Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
MURPHY Is SOLOTST
IN VARIED CONCERT
Replaces Local Tenor in Or
chestra's Final Program
of Year

Lambert Murphy, the excellent tenor
who is to be heard here in March as one
E of the soloists in the Mailer symphony,
WAS the assisting artist with the Phila-
5delphia Orchestra in their final program
oil the year 1915 at the Academy yesterday
afternoon. He took the place of Nicholas
.Douty, the Philadelphia tenor, who is Ill,
and sang the I'll mio tesoro" from Mo
Harts Don Giovanni" and "Lohengrin's
Narrative" Otherwise the program was
as previously announced.
n 1t was in every way an ideal program
Tor the occasion, Approaching festivities
evidently kept a number of subscribers
from their places and so deprived them
'of beautiful and quiet interlude in the
business of getting Christmas shopping
orr and preparing for new year. No
orchestral number was heavy and all were
delightful. from the "Oberon" overture,
which began the program, to the SYend-
sen "Carneval de Paris" which concluded
/ it, Between them stood the first SYM
phony of Robert Schumann. one of the
most sheerly melodic. most happy and
delightful of his works. 1t was written,
as the program reminds US, at the time
of schumann's own greatest happiness,
and It's artless .gaiety and delight in the
How OF melody, even when unsubstan-
uated by orchestral inventiveness. are
obvious
Indeed. II one were to find fault with
so tender and so fragile work. 1t would
be on the ground that working out" Is
carried to extreme. Themes quite lovely
IN themselves are repeated and reiterated
aimost 10 the point of stating their charm
shg freshness. However the pleasure of
ustening to the orchestra at its very best
made up for this. The winds and strings
we're. as usual, particularly good. In the
afisuons on an original theme, COM
USED and conducted by Gustav strube.
le oener ehoirs of the orchestra also had
lneif opportunity, but II cannot be said
enat they developed it to excess.
Vt strube's theme is. as he hoped,
orlJinai. and 1t is interesting. sober
no shtTulness. rather than melancholy,
ee.aEns In its first utterance, but this
epaflt = trihe too much varied before
sis NC "ofk is through. Each OF the varia-
sipns nas its interest. The "gossamer
lshtnsssf OF some of them, In which
selesta. harp and strings cast a simmer
~ ssn ever the theme, is deftly handled.
~ tne climax, the ehorale effect which
- opFloasly intended to be the climax
= ne variations, was ineffective. 1t was
mperfseti7 rendered.
Neither fhe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~, tha
-. oI the brass instruments could
seapt themselves 10 anything like a lofty
- Simply clear tone. Mr.. Strube's or
-7sstai mastery Is certainly established
she eofk and the genuine theme he
- - s..-ssSa tas, as has been said, OF
=...ss.sat lntezest. Only. somehow. ia the
- AaAs our. 4he matter seemed to get
- n the manner
AufphyR choice OF arias was an
s-ss.slon 2L Us sedulous study OF his
- go AetelRtlcs Certainly his voice
- - hnttatRns OF lightness and slen-
zzasss Q. Fohme. Unlike many other
- Nne eRose TO ignore their in
3. sasnl ne cultivated the defects
- qualities 3tfe knows his voice and
sFzsa innni4 pains 10 show It at It's