El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-29
PROGRAM NOTES
FOR ORCHESTRA
Promise Brilliant Perform
ances of Some of Worlds
Greatest Music.

Among all the program numbers that
viii be played here Tuesday and We'd
/ nesday If this week by the Minneapo-
lis symphony orchestra, none is likely
to be received with more enthusism
and appreciation than the New
/ World symphony Of Anton Dvorak.
which appears on the Wednesday nigh,
program detailed description o.
this socalIed American symphony viii
be given in The Herald tomorrow
Concerts Begin Early.
The public is requested to note es-
certs; evenings at SIS, matinee at
2:3G. There has been some confusion
in announcing the hours. but these ar e
correct. Patrons Will not be seated
during the playing OF any number. ana
il will be well TO be on hand promptly
before the opening overture
Tuesday Night Program
Tuesday night the concert VIII open
with DVOrak's brilliant "CarneFal
overture. The eminent Bohemian COM
poser is quoted as saying OF TINS WorA'
that he .'imagines a lonely. contem-
plative wanderer reaching the city AT
nightfall, where cernival o. pleasure .,.'e
reigns. on every side IS heard lhe
clangor of instruments, mingled Win
shouts of joy and the unrestralned
. hilarity OF the people expressed IN songs
and dances -
{. dedicated to the rich woman friend
who assisted him during ms us
tressed periods and gave him high in
SEPARATION throughout mis- career
Tschafkuwsky never saw the woman
but they wrote a volume OF letters 10
each other. After he had flnlshed TINS
symphony he wrote, = belieFe nav e
written music that cannot tah INTO
Oblivion" Again he wrote, There VIII
be a new effect Of sound and color tnat
I believe will be most interesting No
one Of my orchestral pieces has cost
me so much labor. but ON no one nave
L worked with so much love and so
much devotion"
Describing the general intent OF the
music. the composer wrote
Meaning of the symphony
The introduction is the qulntessehce
Of the entire COMPOSITION me S PEI
ing theme represents Fate. overwhelIn-
ing. fnvincible. Nothing remains out
10 resign ourselves to IT and 10 IA
nent in vain The feeling Of hopeless
ness grows stronger. Why not trS 10
lull onself with dreamsz
Now sweet and tender dream ap-
pears a radiant presence, full OF prom
Use. Of happiness, hovers round me ano
beckons me on Gradually every I mn
gloomy and joyless is forgotten nap
But no. they are only dreams. Fate
appears again. No haven can be founo,
you are tossed hither and thtther, ana
engulfed.
melancholy feeling that envelops Us
as We sit alone in the house at night
exhausted by work The book shps
from the hand and a throng OF recol-
and are a little weary Of life we
think Of joyous hours and sadder mo-
ments Il is sadly sweet to delVe INTO
the past l.
neither iovous nor sad We think OF
nothing we give free rein to fantasy.
and IL takes pleasure IN tracing curious
lines Suddenly there comes into the
and a street song. The music OF
military band draws near plscon-
nected forms come and go within the
brain in our half slumber. They have
nothing to do with reality
Joys Of the People.
'The fourth movement opens with
robust and breezy theme: II you can
not find happiness within yourselr,
look around you. Go among the peo-
pie. See how they understand now
TO be happy: how TO give themselves
up body and soul TO jOy-the picture
OF a popular merrymaking- Rus
sian folk song is heard then martial
subject. But scarcely have you Tor
gotten yourself when unwearied Fate
again appears. The other human chill
dren care little about you They do
not look at you, they do not notice
that Won are lonely and sad You
still maintain that everything in the
world is gloomy and depressed Yer
there is Joy there. simple. primitive
Joy. Take pleasure in the pleasures OF
I others. and you will be able to live.
Spanish Concerto For Violin
After the intermission. LalO's span
! ish symphony for violin and orchestra
will be given. with the famous Ger
wonkv as soloist I.alO was one of
20 o.
| The symphony Is more like a con-
| certo. Il is delightfully."- fresh and
: light.
Two dances. one by Schumann. one
| by the Australian. Granger. follow The
/ latter utilities as themes four old Eng
/ lish Morris dance tunes
| Sibelius. the Finnish master. IS rep
| resented by two numbers The first
J is the .-Nalse Triste." illustrating G
| scene in a drama III which a dying
| woman arises from her bed to dance
I with the spirits Of departed friends
| when suddenly Death knocks at the
Z door
The second. the tone poem Fin
| landia.'' records the impressions OF an
! exile's return home after long absence
{ The themes sound like folk songs, but
are strictly original with the com
, poser
The Matinee Program.
Wednesday afternoons program will
| he characterized especially BY the play
I ing OF Scnupert s "IullnlSleQ Nln-
/ phony. one Of the most popular or
| chestral numbers ever written and a
J favorite everywhere; and by the ap-
! pearance OF c. Van Vliet. the noted
/ 'cellist-
The first number Of the Wednesday
matinee program Is the overture TO
| ''Mignon" by AMBROSE Thomas. This
IS full OF charming melody and IA
1 Iuiliar 70 music lovers Ii contains the
| principal themes OF the opera. which
/ is based on Goethe's Wilhelm
/ Meister.'
! OF the Schubert symphony. IL IS said
| that NO other work in orchestral lit
/ erature has received more unstinted
praise for pure melodic beauty and
| picturesques orchestra" It was
! discovered nearly 40 years after the
/ composers death
Concerto For Cello.
I The 'cellist. Van Nliet, Will play with
/ the orchestra the concerto number one
: in 4 minor by Saint-Saens. It is in
! one continuous movement. and is the
| best known concerto for cello.
The symphonic poem. Les Preludes.
. by List. finds its suggestion in a pas
sage from Lamartine. What is life
/ but series of preludes to that IN
! known song whose first solemn note
! is tolled by Death II has been de