Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03

| IGLUCK-DESTEFANO
CONCERT PLEASES
Noted Artists Appear Before
Large Audience in Chest
nut Street Auditorium

a huge and representative audi
ence greeted Nine. Gluck and Sig.
DeStefano at Chestnut Street Audi
torium last night. Nine Gluck is one
of the strongest attractions of the
concert stage, knowing which. it was
not surprise to see the well-tilled
house. How splendid it would be
If Harrisburg would support all
worthy musical events in n like man
ner. .--D
Sig. Salvatore DeStefano opened
the program with three delightful
numbers. "Serenade." by Martenot:
"Gavotte." by Sgambati-DeStefano
and La Danse" by Posse. While
these numbers were all beautiful and
splendidly delivered. il was not until
the second group OF harp solos, how
ever, that Sig. DeStefano demon
strated to the interested audience
the extent of his wonderful art. 1t
certainly was n real joy to hear COM
positions by standard composers so
artistically presented through the
medium of the harp, by so finished II
performer. There is a retinemen ent and
! finish in the work of Sig. DeStefano
not often heard in soloists of this in
strument. His work impresses one
as that of the intellectual, poetic
and scholarly musician. His playing
/ is fun of suppressed emotion. lie
also arouses ones imagination. One
| couldn't imagine anything more
| beautiful than his Interpretation of
| "Bourree' by Bach. 1t is one thing
! to play Bach for body of mu-
sicianS. but it is quite another thing
TO be able TO interest and delight a
multitude, the bulk of which are not
trained musicians, and this he did
most successfully. As n concluding
number of his own beautiful. pro-
! gram, Sig. DeStefano gave us a most
| brilliant hearing of that technically
difficult number Perpetual Motion.
by Dizi, after which he received an
ovation.
Nine. Alma GIucE<
! Harrisburg went to this concert
! however. to hear Mime. Gluck. Sh,
was superb to look upon. wearing
4 gown of white satin. with corsag'
| bouquet Of pink orchids. AS to he
stage presence, personality, etc.
there isn't but one Alma Gluck. Sh,
is Just wonderful! Her stage decor
um is not of kind to be copied o.
/ elnulated by others, for it is just par
/ of her. just as her voice is her owl
/ personal possession.
Interesting Program
Mime. Gluck's program was mos
| interesting. 1t was varied in char
acter. and the audience seemed to en-
| Joy il in its entirety. The first grouT
/ consisted of star Vicino." by Rosa
! I'm Motto di Gicia." by Mozart
"Amariln." by Caccini and "Wher
! Love Is Kind" by Anon. OF course
/ every one knows the last song OF
! this group, and "Amarilli" is a grea'
| favorite on big concert programe
! Her second group started witt
! Persian Song" by Glinka, per
fectly stunning song, splendidly pre-
sented. this being followed by
Spring Song" by Rubinstein, aftel
which she gave us "Crepuscule," by
! Massenet, which proved to be the
I gem of this group. This was fol
| lowed by AUX Temps des Fees by
! Koechlin, and Tout Cal" by Ravel
Nine. Gluck's concluding group con-
sisted of the following: Mother
Dearest" Russian: "The Three Cava'
| liers," also Russian, both arranged
! by Kurt SCHNEIDER: the familiar
"Loch Lomond" and Pipes O. Dun
dee" both Scotch folk songs, ant
two negro spirituals, by an BY" and
| - Want to Be Ready" both o.
which were arranged by Harry Bur
/ leigh.
Mime. Gluck's entire program wal
| we'll received. Encores were numer
Gus throughout the program.
! If one might be allowed the privi
! lege of criticism. it, would be neces
sarv to say that the one feature Il
mar the evenings concert was tn
| fact that Nine. Gluck was at time
inaccurate as to pitch. This was es
pecially noticeable in the songs de
randing long-sustained passages
! The fault seemed to be the result o
tightness and was not so apparent il
the more sprightly and flexible mum
| bers.
This was the concluding concert il
the very delightful series Furnished
By Fred Hand and Harrisburg ha
reason to thank our local manage
for the delightful musical events o
this season.
MRS. ]. G. SANDERS.