Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
BIG LITTLE AUDHINCE
AT LEDGER CONCERT
Spectators, Small in Sizes, but
Not Numbers, Hear Two Solo
lists With Orchestra

Two interesting young soloists and a pro
gram Of tried worth and appeal to the hes.
tastcs-that was what drew a very large
audience Of small persons to the Academy
Of Music last night for the 18th Of the
LEDGER free symphony concerts for pupils
Of the public schools.
Mr. Stokowski and his men played the
overture to Der Freischuta' he minuet
and final movement Of Ilaydns '!hirteeutlr
or Hymn" Symphony and the overture to
wagners opera "Eicnai' All tlcse NUM-
hors had been given at the reEuLlr Friday
and Saturday concerts of the orchestra last
week and at the free sunday concert ~ the
Metropulitau As n spice uf additional At
tractivencss last night, Marie Hediiter Holt
soprano, sang an aria from "lrr ffel-
schultz and the evcr-pnpular .Nbme I'hN
Hen Return" from ruccuis Madame
Butterfly" while Madeleine Michigan. Nio-
luist displayed her remarkable gifts In
Sdin-Saene's B minor concerto.
The absence from the evening of def
nitcly pictorial music, or of simpler fare
than was offered the children and their
parents may be attributed to the uudCuhied
fact that the lEuGERs' musical faNN OF
little people is growing up The m'nihriS
1t this meludic household have rroilieu ny
ih" -four other concerts given for them Nov
they know many sides OF concert tfcr-
iuEs and discriminate as kCcnly as many
NOR" experienced fans do The Nottg-
stcrs were continually on the job Ley
didn't disturb anyone elsei' theS'E@t every
point that Mr.. Stokowslti mad'f they
heard and saw and applaudcd their favor
ties warmly aud with sp0ntanco ~ regard
one Of these favoriics was the excerpt from
the symphony with its gra s,ful and
formal minuet and It's bubhlinp faalc. the
latter has a phrase that So" vt7 unm'S-
takahly - AM the captain ut the flNatore
and RIGHT good captain. TOO" And
that made it seem homicr aud more COM
Portable than II 1t hadn't sugG nted some
one rs jolly and everyday as S.r Arthur
sullivan
The oycrtures were received with un-
Stintcd rlHpplnE especially from the
mems cornrrD and the feminine sides Of
the house liked Of course the singing and
the violin music They liked Mss lIolt's
delicate, wistful and sensitive voice par
tiCuIarly when she became tho deserted
little Japanese wife Of John Luther Longs
(and puCciui's) fancy. And they liked too,
the clever and easy way In which Miss Me
Guigau went through those terribly hard,
but mighty mcodious. measures e the con-
ccrto. Both soloists had the advantage of
being Juveniles themselves SO that made
1t like having one of your own friends play
for you instead of a stranger I'hat feel
ing helped TO make the evening intimate
aud cheerful. and not too much like a
dress-up party
II any suggestion could be ohared in
connection with such pleasant and sensible
entertainments it might be that t1lerc are
no program notes to guide those 5bys and
girls who are not quite hep to who the
FreeshOOter was and why Madamb Butter.
ily was so mournfu all the time She was
saving her American husband would come
back aud what a CCYCerto is. But'perhaps
they were not needed. Surely not by the
youth of Philadelphia who sat near the re-
viewer ana who could have given c;trds and
spades to lots Of Erown-up concert s1ers in
excellence of manners, tautness Of atteu.
ton to the music and well.timed ent auslasm
which didn't interrupt ana 50 bore other
people. 3. y.