Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-07-13

Last week in my letter regarding tne
orchestra, | made mention OF the fact
that we had q new 1utist and cornetist.
During the week each one gave a solo.
Mr.. DiGiorgio, the 1utist, has a very
sweet toni and ample technique and
his tones while not big, have ample
carrying power, and we shall have good
reports from him before the season is
over.
Mr.. Heinrich comes to US from New
York. He gave that old war horse, the
Inf1ammatus, from Rossini's Stabat
Mater, which splendid and exceeding
ly liquid tones and it was certainly a
delight to listen to his crescendos. and
decreseendos, developed perfectly as
they were.
I might mention here that Mr.. Henry
Mayer, Jr., has arrived with his xylo-
phone and the mocking bird, to which
we listened with rapt attention. | be-
lieve Mr.. Mayer enjoys his playing as
much as his audience does, for he GER
tainly enters into the spirit of it IN full
measure.
Saturday evening, the second of the
popular concerts was given, with Miss
Edna Baugher as soloist. The com
mittee on the engagement of singers
for the Saturday and Sunday evening
concerts, have been very happy in their
selections thus far and deserve the lar
wuffh hin
houses from nov on.
Miss Baugher gave delight both in
her r~ecitative and Aria from Massenet's
"Herodiade" and in her group o. songs.
And Sunday evening we had the
biggest kind of a treat. Opening with
the Rienzi Overture of Wagner's, the
concert showed a very high plane and
speaks we'll of Mr.. Pfeiffer as a pro-
grsmme builder.
Followed the Andante and Tarantelle
from Mendelssohn's Italian symphony.
AS the oboe sounded its p%laintive
theme. one could almost catch a
glimpse of the loveliest of Italian sun
sets. such sunsets as we are sometimes
treated to in Wild wood; then the colors
began to play, brilliant hues came
athwart the scene and deepened into
the shades of evening and finally as
the andante closed, the fays and elves
danced on in the brilliant Tarantella,
the groves were flooded with moon
light. the scene was lit with the magic
I. tho &roAia1 the hFOnKa
splashed and all too soon faded into a
beautiful closing Of a magnificent
movement and we were left with a
sweet memory Of a splendid number.
The orchestra was gorgeous in this
selection.
The Caucssion sketches by Ivanow,
were wierdly beautiful, as such music
always is, and we should have had an
encore, but the evening was progressing,
and then cametha. splendidsinger Mrs.
MabelIe Addison. Having heard Mrs.
Addison sing Amneris In the Philadel-
phia operate society's performance of
"AidaD far better than most of tho
well-known contraltos a do 1t, [
should have been very much disap-
pointed if Mrs. Addison had not done
well. But there was 10 disappoint-
ment. She sang "Ah, mon fills" from
Meyerbeer's prophet" beautifully,
lovely tones followed each other and in
response to vigorous recalls responded
with an encore, which took the house
by storm and another encore would
not have been amiss were it not for the
fact that she was to make another ap-
pearance in a groupof songs. These also
found responsive chords in the hearts
of the audience and were enjoyed to the
fullest. Mrs. Addison is making rapid
strides In her musical career. and the
future looms large before her. A most
gracious stage presence added to a love-
~ and brilliant voice, endears her at
once to her hearers.
Mr.. Einhorn In talking with the
writer regarding his solo, the Concerto
in A minor for the cello, by Saint
Saens, told him that 1t was his gradua-
ton selection on receiving his degree
from the conservatory at Leipsic, and
when I heard him play 1t, l could un-
derstand how his diploma should have