing Friday and listen to the symphony
program, and yesterday afternoon
! Wullner was honored by the presence
/ of all these other musicians at his
song recital in symphony auditorium,
/ Sembrichs Bravo! Bravo!" anticipat-
ing the general applause frequently by
/ several seconds.
At this, his third and last appear
ance, DR. Wuellner repeated only in
greater measure, his previous triumphs
! in Los Angeles, establishing himself If
! it were possible more firmly in our
/ hearts as the king of liedersingers.
There is but one Wuellner-" Hoch der
! Kaiser!'
There seems to be no reasonable
doubt that at last symphony concerts
have come into their own in Los An
geles, the second of this season which
was given Friday in Temple audito-
rum calling forth an audience which
filled the big house and occupied al
most every seat from orchestra TO top
! balcony. Second in Importance to the
/ glad surprise Of the big audience was
| the enthusiastic Endorsement given
George Hamlin and his wonderful ar
tistry. Mr. Hamlin, whose voice is
best suited for recital work, labored
under the disadvantage of trying to fill
Temple auditorium and in his strenu-
Gus efforts to make good" differed
with the orchestra several times as to
key, but his hearers forgave this and
demanded his appearance again and
again, until he acknowledged his
thanks with two encores.
The big number of the orchestra pro-
gram was BeethoVen's Third SYM
phony, of interest chiefly on account of
its presentation by Mr.. Hamlin and this
orchestra. The beautiful second move
ment was exquisitely given. The over
ture to THE Ruins of Athens" (Beet-
hoven), and the bacchanale from Saint
Saens' Sampson and Delilah' COM
pleted the instrumental program.
Arnold Krauss, violinist, is announced
as soloist for the next symphony, jan
uary 7, for which the following num-
bers have been arranged: First SYM
phony in G Minor" Tschaikowsky;
Tone Poem, Findlandia," Sibelius;
Concerto for VIOLIN" Tschaikowsky;
"Sute-Equisses Caucasiennes," Ippo-
| litoW-IvanoW.
s.
The Woman's Lyric club opened its
sixth season Friday night before an
audience of invited friends in Simp-
son auditorium, giving as usual weu
rendered and excellent program.
Harry Girard, soloist of the evening,
/ presented two groups of baritone So
/ los, the first being Wallace's Free
/ booter ballads" and the second three
/ old songs, still as the Night" (Bohm2
+ Love the Peddcr' (German) and by
/ request TOstis Good Bye Mr., Cir
ards numbers were enthusiastically re-
ceiyed and he responded also to an
encore.
The club numbers We're well rem
dored. especially The Fate of Prince
/ Kiyo" by Hadley, in which the lead
ing roles We're happily presented by
/ Miss Helen Axe Brown and Miss Maude
Hazel Baker members of the club.
After Mrs w. II. Jamisons tender
little awakening" was sung by the
club the composer was called for and
received the applauded congratulations
of both her sister club members and
/ the audience.
/ Other ensemble numbers were "Car-
mena'' CWllson), by Babylon's Wave"
| (Gounod), "A Southern Lullaby"
! (Wheele) and I'm Fair Seville" (Pi-
erne.
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Bruce Gordon Kingsley will give the
! last but one Of his organ concert Sc
ries Friday afternoon in Temple audi
torium, with the following program of
opera and romance compositions:
Overture, "A Midsummer Nights
| Dream" (Mendelssohn); prelude, Par
sifal" CWagner) THE Last Hope
| CGottschalk), Funeral March of
MariOnette" (Gounod), The Dream
Music" "Haense und Cretel" CHum-
perdincRO, and 1.-THE Procession Of the
Mastersngers," Die Meistersinger'
/ OVagneD. The soloist will be Mrs. w
j. Kirkpatrick Arizona's finest dra-
matte soprano, who will sing the IA
NOUS "Senta's Ballad" from "The Fly
ing Dutchman" (WagneD; Sir Henry
Bishops bid Me Discourse" and a
recent song of Mr.. Kingsley's, THE
Voices of Home, Sweet Home"
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Miss Blanche Ruby, Harrison VII
liams and Archibald Sessions gave 4
most successful recital last week in
Phoenix before the Arizona School Of
Music.
An enthusiastic audience listened
Tuesday night to a brilliantly rendered
program of violin and piano music
presented under the auspices of the
Won stein Academy of Music by Wen
eel Kopta and Alfredo Wyld-Viterri.
Mr.. Kopta's work as a violin Virtu
oso is characterized by great beauty
of expression and perfection Of tech