Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-02

teTest, aDdll am RlR0 10 see tDls Iespou-
siveness on the part of lovers of music.
The attendance though is not yet what
it should be. These last two weeks Of
warm daysl..have been ideal and the
auditorium versnda should prove an
extra attraction during the warm days
of August now upon us.
But to the music: Monday of last
week We had the ever delightful La
Czarine, Mazourka b,de Concert by
Game. G lNots only las an orchestral
offering, but as a piano piece it is won
derfully. attractive and levery pianist
should have it in his or her collection.
The other effective music of this day
that stands out prominently is the
Strauss Beautiful Blue Danube waltz,
that perennial favorite that never
grows old. 1 might almost say here,
in the language of the Bard, that thine
cannot wither nor custom stale its
infinite variety" And as to the ballet
music from Sylvia, If Delibes had never
written anything else, his music from
Sylvia would entitle him to high rank;
and the manner in which our orches-
ira plays the Piccazzi is deserving of
high praise.
Tuesday a delightful innovation was
the trio for flute, violin and cello,
played in inimitsble style by Messrs.
Rodemann, Meyer and Argiewics, a
nocturn of Doppler's, that was enthu-
siastically received. Each of these
players, on his W particular instru-
ment, stands very high, as we all SO
well know, and when we can have
more of this ensemble work the house
should be crowded. The anne day we
heard THE White Lady" overture, by
Boildieu, most excellently played.
Then two Will o. the Wisp style of
pieces; a Siciliana, by Blon, and the
Dance of the Sylphs from Berlioz'
pathize with Faust when l hear such
music, as well 1 know that led by such
enhancing sounds, like Orpheus seek
ing his Eurydice, Faust's temptation
was great. The evening was brought
to a tremendous close by the "Le Re-
viel du Lion" by Chevalier DeKont-
ski. 1t was my privilege years ago to
hear this pianist play this piece, his
masterpiece Of his piano compositions,
and the impression made on me then
was so strong that 1 added 1t to my
own repertoire and always either play
it or listen to it with delight.
Wednesday afternoon we had al in
teresting time of it with music of the
elusive type. Lost Happiness and Per-
sifiage, and then the ecstacy of love
and badinage made two numbers that
were especially delightful, owing 10
their vivid contrasts. And Wednes-
day night MI. Zetzman, as cornet
s%oloist, rendered a splendid offering,
the ever lovely Pere Gynt Suite.
Thursday afternoon we were treated
to a little Spanish music, "Middle of
the Night" by Aviles, n OF those
weird characteristic things that the
Spanish are past masters of. Evening
brought Mr.. Mayer again with his
magnificent playing Of the Meditation
from That's, by M~assenet, and the two
splendid intermeZzi from the Jewels of
the Madonna, by Wolf-Ferrari. Good
things are coming TO us rapidly; and
right here I want to speak again of the
success Mr.. Pfeiffer is having this year
as a program builder. His offerings
are so we'll contrasted, and so excel
lently executed that the music never
becomes wearisome; it is ever %restful,
and then we are awakened from a
reverie to some great climsctic music
that arouses all the soul for music we
have in our minds.
Friday Mr.. Argyle wicz, on his lovely
cello, played the Kol Nidrei once again.
L spoke of this a week or two ago. This
music is always new, no matter how
often one hears it. to which there was
added a beautiful encore.
Saturday evening MI. Meyer again
appeared with his violin, and right in
the interludes for the piano the audi
ence was SO stirred that it burst out
into applause! This concerto for vio-
lin, by Mendelssohn, of which Mr..
Meyer played two movements, is so
lovely and withal so difficult, that it is
attempted by few players; but when it
is played we'll as Mr.. Meyer does all
his music, it is worth the ovation he
received. For an encore he gave piece
that reached all our hearts, a lovely
little serenade, which. with the swish
of the tide and the late moon, made a
rarely beautiful combination. For this
number 1 sat on the veranda and was
drawn nearer the Great White Throne