The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-12
BAND CONCERT
TOMORROW

Owing to the non-arrival of the
transport Thomas this morning the
|Constabulary band concert will not
be given until tomorrow afternoon
lat the Orpheum theater. There will
also be a concert in the evening
when the popular request program
will be presented. There were a
number of suggestions for the ar
rangement left at the Office of the
morning paper this morning and
majority of the numbers asked for
will be rendered The band is one
of the best in the United States ana
the soloists are competent in every
way. The delights of the audience
may well be anticipated after what
the organization has done on the
mainland. 1t appeared before large
audiences and there was always de-
mand for repeat concerts. The high
est praise has been accorded it by
critical musicians and as Honolulu
has some real musicians who appre-
ciate the efforts of real musicians
the affair at the Orpheum will be
TREAT. The Denver Post, in comment
ling upon the work of the band, said
in part:
"The faults of the band, and they
are few, are largely temperamental,
for the technique of the islanders is
almost fawless. This very tlawless-
mess, in fact, is a chief offense, for it
suggests the school just as Captain
Lovings painfully precise direction
suggests the teacher But when it is
remembered that these Sc men have
only been grouped for eight years,
and that many of them had aESOlute-
ly no knowledge of music or instru-
ments, it is hardly fair to comment
upon a very natural adherence to
rules and regulations
"As for their temperamental faults,
they were principally apparent in
the 'Tannhauser' overture. This huge
number at once the ambition and de-
spair of all musicians, was nobly Civ
en-, and yet it lacked the understand
ling that one feels so strongly in the
rendition OF German players and con-
ductors. The mysticism of Wagner,
the subtle employment of themes and
motifs, and the swelling majesties OF
mis- orchestration, are mentally be
You'd the Filipinos, and while they
played in strict accordance with tn
score, the soul of the composluor
eluded them. Not so in the anvil
chorus, that amazing mass of color.
Here the ardor of the islanders fOunC
free expression, as also in the Dance
of the Hours and Straus' "Pizzicatc
Polka The skill of these dark skin
ned artists with the strings, ant
their mastery of daintily brilliant eff
fects in pizzicato compositions, is no
So much a matter of wonder wher
one reflects that the Orientals musi,
has always found expression in string
ed instruments. And. by reason o
their frequent crudity, the finger
= have generally acted as keys for tn
3 release of the melody.
"Tt is this-the inheritance of Ger
turies-that makes the band so ma
velous in It's execution of compos
ion that had only the strings in view
Few symphony orchestras have eve
shown greater skill and taste, an
while Captain Loving's brass an
, wood-winds are more than praisewo
thy, it is in the strings that geniu
lies.
"The soloist of the evening wa
] Mr.. Henry Robert Perkins, who CAV
q the Toreador's song with good, hal
flling effect. Mr.. Perkins sang thi
y at a recent symphony concert, an
: last night twice repeated the refrai
& for encores. Surely the great fiel
Z of composition affords some othe
6 and equally happy medium for h
Z voice"