The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04


m HIS week at the Jefferson theatre
Birmingham will have symphony
festival embracing three grand
Icerts-tomorrow night, Tuesday after
IN and Tuesday night. The Cincinnati
50 hestra-one of the few great orches-
f; in America-is to make short south
tour for the first time and music
rs of this city will turn out in large
tbers to greet the famous organization
the solosts of which Mrs. Truman
Na rich. Jr, formerly of this city, is one.
ere has been a large advance sale
seats and it is reasonable to assume
the theatre will be filled TO over
ing tomorrow night when Mrs AL
M will play the Grieg concerto and
. Christine Miller the celebrated
hg contralto, will sing two numbers.
95 Elizabeth Cunningham Of Birming
! and Boston will be the soloist at the
eernoon performance and Miss Miller
NG sing again Tuesday night.
lie initial concert of the series will be
'illiant social as we'll as musical event.
The flower of Birmingham society will at
tend and Mrs Aldfich, who has been alb
sent from ner Ola nome d year VI iHoiei
Will receive a genuine ovation.
The Cincinnati orchestra will reach Bir-
mingham tomorrow morning and will
have a rehearsal for Mrs. Aldrlch, who
the vocal artists tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock Philip Greely Clapp conductor
of the orchestra during the absence in
Europe of DR.. Kunwald, is under 80 years
of age, but he is a composer of dstinc-
ton and is esteemed as a very able musi-
clan. He is a Harvard man, having re-
ceived the degree of master of arts in
1909 and the degree of PHI. d. in 1911.
Few young singers in the United States
have such stacks of fine press notices
as Miss Miller The Detroit Saturday
Night had this to say:
NEARLY 500 representative women flock
ed to the morning musicale Wednesday
and were regaled for an hour most de-
Dghtfully by Christine Miller, who has
been so loudly heraded and who fully
satisfied a very critical audience not only
with her delightful contralto voice, but
her gracious presence her charming per-
sonality and her dramtic fervor The as
sembly was sorry not to meet Miss Miller
personally, the stress of her many en-
gagements making reception impossible
Miss Miller who had just come from
most successful engagement in Boston
and Richmond, Va, took the noon train
to Chicago, where she sang the same
evening with the Apollo club"
These are the programmes for the SYM
phony concerts:
MONDAY, $50 p. M.
nvarfr1re ssNJerr.y Wives Of NVindcorp
(NfcolaD Aria for contralto Armour!
Viens Alder from Samson and Deliah''
(Saint-Saens). Christine Miller; SYM
phony in 3 minor cunfinished)- -(schu-
bert).
Interrnisson.
Concerto in A minor for pianoforte and
orchestra, (Grieg), allegro motto moder-
Nsto, adasio. allegro marcato. Mrs. Tru-
man, Aldrich. Jr.
-vonic Dance, No. l Ovorak); 80
Don Fatale''> from Don Carlos
(VerdD Tannhauser," March (Wag-
ner).
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
&. Overture, Der Freischutz' weber;
symphony in A major, No. II, military
Hayden: aria for soprano "Polonaise -
from "Mignon" "-(Thomas), Elizabeth
Cun-ningham.
Intermission.
Two Roumanian Rhapsodies- -Enesco);
cello solo. -(volkmann). julius
sturm; 'Danse Macabre"-(Saint-sa -saens);
March Slav -Tschaikowsly.
TUESDAY, $50 p. NJ.
Symphonic poem, Les Preludes''-|
Hiszt; solo for contralto, 'T4ie Lorelei"
-(LiszD Christine Miller; Excerpts
from peer Gynt' suites, Nos. and p
(Grieg); ~ Morning. (2) Anitra's Dance
(3)<Peer Gynt's Return. "a solvieg's Song,
(5) In the Hall IF the Mountain King.
Tntermission.
Recitative ct air df La" from ''LEn-
/ 1hnt Prologue (Debuasy). Christine