Evening journal., 1913-01-10
ORCHESTRA HAS
PLEASING PROGRAM

The third concert OF the philadel-
phia Orchestras $ eighth season In
Wilmington which will be given at
the Grand Opera House on next
Monday evening. from 'the outlook
viii prove TO be one of the most
popular concerts ever given by the
Orchestra In Wilmington. since the
music Is OF highly attractive char
acter and IN striking contract 10 the
program already given. showing the
ability of Mr. Siokowski in making
programs OF varied interest TO suit
all tastes, and using the music OF all
schools, this time the program being
distinctly OF a romantic character
since it runs. as follows.
Felix MendelssOhn- Bartholdy, Sym
phony No. B. IN A Minor (Scotchl Op.
56t Giuseppe Verdi Aria. caro-
nome, from "Rigoletto,' Viola Brod-
beck, lntermission; Edward Gricg,
peer Gynt" Suite. No. !, J. Morn
ing; II, Asa's Death ILL., Anita's
Dance, w Hall Of the Mountain
King. Gaetano Donizetti Mad scene
from Lucia di Lammermoor' Viola
Brodbecks S A. Rossini Overture,
william Telln
Viola Brodbock. The assisting artist.
has just been heard with great sue
cess with the Philadelphia Orchestra
IN a concert in Philadelphia whore
she sang the same numbers she viii
sing I'm Wilmington She not only
gave pleasure TO a large audience hut
was enthusiastically encored. Her
voice is light soprano, pure aud
true, and there is a certain wiGtful
manner in her singing which ls very
well suited to the numbers internrct-
cd.
AS for the orchestra features, thoy
make very attractive list beginning
with the famous Scotch Symphony
OF Mcndelssohn. orc Of the most beau
tiful compositions IN the symphonic
form that Mendelssohn ever wrote,
full OF inspiration and giving In tones
sort OF series OF reflections on Scot
tish history and on Scottish life. This
symphony Is played IN one movement
with no interruption and is pracu-
cally, therefore, symphonic poem
as it would have been called IN later
years, but when Mendelssohn wrote
it the term Symphonic Poem had
not yet been flashed into the musical
field and the most that anyone would
have called the symphony in his day
would have descriptive symphony
somewhat similar In style TO those
written by number OF Mendeis-
sohn's contemporaries. Tho sym
phony with It's solemn opening de-
picts the mournful fate OF Mary
Queen OF Scots and the glOomier and
more tragic side OF Scottish life and
Scottish history, but the succeeding
numbers of the symphony are gayer
I'm character and the conclusion Is
warlilxe and bold and suggests the
true Scotch who fought and bled with
Wallace, Bruce, "The Douglass and
for Bonnie Prince Charlie"
The second principal number on
the program is the Peer Gynt
Suite, which gives the orchestra
splendid opportunity TO reveal the
beauty Of the strings and all its choir
The Quieter movements in the Suite
being exceedingly poetic while the
rough aud tumble scene in the Hall
OF the Mountain King is depicted IN
stunning style and shows the capac.
ity OF the Orchestra to strike like 9
thundcrbolt and TO hit with the pre-
ciaion OF a thirteen inch gun in ;
scene which sounds as II everything
were falling down, including the hal
and all in it
The overture to william Tell
brings the concert to a brilliant con
; clusion and here again the strings al
we'll as the woodwind Will have
II chance to display their ability to plal
with hrnathloaq raniditv qincc thori
Is nothing in all music like the rusl
OF the strings in the final gallopad'
OF the Rossini Overture.