South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-30
Orchestra Opens
Season Today In
Concert Program
By WiLfred !. Riley

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~ HE South Bend Symphony Or
chestra will open its third
season this afternoon with the
first OF a series of Sunday after
noon concerts at the High School
auditorium. Frederick H. Ingersoil.
conductor. has arranged an interest
ing and varied program for the hour
Of music which will start at o'clock.
Olive Maine. soprano. for several
seasons with the Chicago Grand
Opera Company. will assist the or
chestra. She Will sing "Un Bel Di"
zone Fine Day.. known to all music
lovers as the most popular number
from PucciniS Madame Butterfly"
and Niedlinger's famous You are
Mine Today"
The program contains both works
OF the standard composers and those
of the modern school. The former
group are we'll known and their COM
positions always form a large part
of every well constructed symphony
program but the latter school al
ways offer something unusually in
teresting and the mention of their
names serves to add to the general
I interest. Mr.. Ingersoll is we'll quail
| fed TO interpret these numbers and
/ II will be interesting to know how
/ he reads them.
All the numbers have been ar
ranged for an orchestra of % pieces.
which will add to the effectiveness Of
the presentation. Many Of the great
\ symphonies were originally written
for Orchestras Of this size and as q
! result they lose much Of their charm
and color when interpreted by larger
4 organizations. With such a small
orchestra the auditors will be read
lily able to distinguish the different
carriers of the melody and to enjoy
the full blending or the Instruments.
Particular attention should be
called to two numbers that are list
ed on the program for this after
noon. they are: Suite Algerienne."
by the master French composer.
Saint -Saens, and "Sigurd Jorsalfar"
| (Sigurd the Crusader) by the Nor
wegian, Grieg. The works of Ca
mile Saint-Saers form the best OF
modern descriptive music and this
number reveals him at his best. II
! holds an exquisite melody which is
filed with the characteristics Of AL
/ gerian color. There is a decided
contrast between Evening Revere"
| the first part of the suite. and
French Military March" the sec
ond number. one is transported
from the languor and beauty OF the
Algerian Evening 20 the brilliant.
gay and rhythmic impulse of milf
tary life.
The works OF Greg abound with
the virility and ruggedness so COM
mon to his native land. "Sigurd
/ Jorsalfar" is a musical interpreta-
tion OF a poem of that name by the
Norwegian. Bjornson. which is often
performed in Norway on national
holidays. In his music Grieg has
put all the phases and phrases OF
the story and in point Grieg has put
all the phases and phrases Of the
story. and in point Of originality Il
IS exceptional. The suite is in three
parts: Ca Introduction; (b) Borg
hild's Dream; Co Triumphal March.
The sale of season tickets has
been progressing favorably and II Is
forum will be filled Sunday. The
League OF Women Voters is handling
the sale OF tickets. This should be
the most successful season In the his
tory Of the organization and It Is TO
be hoped that large audiences will
be in attendance every Sunday for
the cultural value OF the South Bend
Symphony orchestra to the COM
munity Is beyond calculation.
This afternoons program follows:
stars and Stripes Forever . Sousa
Three Songs From Elnand ......
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Won Fielitz
(a) Silent Woe; CO.. Secret Greet
(c) Anethema.
Minuet from Piano Sonata op. 40
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Beethoven
Soprano Solo
(a) zone Fine Day" CNiadame
Butterfly PuCcini
Cb) You Are Mine Today "
.-............. Niedlinger
Mrs. Olive Maine.
Suite-Sigurd Josalfar ......Grieg
ca Introduction; %, Borghrd's
Dream; Co Triumphal
March.
Suite Algerienne ...... .Saint-Saens
ca Evening Revere; (b) French
Military March.
Overture-Pique Dame. ..... S1lppe
Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser
Overture" Of the most pretentious
and difficult OF musical offerings.
will be featured BY the Blackstone
orchestra, Angelo Vitale conducting.
beginning today. Every band and
orchestral player knows that this
number. BY Father OF German
opera" 80 overtaxes all but the
most skilled musical organizations
that II Is seldom, II ever. played by
lesser combinations than our lead
ing bands and symphony orchestras.
Many local musicians are skepti-
cal as 20 the effectiveness with which
the number can be played by an or
chestra OF only II men. Director
Vitale is. however. determined 70
show what his mon can do and In
consequence OF this fact he kept the
orchestra rehearsing into the wee
small hours OF the morning follow
ing the evenins shows last week