Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
Musical

consecutive season Friday afternoon
under the happiest of auguries.
The orchestra was in splendid condi-
tion, with no. sign of the annual sum-
mer siesta from which the organization
is popularity supposed to be recovering
/ In fact one might easily believe that
there had been no cessation of practice,
so thoroughly sustained and hnished
was the work.
Jomelli sang to an Audience predis-
posed to render her homage. The lnti-
mate and personal touch which CHAR
acterized her program in Simpson aud
itorium Thursday evening was gone,
and her glorious voice rang out In the
aria from 1.-THE Queen of Sheba
! (Gounod), and in That's passionate,
despairing protest in Massenets opera
with compelling power. Perfectly ma
tural and unforced, with beautiful
tonal quality and with each note in the
entire register reaching the ear, round
ed, sweet and with a wealth OF color,
| Jomelli's singing carries assurance OF
| reserve and ability to meet even greater
demands. Again and again was the
artistic recalled, always with handclasp
and smile, including Mr. Hamilton in
| her triumph-a comradery in Whlch
! Concert Master Krauss was finally
made to join, and three times she re-
sponded with encores.
/ o. the three orchestra numbers
Dvorak's symphony. while not new,
was to me the most interesting. II IS
not quite clear why negro MOTH Is
attributed to this work, for the ma
| tlonality of the composer speaks in
every phrase The composer lived for
short time in America, to be sure,
and he is said to have found no music
! here except the negro music, and he
called the production under consldera-
tion "The New World symphony but
even this vast aggregation of evidence
fails to convince in view of the fact
that the nationality of the composer,
who was a Bohemian. speaks in every
phrase. There are no plaintive melodic
themes nor strains Of subdued re-
ligious appeal. one listens to the max
ing of new world indeed, but it Is
symbolic world stirring with the evo-
luton of elemental forces. Full of life
and action the first movement tells OF
laughter and song and the joy of living,
while the second, the largo, Is an eX-
preston of the fantasy, the vague, half
formed purposes and the beautiful
dreams of youth which are prophesy OF
aroused energy and decision, qualities
expressed, still in the Bohemian tongue,
in the rather bizarre but beautiful
language of the scherzo movement
which follows. In the closing move
ment themes crowd upon each other
with strong intensified action that is
militant and barbaric, the last bars
being flung out like a defiant and tri-
umphant battle cry.
The work is big and forceful with
the force of mental things, and by
reason of contrast dwarfs the more
finished numbers that followed Sven
don's symphony poem, "Zorahayda,'
seemed insignificant and the Lust
spiel" overture (BusonD, even as a
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mand the attention which it deserved.
Slow but sure is the progress being
made with the plans for big musical
festival in Los Angeles next spring,
and the encouraging promise is made
that the entire preliminary schedule,
including all officers and committees,
will be ready for publication early in
the week.
1t has been decided to arrange for
the festival the last week in April or
the first week in May, and to give five
events, probably three in the evening
and two in the afternoon. The pres
ent plan is that all participants shall
be from Southern California, and If ii
is finally decided to include attractions
from the east, additional dates will be
arranged for. This detail, however,
will be decided by the state of the ex-
chequer.
At the last moment plans were again
changed as to the park in which the
Municipal band is to play today, and
it will be, not in South park, but in
Central park as heretofore, that the
following program will be offered this
afternoon at $3.50:
March-'The Flvire Squadron" Scouten
Waltz-Espana ........................ Waltenfel
Largo from the opera ''AerXes' ..'''''' hahdei
Cornet solo-Selected
VIII F. Bates.
Intermezzo-'' Forget -me-not" ........,. Macbeth
overture 10 "T1uy Bias" .......... Mendelssohn
Paraphrase on Sweet and Low" ...... Barnby
IN a Cozy Corner .................... Bratton
Themes from Carmen .................. Bizet
Grand march queen of sheba" Gounod
America.
With Ludwig Wullner George Ham,
lin and George Broadhurst, the play
wright, as special guests at the De-
cember dinner of the Gamut club. the
occasion is certain to be one long to be
remembered.
BY the way, this club is preparing TO
astonish it's friends early in December
with an extravaganza which is to be
a take-off on the local political situa-
tion. and which is warranted to be
strictly a made in Los Angeles
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present at the Gamut club Monday
evening to decide definitely upon de-
tails of the annual affair. 1t is planned
to nut seventy-five members on the
stage i'm the theatricals, while many
singing parts are to be assigned
Monday evening rehearsals also will
begin i'm earnest for much close work
will be necessary in order to put on the
"show" the week selected. The or
ehestra will be present to assist the
vocalists and choruses. The speaking
parts also will be rehearsed.
If the entertainment is to be the
success which previous annual per-
formances scored, concerted action by
the entire club will be necessary,
therefore urgent invitations have been
sent out.
. The second artist to appear this sea-
son under the management OF the Phll-
harmonic course is George Hamlin, who
comes the evening of November 80.
Hamlin's place in the very first rank
of American tenors is universally ac-
knoWledged, not onl.- in his own coun-
try, where he has achieved success,
hut in European music centers. In
Germany Mr.. Hamlin has received, the
most flattering praise from press and
public. He has sung before the Prince
and Princess Etel Fritz and the court
of Berlin and many of the German no.
bility; while in Baden Baden the grand
duke and grand duchess attended his
concert and publicly congratulated him
upon his work.
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The Woman's orchestra is arranging