The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-23

Academy-Frederfck Wardc In Dram
alogue of "Riehard H." matinee and
night.
Btiou-"sis Hopkins matinee and
night.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Emplre-M Miniature Musical Comedy.
Lubin-vaudeviile.
Audience Compeis Violation of SYM
phony Rules.
Drawn by the RENE bered chorus o.
prnise that resounded through the city
after the first appearance here in NO
yernber of the New York Philharmonic
Society's great orchestra ana oy the
magic of Schumann-Heink's name, an
audience made It's way into the city
Auditorium last night so large in mum
hers as 10 I'll nearly every seat in that
huge hall and so warm, 80 giowlngly
enthusiastic as 10 compel the violation
OF an iron bound rule.
In symphony concerts. IL - as the
laws Of the Modes and Persians that
there shall be no encoree. though the
heavens fall last night. the audience
presented so resistiessiy that over
whelming. all-conquering-tid OF pubic
opinion which may not be denied. that
Josef Sfransky. one OF the Woria
foremost conductors. and krnestine
Schumann- Heink. singer crowned
with the laurel Of a boundless lame. were
both compelled 10 yield 20 the ineVi-
table and to respond With orchestra
and voice 10 the ciamor of acclansatioh
a thing almost unheard Of under sim
liar circumstances. And that TINS
should have occurred in Richmond is
not only a thing to be remembered.
hut an incident OF happy augur for the
future OF music in what has oeeh oiten
considered an un-mUsicaI CITY
whatever of justice may have lam
in the only note Of criticism Onered OF
the arst concert-that II was DIT too
heavy" IN ~ character 70 sult IN lts
entirety what is vaguely known as
popular taste. no SUGGESTION OF suSn
objection may be presented against me
program OF last nights concert by even
fhe veriest tyro in musical lore II was
he most happily blended selection OF
numbers that has ever been onered IN
Richmond-certainly in my day
To attempt TO describe the part OF
Mr. Stransky and his orchestra would
,,(..-,,rv All the space assigned and would
then fall far short Of giving due praise
IA this famous conductor and 70 the
men who follow his magnetic ana com
manding baton Upon second hesi
ing of The orchestra. MI strhasHy
seems even more the ideal conductor
I-.teTIv unaffected. leading his men in
s.ead of posing for his audience, oe-
roanding and obtaining che most raclcai
vet rneaningfuI changes of tempo. the
softest and simplest OF piannlss'ino
uIayfng. and the most tremendous a.
most incredible. climatic erects, ne j.
suave and restrained. FREQ ana I'M pc
nous cool or emotional. and always
canable of imparting 20 the eignty-nVe
men under him the feeling with which
ne IL anirnated-surely q man Dui ming
with the Promethean spark
The concert opened with the over
,tre 10 WaEner's The Flying Dutch
man. This. as was every number on
me program. was iliunlined oy the al
rn.rable annotations supplied by W n.
tI,,rn,ston SO that detailed description
- Us performance is unnecessary. save
"a note in passing the unmistahaole
.inoiiarfty Of the strain of the trumpets
in Us closing "A pothcosis TO the HOO
toto" which, many years later. W agneF
sounded forth in Unoying clarion cans
md 70 recall the wonderful rushlng
sound OF the violins- as mighty
lind A storm of applause followed.
b,,t as vet Mr.. Stransky would only
bow.
Then came SchumannH eink Less
large than OF yore. but stiil com
nnanding figure OF woman, ana SIM
the Schumann-H eink that all hicn-
,oond has loved since she first sang here
years ago. 4 few measures by the
orchestra and the voice that has been
heard around the wide world began 10
sins the sorrowing lament OF Penelope
from Brgcb's "Odysseus "hst u
there were few yelled tones here ana
there-faintly audible suggestions OF
singer who has entranced world ioi
years. What does u matter! enc
saddened her great voice, hlled u Win
sorrow and longing. and poured i out
from a heart aching as only a suoiinls
artist can make a heart ache IN accol a
with the music that sings Of pain
Eight or ten recalls brought only N me
Schumsnn-Hcink's grsciousiy bowlhg
presencc-she would not sing
There followed the Crieg Peer
Gyni- Suite. the one that Is familiar
Familiar a. IL. but. as Mr. Stransky