Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-07-12
The Music

Or6AuuiuB WIN buc OpcuiuK COuCeIt
on the first Of July, the orchestra has
demonstrated, Notwithstanding the
reduction in numbers, that they can
give US the best Of music in q most sat-
isfactory manner. Mr.. Pfelffer's new
men a be depended upon to fill the
places Of the old men.
During the past week we have had
as soloist Mr.. Rodemann as futist.
He gave a delightful rendition OF Dop-
piers Fantasia PastoraIe Hongriose on
Wednesday evening, July Srd, and
responded to al encore He has q
very pure tone, such as would accom-
pany a soprano, and / hope when we
have our Sunday night concerts In
August, that the selections will enable
Mr.. Rodemann to give a good account
of himself.
Friday evening Mr.. A~rgiewicz play
ed as soloist the pieces that he had
given at the Saturday evening Civic
club affair, and 1 reviewed his
work In my last weeks letter.
Saturday evening Mr.. Paul Meyer
played Wieniawski's "Souvenir of Mos
COW" on his wonderful-toned violin.
He has lost none of his cunning, and
his high tones were "linked sweetness
long drawn out.u Such tones are sell
dom heard from players on the violin.
Mr.. Meyer also appeared in a new role
m Mondau oFkarno0u durino Mr.
Pfeiffer's absence, that of conductor,
and did justice to himself.
Now as to the Orchestra itself, Mr..
Pfeiffer's first big offering was the Pere
Gynt Suite. The first movement, rep
resenting the awakening Of Morning
was to my mind played a trife to fast,
and certainly a little louder than the
tones we have been accustomed to
associate with this portion of the Pere
Gynt Suite. The other movements
were exquisiteIy done, and with the
aid of the heavy tones of the tympani
and the piano the Hall of the Moun-
tain King was made a most weird spot.
One thing the orchestra is doing and
which should serve to attract all lovers
of the so-called more popular music is
the introduction of many of Waldteu-
fel's Concert Waltzes which were so
popular a generation ago. He has also
some encore pieces Of the model of 1919,
which even the most rabid Jazzist will
find to his liking. He is also playing
some of the popular war music, such
as keep the Home Fires Burning"
and the "Long, Long Trail" There is
no longer the slightest excuse for any
one to neglect these concerts on the
ground that they are too classical; the
programmes are made up to suit all
tastes, and being played in a faultless
manner, everyone who cares for music
in the slightest degrees should patron
ize them. The afternoons can be made
most delightful If the lad take
their sewing, knitting, or NE,
and kill two birds with one stone.
Now a word as to the Sunday eve
ming Community Sing, I am sorry I
shall have to find some fault much tony
sorrow. These were to be Community
Sings, such pieces being sung as the
whole audience could join in, while
such songs as we have had were
of a type that the younger singers are
not familiar with. Mr.. Martindale in
1915 had printed a number Of hymns,
about 80, including the old fsvorities,
and some of the newer popular hymns,
which were used in the first services in
the auditorium, and / would urge that
a number of these be struck off for the
ensuing sings, including in the list the
latest patriotic songs, and let's make
the next two Sunday evenings ssred
letter nights'' in WIldwood's history.
Mr.. Philip Baker, IN his talk on Sun
day evening referred very beautifully
to the services rendered by Mr.. Mart
indale in making this feature of Wild
woods Sunday life so successful In the
early days. These services began at z
O'Clock, and L would urge that our
sings be placed at that hour; this would
in no way interfere with the orchestral
concerts; whereas beginning now as
they are supposed to do at $3.50 puts
the evening too far back. By far the
most enthusiasm on Sunday evening
was over the purely orchestral num-
bers.
Another thing, the tempo of the
hymns was entirely too slow. Instead
of making some of our hymns funeral
dirges, they should be full Of life and
gladness. L have always commended
brightness and joyousness in singing,
making US glad to be able to sing
hymns Of praise.