Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
CAVALRY BAND TO
PRESENT CONCERT
UNUSUALLY INTERESTING PRO
GRAM ARRANGED FOR AN
NUAL MUSICAL TREAT.

| The annual concert Of the First
Cavalry band formerly the Fifty
fourth Regimental band) will occur
at the Grand opera house Tuesday
evening, December z. Director c.
I Dayton has arranged an excellent
program as follows:
Overture-"S tradella," Flotow.
Duet-"Celebrated Serenade," Till.
Clarinet, John Trout; saxaphone, G.
Vernon Capell
Moorish suite-''The Courts Of Bag
dad Chapi.
SExcerps from "Sari"-Kalman.
Descriptive-''T Forge in the
Forest" Michaelis.
Selection-"Gioconda Ponchielli.
! Tower scene from I'll Trovatore"--
Verdi. Leonar, Miss Edna Brown;
the Troubadore, Edward Blake; Ruiz,
, William Lowry. Chorus OF monks,
Messrs. Hahn. Riggles, Heinzman.
Griffin, Poison, Lee, Parks, Smith and
Wallace.
March "Militaire FRANCHISE"
Saint Saens.
The selections above are described
as follows:
The overture to the opera fStradel-
la by Flotow is> one of the best and
most widely known works of that en-
inent composer. His opera, "Martha"
is familiar to all.
Tits "Serenade,'' originally written
for flute and horn, loses none of it's
charm by being Transcribed for clar-
met and saxaphone. 1t blends per-
[fectly and NJ essrs. Trout and CapelTs
musicianly rendition of it makes Of
1t a gem that will sparkle long in the
memory.
From the opening bars OF the Moor
ish suite, "The Courts of Granada"
to the finale, one sees the city of the
Moors, nesting among the peaks of
the Sierra Nevadas. dressed in holt
day attire for a "fete" day. The in
PRODUCTION bespeaks of the dawning
of the day, the awakening of the city
to life and general excitement await
ing the big event which is the tour
nament or parade The mountain
peaks catch up these sounds and echo
them in wonderful effect, but hard
ly has the last one died away when
from afar comes the sound Of brass
and the tap Of drum telling that the
march Is on. It approaches and
passes In glittering splendor and final
ly disappears from view.
The meditation is of melancholy
nature. Like one who had sat apart
and had seen, instead Of the pomp
and splendor of the parade, the final
overthrow of the kingdom, the end.
But the serenata dispels all serious
thoughts for here we have the lovers.
In the finale the parade re-passes and
then general celebration ensues.
Excerps from "Sari" are a few
choice songs from the operetta of that
title which appeared at the Grand ear
lier in the season.
"The Forge in the Forest" endeav-
ors to portray an humble business in
picturesque surroundings.
"Giaconda" was chosen by Director
Campanini of the Chicago Grand
Opera company as the vehicle to open
the Chicago grand opera season this
year 1t abounds with beautiful mel
odies, the most we'll known, however.
are in the ballet "The Dance of the
Hours"
Most everyone knows Of the tower
scene from I'll Trovatore" and most
everyone at some time has seen it
put on, but to very few towns comes
the pleasure Of seeing their own peo-
pie do it. It requires voices far above
the average not only in range but in
power in this case for the band plays
the accompaniment for all of it.
"Marche Militaire Franchise the
finale from the Algerian suite by Saint
Saens. the greatest living composer
Of music.