The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10
rA,,tUALE AMATo
FESTIVAL TAKES HIGH
PLACE IN MUSIC WORLD
stnrs of international Reputation &c
Lead in Wednesday, Club
Concerts.
pniLL7ANr PROGRAMS ARRANGED


Tuendny Afternoon Devoted TO wnE-
merriam Music-Fricdn Iempcl, Flu
nous German Singer, Among Soiolsts.
Months OF preparation and cndeaV-
or will eliminate tomorrow night In
tho frst concert OF tho 1919 May fee-
tivai Of the Wednesday Club. which
is to DO tho most ambitious and costly
scries OF concerto In this section OF
the country. Tho hrst concert In the
City Auditorium. at Linden and Cary
Streets, Will begin promptly nj b;5o
o'clock tomorrow night. Late ar
rivals will find the doors closed against
them until the intermission There
arc go many persons 10 be seated that
seat holders are advised 10 come 10
the Auditorium early as possible.
There are TO be three concerts OF tho
festival: tomorrow night. Tuesday ar
ternoon and Tuesday night The Wed
ncsday club has engaged the services
of eight Of the finest musicians In the
world, sevcn stars OF tho grand opera
stage. The three concerts are TO call
for an outlay OF approximately Sl5.-
600, or about 5000 Il concert. Three
OF the opera stars signed up VIII each
receive more than $1,000 for single
performance The nfty-piecc orchestra
OF the METROPOLITAN Grand Opera Com
pnny Is given $4,000 fox It's services
for the festival
RICuMoND's HIGH WATER MARK
MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Needless to say the 1914 festival
MARKS the high water line In cost. in
thu number OF opera stars eheafen'
and the excellence OF tho musical pro-
gram The three concerts VIII bring
the city to the height OF IT'S musical
history
From the standpoint OF musicians
the outstanding feature OF IN" coiA!'S
fesuva! is the Richard "isrer con
scrt arranged for Tuesday afternoon
For the nist time In It's history, the
Wednesday, CLUB wlll present II pro-
gran. composed entirely OF 'hc WORKS
OF the great German master. HAVING
determined TO venture on this step, Tie
cluh felt that the greatest Of the Way
rcrtan artists should be engaged, ana
therefore. did not stand upon cost IN
tngaSing artists for the matinee.
The advance seat sale for The fes-
,ivaI has been heavier than at any
tine In the history OF the organi2a-
zion. Although the list OF subscribing
members was not so long IS II has
been In Other years. the club has ,ahci-
IA more money by advance sales tnni.
ever before The club treasury Is
richer by Approximately $4,000 by the
advance seat sale. and the demand for
beer unprecedented. Trunks 10 the
largo capacity OF the CITY Auditorium
however. the number OF desirable seats
remaining is yet quite large. The box
ofcc VIII tie opened In the lobby OF
the CITY Auditorium tomorrow morn
MANY RESERVATIONS MADE
FOR OIT-OF-TOWN PARTIES
A striking feature OF the 1914 fes-
tival will he the remarkable out Of
town attendance. Seat reservations
have been made by the club at the re-
quest OF persons in nearly every city
and town in Virginia. while the larger
cities. such as Norfolk. Portsmouth
Petersburg and Lynchburg, will con-
tribute large delegations. and one iurge
party is TO come from Pittsburgh 10
hear the concerts.
The engagement OF Frieda Hempel,
the celebrated soprano Of the Imperial
opera OF Berlin. is regarded by music
critics OF Itself as sufficient to mark
tho approaching festival as unique.
1his wonderful young German woman
IS cone ICED to have tho most remark
able coioratura soprano voice on thu
stage to-day. For several years she
has been the sensation Of the Berlin
Opera, and has been accorded interna
tional fame.
The management OF the Metropoll-
tan Opera House mad9 great stroke
in the summer of 1913 by securing III
loan OF Miss Hempcl from the Berlin
Opera Company for one season of opera
In New York She mado unique tri-
umph last winter at the Metropolitan.
The TACT ,ha' e wed .,.u:ty Clu,, WA.
able to cn'.;.Ee he- for concert in
Richmond before she returns to Eu-
rope will make this festival memo
rable.
PROGRAM OF CONCERT
FOR TO-MORROW NIGHT
The details Of the program OF the
festival have been arranged by the
board t..r It
Monday night artists: Alma Chuck.
soprano, OF the metropolitan Opera
Company: Olive Kline. soprano, con-
cert artists: Paul Althousc. tenor. OF
the Metropolitan Opera Company: the
"Wednesday Club. w t!cniy Baker.
conductor: the Metropolitan Oper,
House orchestra, Richard Hageman,
conductor. The musical program Is;
"IIymn of Praise" ...... .Mendelssohn
Alma Gluck.
Olive Kline.
Paul Althouse.
The wednesday Club Chorus
JntermissiOn.
Hungarian Rhapsody. No. / ...... .Liszt
Orchestra.
Aria, "Flower Song" from Carmen"
Bizet
Paul Althouse.
Aria, 'Biondina." from "seraglla".
Mozart
Alma Gluck.
Aria, "Cielo @ mar" from La Clio
conda" Observation-Disclosures onchiclli
Paul Althouse.
Aria, "Casta diva" from Norma"
Bellini
Alma Glnck
March "Pomp and Circumstance"
Elgar
Orchestra