Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

Cross" and Richard Strauss death
and TranSfiguratiOn,' Friday evening
at Blanchard hall. BY the aid of the
! pictures, music and storyettes the au-
! dience will be conducted through Italy
| and Switzerland to the quaint little
| village of Oberammergau, where the
| great world drama Of love and sacri-
! flee was enacted. The descriptions viii
| include Naples, the ascent of NeSuVlus,
the buried city of Pompeii, the blue
| grotto of capri, Rome with its massive
| palaces, Pisa and it's leaning tower,
Milans cathedral of 1000 spires, Ven
| ice, the city on the waters; the gOr
geous Alpine sunrise on the Rigi, the
interior of a great Swiss glacier, and
| finally the magnificent Passion play
! itself with its wonderful details ana
enthralling story
Levy's Cafe Chantant offers Nine.
| Ethel Leslie, concert and oratorio
| singer from London, and the Cosmo-
| politan trio will continue with solo,
| duet and trio work from the grand
| operas, classical and modern compos-
ers. The Mirimba South American
band will continue for another week,
and the offerings of the Hammer
meyer orchestra will be an additional
! feature.
The Long Beach Philharmonic So
| ciety gave its first concert of the sea-
son Friday evening at the First Meth
odist church. The chorus gave Max
| Bruchs cantata, Fair Ellen" read
| by Mrs. Ora b. Day, with Mrs. W.
! d. Wiseman and A. L. Parmley as
soloists, and other numbers by the
club were: "lIstudiantina," Lacome;
Brunette" seventeenth century sone
arranged by Vogt; Schuman's Gypsy
Life" and Good Night, Good Night,
Beloved" by Pinsiuti.
The Koopman trio, with Mrs. Ger
! trude Ross at the piano. played two
solos, and both Jules KoOpman, vio-
linist, and Maurice Koopman, cellist,
! gave solos.
The Philharmonic chorus, with DR..
| c. r. Mitchell director and Mrs.
| Mitchell accompanist, is preparing
| number of excellent works to be given
| this winter. officers Of the society are;
A. ]. Swingle, president; f. E. Mas
len, vice president; Miss Ada NJ. Miner,
recording secretary; Mrs. F. A. Green,
corresponding secretary; Miss May
Volk, treasurer; Mrs w. Z. Wiseman,
A. L. Parmley and H. M. Fay, mem
bers of executive committee
The T,vric club will present the fol-
lowing program at Simpson auditorium
Thursday evening, under the direction
of ]. B. Roulin:
Spring song, .......... Gabriel Marie Houseey
"since First Met Thee" ..Rubinstein- Shelley
Cayatina "Salve 1 dimora' (FausO .Gounod
Henry Balfour.
Chinese Flower Fete .........:.......; .Cadman
(a) 'Klngfishor Blue .Woodforde-F e-Finden
(b) "An the World Awakes Today" German
Miss Tde Julie Christin.
Songs Ny Mother Taught Me" .DYorak-P Peers
''The Dusk Witch ...............''''..'IIl ambrose
TNyt1e RCOthe.
Organ, Mrs Ada Marsh Chick.
Recitative and aria. "Ahl fuyez" (Aianon)
''''''''''''''' Henry Baifour.
Organ, Mrs. Chick.
THE Butterfly Chase" ..Clough-Leighter
Local composers were well repre-
sented at the last meeting of Har-
monia club Thursday afternoon, when
a program OF eighteen numbers was
given, all selected from the works or
local writer's. Among the composers
were Fannie Dillon, Monima LauX
Botsford, Matilee Loeb Evans, c. e.
Pemberton, Laura A. Zerbe' Abble
Norton Jamison, Mrs. William Duff
field, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Mrs. John j.
Abramson, Mrs. Carrie Stone Freeman.
Mary Helen Brown, Castle Byrne, Nor
ton NJ. Mason, Mrs. Litta Lynn HUI
lnger, Kathleen Lockhart and Rudolf
Friml.
Among the songs of special interest
to club members were those by Mrs.
John J. Abramson, president of the
club and hostess for the day, and Car
rie Stone Freeman. Mrs. Freeman has
written successfully for the voice and
her publications include not only the
"Slumber Sea Chanteys," which are
proving so delightful for little folk to
sing, but are also most beautiful for
the trained singer or for real by-land
song, but also Invitation" "Twilight,"
LULLABY" and "Eastertime Psalm"
The musicale which Miss Hogan,
! Miss Maritime Diatrichson and Miss
Mulick We're to have given yesterday
| afternoon was postponed one week.
s.
Members OF the Southern California
| Woman's Press club are anticipating
much pleasure from the midwinter
musicale and reception which Will be
! given December q, when Henry Bal
! four, Agnes Cain-Brown Girard and
Harry Girard will give a program, as
| sisted by other we'll known singers.
A program consisting entirely of local
compositions win be the distinctive fea-
ture Of the special concert to be given
Thursday evening by the First Con-
gregational church orchestra. Songs
by DR.. r.. w Harris and Frederick
Stevenson viii be interpreted by Mrs.
w II. PortCrdeld.
1.-THE Sea Gull" one OF the latest COM
positions Of Miss Laura Zerbe, will also
be sung by Horatio Cogswell, the or
chestration for this being arranged by
Robert Messenger. A violin solo by
Cas-, u. Pemberton will be played by
Harold WalbeIg with orchestral ac-
compartment.
other numbers by the orchestra are:
"ReYerie" for strings. by Pembertonj