Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-23
FIRST ORCHESTRA
CONCERT NOTABLE
Nine. Matzenauer Receives Ova-
ton After Wonderful Rendi-
ton of "Love-Dea &"
of Isolde.

The choice Of the Beethoven c Minor
Svmphory as the orchestral piece de
rrsistarce for the first concert Of the
Philadelphia Orchestra season, last night,
Al The Playhouse. had a Significance OF its
own This number WAS on the program
~ the first concert of the Philadelphia
Orchestrs as an organization, IN 1900,
Which event was commcmorated week
before last M Philadelphia by repetI-
tion Of the original program.
The PLAYERS. therefore, had the music
we'll under their fingers and on their lips
WITH sll the shadings OF the conductors =
reading freshly impressed; whereby our
ttN j. a gamer, even If the limited season
hrfe makes too frequent rcpetltiOrs OF a
standard number n matter of regret n
tins shuts cut some possible rovelty
This ruuhcr was PLAYED here at the Febru-
arN "a corccrt of last year.
As NJ that time. the reading of Maestro
II ,kowskI was authoritative. tender and
~ the same time brilliant Naturslly. at
eNcry rc-hearWg some special pom, I IN the
performance presents itself and It's claims
"a attention last night this was. for ore
observer, the precision and roundness OF
The wood wind section this being notice
abb IN the first movement and noted, on
II
ear on the trail of the wood Wind choir,
arl partly dampcd to the others, inner
hartnonies ard sosteuuto effects. hitherto
rot realized in detail emerged, adding IN
ter,.st and poignancy Ia the addition.
O rho soloist uf last nights concert.
crtic Iiuneker wrote Marvellous Mat
genauer' She has the dark. woolng voice
oi the genuine cOntrslto. rs medium as
lu-clous a. the Chalamean register of
clarinet Her singing of the 'Love-Death
was pathos breeding end rs pure lvriclsm
was triumph To al of which. assent Is
c mpelled ard the sentiments are adopted.
VT special shaded footlight lamp TO
illuminate the shimmering folds Of her
rohe 81 classic white Madame Matte
rauer made last night statuesque figure,
both ~ she SAT immohile while the emo
tinaal waves and floods 81 the orchestra
Swelei with the vibrant harInonies. and
she stood and joined her voice = those
II the instruments. m the supremest eX-
prrSslon n the CLIMAX Of human emotion
4 ~ penned The audience was al once
rarsported 10 the region of high tragedy.
lhroush the medium Of the lovely music.
and rs the tones died ON her bps her eyes
= sed. and her head fell back, they shared
'he impression that sll was reslly over.
Is sslhic ~ conceive Of. apart from ccs-
rincs aud stage setting And the sincere
ihR,ks and congratulations OF the sub
scribers are due 20 the committee and the
director for their share IN securing this
musical treat
IN the second number on the program,
he letter scene from Eugene Onegin, by
rsrhaikoW sky. the dramatic qualities Of
the s,ngct had = field Of action Of another
genre and We're successfully demonstrat-
70. especially IN the lower register 81 the
voice. but the interest was divided between
the singer and the score. which was full Of
fha bcautie. and mastery that characterize
the Russ All master
Applause was freely bestowed the
lesder sharing n recall after the symphony
vth hs men, whom he signalled to rise
and how with hlm, and the diva returning
several times 20 bow her Acknowledgements.
Altogether. 70 was a great and tgi
umphant occssion, setting q high-water
mark of achievement for the season. The
house WAS full, in spite Of the stormy night.