The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-16
FOR
 MUSIC FESTIVAL Official Announcement Made of Various Numbers IS SURE TO BE POPULAR Festival Promises to surpass Every Musical Event Undertaken In
 the South Up to
 This Time.
IS SURE TO BE POPULAR

The Birmingham music festival to be given at the Hppodrome, April 2S, 29 and 30, under the direction of Walter Damrosch, who brings with him his superb New York symphony orchestra and a great solo quartet, will accord ing to well informed musicians, sur pass in both artistic excellence and gen eral popularity, every musical event undertaken in the south up to this time. In addition to the vocal artists MT. Damrosch brings a brilliant violin soloist-Alexander Saslavsky.
 The official programmes are as fol- lows:
 "Wednesday Evening, April 2s.
 Overture, "Semiramide" ((Rossini).
 (a) Lord, How Long Wilt Thou For get Us" (Brahms); (b) Lift Up Tine Eyes" from Elijah (Mendelssohn), Treble Clef club.
 Ballade and Polonaise (Vieuxtemps), MT. Alex Saslavsky.
 Symphonic Poem, Les Preludes". (Liszt).
 (a) Moths" (Palicot; (b) "Mammy's Lullaby" Treble Clef club.
 (a) Allegretto from string quartet, (b) Spring Song (Mendelssohn).
 Air from Der Freischutz" (Weber), Mime. Rider Kelsey.
 "The Blessed Damozel" (Claude De- bussey), Treble Clef club orchestral accompaniment
 Slavonic March (Tschaikowsky). Thursday Afternoon, April l29. Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream" with incidental music by Mendelssohn, Isabel Garghill Beech CT, reader.
 The incidental music includes: Over ture. Scherzo, Nocturne, Chorus of Fairies and Wedding March.
 Thursday Evening, April 29.
 Overture, "Carnevar' (Dvorak).
 Tannhauser March (Wagner), Euter- pean club, orchestral accompaniment.
 Air from "Radamisto" (Handel), Miss Nevada Van der Veer.
 Andante Cantabfle (Tsch aikowsky), from Symphony No. 5.
 Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss), Euter- pean club, orchestral accompaniment.
 Air, MT. Reed Miller.
 (a) Adagio, Mir. Alex Saslavsky; (b) Perpetuum Mobile, played by all the first violines, from Ries Suite.
 Spanish Rhapsody (Chabrier).
 Friday Afternoon, April 30. ((Beethoven-W Wagner Programme.) PART I. Symphony No. D." (Beetnoven).
 PART II.
 Prelude to 'Iohengrin," CWagner).
 (a) Dance of the Apprentices Cb) Prize Song" from "Die Meistersinger," | CWagner).
 (a) Sounds of the Forest from "Sieg- fried" Ride of the Valkyries from Wal kure," CWagner). (a) "Dreams,' study from Tristan" CWagner), MT. Alex Saslaysky. Cb) "Song to the Evening Star from Tannhauser," (Wagner).
 Overture to "Tannhauser," (Wagner).
 Friday Evening, April 30. Farewell Ooncert) PART I. Overture, ''Mignon," (Thomas).
 Slow movement from the American Symphony. Ovorak).
 Suite Peer Gynt." (Grieg). (a) "At Daybrea..," (b) "Asa's Death," Co "Anitras Dance." (d) Tn the Halls of the Mountain Kings Overture, "The Merry Wives of Wind sor," (NicolaD
 PART II.
 "Stabat Mater,' (Rossini). Festival chorus, orchestral accompaniment. So- loists, Mime. Rider Kelsey, soprano; Miss Nevada Van der Veer, contralto; MT. Reed Miller, tenor; MT. Gustaf Holm quist. bass. Chorus and orchestra.
 Concluding with Haydn's famous fare well symphony, when each musician In his turn blows out his candle and leaves the stage.
 Damrosch gave festival concerts in Washington this week. The Washington Post of Wednesday says:
 Considering that the symphony season telescoped into the baseball season, there
 
 theatre yesterday afternoon to attend the final concert given by Walter Dam rosch and the New York Symphony or chestra, with the assistance of notable quartet: Corinne Rider-Kelsey, soprano; Reed Miller, tenor; Nevarda Van De Veer, contralto, and Gustav Holmquist, basso, not forgetting Alexander Saslavslzy, solo violtnst of the orchestra, who scored a pronounced hit. The all-Wagner pro- gramme was one of the finest ever played here. Damrosch is considered by many musicians the foremost living conductor of Wagner, and his interpretations of the works of the great master leave nothing to be desired. Two of the numbers were arranged by MT. Damrosch-the musical setting of Siegfrieds encounter with the dragon, and the portion from Act II, where Segfried breaks through the flames surrounding Brunnhilde. In both of these the ensemble work of the or chestra was magnificent; while the pre- Jude to 'Lohengrin" and the stately march and chorus from 'Tannhauser'' were rendered with accustomed skill and precision. Theodore Thomas however, had long ago made us familiar with these, while Mr. Damrosch's arrangement for his own orchestra marks another notable step toward the popularization of Wag- ners music.
 In "Elsa's Dream Mme Rider Kelsey displayed a pleasing lyric soprano, to which Miss Van De Veer added credit able contralto in the Lament of the Rhine Maidens," which, however was no great test of the vocal capabilities of either singer. MT. Miller gave Siegmund's Love Song with excellent effect, which was heightened by the wild Ride of the valkyries' immediately following. His rendition of Walthers prize song from Die Meistersinger'' was also fine. MT. Saslavsky proved himself violin virtuoso as soloist in the Good Friday Spell from "Parsifal.' and both MT. Dam rosch and the New York Symphony or chestra have occasion to congratulate themselves on the possession of such a leader.
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