Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02
MUSICAL MENTION.

The annual concert of the Rebew Or
chestra Wednesday evening at Odd
Fellows Hall, under the direction of
H. w Weber, was attended by an au-
dience that filled the auditorium to
overlooking. An attractive array of as
sisting soloists included Miss Emma
Cohen, soprano: Miss Ada Boteler, con-
tralto; Frank Goebel. tenor; Raymond
Moore baritone: H. B. Schmidt, clari-
netist, and Alfred H. Rodrick. reader.
Each number received we'll deserved
applause, and the orchestral selections
more than their usual share of en-
thusasm This ambitious body of
amateurs has been playing for seven
teen years under the baton of the pres
emit conductor. H. w. Weber, and has
shown a steady advance in both the
standard of it's programs and the style
and finish of it's ensemble. The rendi
ton of the symphony in D Major" by
Hayden, proved its present efficiency,
and in conformance with a custom
now of many years standing one num-
Der by a member of the orchestra,
Seventeenth Anniversary" written by
G. J. Weber. was given ITS nrst pre-
sentation from manuscript and was
received with marked favor Other
numbers included march. Lincoln Cen
tennial," by Sanford: overture. Hun
garian Lustspiel by ke le,n :v,,, by
the orchestra Al, soprano acamo s Mies Cohen
clarinet solo, Happy Be Thy Dreams
(air varie). transcribed by pr. Andrea
Coda, II. b. schmidt; baritone solo
mond Moore; Indian intermeZzo. All
sha." by Lindsay, orchestra; contralto
solo, 1.-The Cry of Rachel, by Salter,
Miss Ada Boteler; waltz romantic, Sill
yer Lining" by farmhouse, orchestra.
tenor solos, Rose Sable" by Hawley;
"Where My Caravan Has Rested by
I,ohr." Frank Goebel; reading, TIE
Race Question" tby requesO, hy Dun
Home, Sweet Home, the World over,
by Lampe. In which the composer de-
scribes the manner in which Home.
Sweet IL Home to Is psasea Air IN Germany.
Spain, Italy. Scotland. Ireland. Amer
lea and finale, Mrs. Sue Burrows Jen-
nines, Miss Margaret King and MISS
Katharine Alderman were the accom-
panists.
The personnel of the orchestra this sea-
son includes:
H W. Weber, director; Henry Weber.
First violins-Warren Settler, Pauline
Scott, W. Carroll Gilbert. Grace Mae
Hopewell, Joseph A. Nash. Marguerite T.
Harbers, Edward L. Weber. Gertrude
Murphy. NJ. F. Maxwell, Nan Dougherty
Second violins-B H. Gather, Virginia
Gray, Job Yarnall, Marie A. Mcneil.
Charles Membert, Harry Elderbrook, T.
H. Lewis and p. H. Luehrs.
Violas-G. J. Weber, Walter c. Allen
and G. A. Geiger.
Cellos-J A. D. Turner and Bernard
Hanshew.
Bass G. McAllister.
Piano-Bessie Humphreys and W. ].
Weber.
Flutes-D d. Ward, Raymond Gilbert
and Laura Holmes Hutchings.
Oboe-J. A. Brearley.
Clarinets-H. B. Schmidt, A. NJ Van
Loock and p. Blaauboer.
Bassoon-A.L. Bodwell
First cornets-Adolph DAILY and James
Nalley.
Second cornets-Edwin c. Glasscock
and Robert Nash.
Trumpets-Benton c. Gardner and AL
bert Lindstronl.
Horns-otto c. Hauschild and c. w.
Fridley.
Trombones-Lester Echner, Burton
Gardner and r. A. Pearson
Drums and tympan MES. L. Fox.
The final concert of the season bv
the Marine Band Orchestra. Monday
afternoon at the barracks, under di-
rection of William Santelmann, at
tracted rather more than the usual
assemb1age of prominent musicians of
the city, some of those present being
Oscar Sonneck, Heinrich Hammer, Her
man Rakemann. George II. Howard
and many others. The star attraction
was the presentation by the orchestra
of a new work entitled Symphonic
Fantasia, North and South" fresh from
the pen Of the composer, Arthur Tre-