Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
ORCHESTRA OPENS
MOST BRILLIANTLY
Splcndid Musical Treat Afforded
by Cortot and Tschaikowsky
Symphony.

Splendid Musical Treat Anorueu
by Cortot and Tschaikowsky
Symphony.
Elrar-preludc and Angels Farewell from
.s'rhe Dream of Ger ontIus.
Schumann- Concerto in A minor, tor
Piano and Orchestra.
l. Allegro affetuoso.
IL. Intermczzo: Andantino grnz'oso.
III, Finale: Allegro vivace.
Alfred Cortot.
lnterrniSion.
1echaikowsky- symphony No. 4, IN
minor.
|. Andante sostenuto- moderate con
anlma.
II Apdsntino on ncdo di canzona.
III. Scheryo. FizzICato estimate
". Finale Allegro con fuoco
What with we'll nigh thousand ana
one claims from work, the eve Oh
election. the fOrav of an influenza epideinic
and what not one might have cNpecneu
almost ANYTHING TO happen last night
so far as an audience was concerned Tor
tho opcning of the Philadelphia Orchestra
W;Irr;noton season Put nothing came
about save a splendid housc-filhng, su-
d,encc of the type we have lcarned to look
10, AZ cach concert and which we would tic
very much astonished not to iind.
And IN II were the same faces we SAW
last scason-which fact was = gracious
one because it showed that after All
the war hasn't taken everybody away
Too there were some newcomers, WHICH
likewise was pleasant thing 10 con
template because II proved that thttc
hove been added to Wilmington votaries
f,{ hr urt
blessed souls who find IN good music =
,ox- and measure a few more who ioNc
tn s,t,,rate their beings with melody
and harmony a few more who can carry
to the quiet al their homes, alter nlRht
with the glorious company ot the masters,
roen,or,es of what they have hcardS and
invite their better selves Tor "nile
For he or she who docs not 1--we hIS
before going 70 bed oi concert nlEn',
with the impr, sslon lovelineS :" IN"
'celos. the haunting hit OF The viohnS,
the nd call Of the horns and the palntiv
vo,ces Of the woo<Iwinds lS m alIcn and
an outIander and deserves 10 suhslst
musicallv on the scant pahulnm afforded
Nv . grind organ or the f1avorlcSs huSkS
of rag-tunc
Having thus rid ourselves Of l'ile
nhiIosoDhy on cSthetIcs lei MS CONSIDER
the concert
Or StokowShi gave q most adInira:' :'ic
and ENJOYABLE evening with most "a
mirahle and ENJOYABLE program neither
ponderous. funeral baked meats. nor
fippant, nut interesting, ~fii-balAncfa
and of sufficient contrast - stl nu'atc our
iinsgluations To tins vas add"d hcar-
mo az Alfred Cortot the French pln}as,
and a looming figure in French muse
a hearing for which we ought, 7 W Ar"
candid with ourselves G { quite tcank
full
with mastery authority and hrlllancv u
i a perfect bramhle-pat,h of tcchm'aI
difficulty. but the soloI-t seemed ~ hay A
great reserves Of power upon which he dl {!
not call Tonally the man IS well nigh p'f-
feet Temperamcntallv, pretty much t"f
same is to be said OF him nr composition
isSchumann in his best aud brightest Mood
alnce when he wrote Il his hla~k MOODS
had no, begun 10 come And IN interpret
ing the German master the french maste'
showed his keen insight ana sympathy
But il is hard to get the best of pianiS'
a., for the matter of that the best Oi any
instrumental soloist through the medium
of a concerto. One needs to hear him II
a recital program We Judge IN cvoning q
this sort OF Cortot 10 be raT'. rare trea 4
The orchestra has been hcncft ID by tn
recent additions and changes n personnel
That fact is quite apparent - too i tnf
fact that It's tone l~ growing loYehcF as M
seasons pass
These things sftcd into one meHta
fabric last night more par l~daTlv duTiIi
the plaving Of the symphony II = reiii1
one Of the most exl,-lnC OF the SIX = hal
kowskv gave II the warli nd II that fsci
lies the reason f0r eeclag he "r5heStr
betterment 1t really lafi nothing unsait
that was on the score Stoke y-si. Rho : =
his best in the compositions of the erch
and gloomy Russian. gives u always neF
thoughts when he reads IschaIS SoWskN
symphony and he faied not n NJ - ~
sight Some commentators haNc ca!!r1
The Fourth SYMPHONY the first q m
,riicgy OF sorrow and tragedy, but We iai
to see II thst way i.a- : lnfr spc";tF
moments and IS E4ot d tnt' sl-"st rllFS
Il late bur i; slSO SIS Is !oF ince AT
freedom. II II convevs any one lo.nsnatin
though, il ie tha, e ,er aS:n. Fy''lcf i get
from the sustained rIzz)"ato ~ -
herao movement a very wond 'il
lot # position O7Iy vaguely does 1
work suggest he profound emotions q :
FIFTH and there is notfuag m I q h
hitter protest AID black drspalr = = =
Sixth. nor of that wonderful song Shi"
flashes athwart the Sixth frst move1 EN-
no. of the sinuous huf nm the LEI
-inlster second movement
incidentally, there are so ne q y, wn
would ike on p more o hea- the SKI . he
fore we pass on Tor II been long since
was PLAYED here
Elgar's Gerontlu- F:ljislf wa II
teresting to listen .. a. t Is no' yer
familiar Bur the ainlrabi' penditlo
given it har ly cou.pcn>.ttes for e la'-
Of inspiration
Heigh-ho one wisha- The concert ha
INST begl1n not ended, snd these be ant
cipation and not mere rec 'llcctlons
VI + T.