The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-01
HIGH "a" ORCHESTRA
WILL GIVE NASHVILLE
PROGRAM THURSDAY

The Morton high school "a" orches.
ira, under the direction of Professor
Joseph e. Maddy, win give Nash
vile booster program at O'CLOCK
Thursday evening in the high school
auditorium. The following program
will be presented:
l. March of the Sardar from eau
casian Sketches" Ippolitow-lvanow
This composition was written while
the composer was conducting research
work among the Caucasian folkSongs,
and is an orchestral painting of his
impressions. The march Is descriE-
ton of the approach of the Sardar,
or tribal chief, with his guards and
retinue. In the distance can be heard
the drums and pipes of the procession.
1t draws nearer and nearer, the adj
vance guards file by, and at length
the Sardar comes into view.
e. Overture to "Rienzi" ..
................ Richard Wagner
"Rienzi. the Last of the Tribunes."
was Wagner's third opera, though the
first to meet with any marked public
favor The story Is based upon Bulwer
Lytton's we'll known novel of the same
name. The overture is written in the
old, conventional style, made up of
themes from the opera The opening
peal of the trumpet is the signal fol
revolt, in the opera. Rienzi's prayer,
the Roman war cry and the chorus OF
Salutation OF Rienzi are the principal
material in the overture.
8. Andante Cantabile from Fifth
Symphony. =. Peter Tschaikowsky
This movement is most melodious,
impassioned romanza. After few i'll
troductory chords the principal mel
ody is sung by the French horn, played
in this instance by Vernon Spaulding.
Soon the oboe enters with counter
melody, and tender dialogue follows.
The counter melody of the oboe APP
pears later in the strings and is &C.
veloped to fortissimo. A middle sec
ton of great initiative power is lit
Produced by somewhat Oriental
theme In the clarinet, later taken up
by the bassoon. A mighty crecsendJ
leads up to most dramatic sinister
statement of the principal theme of
the symphony. The strings have a
few measures of piZzicato, quietins
down to pianissimo, after which tie
original horn melody appears, this
time sung by the violins. Again the
motto" is heard this time threaten
ingly in the trombones. but the mood
softens quickly and the movement:
closes with the strings dying away in
the erstwhile counter melody of the
oboe.
4. Peer Gynt Suite. erie
Morning-Death of Aase-Anitra' s
Dance--In the Hall of the Mountain
King
This is the first of the two suites OF
incidental music to Ibsens dramatic
poem peer Gynt" The four move
ments may be described as follows
Morning is self explanatory. "Aase';
Death" pictures Aase, mother of Peei
Gynt, dying in his arms. "Anitra
Dance"-Peer Gynt is in Africa, and
lying on cushions, smoking a Ions
pipe, he watches the Mountain King
After divers adventures he finds him
self hiding in the Mountain King
hall, where he is tortured by gnome:
and spirits. The piece depicts a dream
in which Peer sees the approaching
forms of the imps in the distance
and attempts to evade them. The
chase wakes hotter and hotter until
just as he is being torn to pieces
he awakens with a start.
5. Aria. Song of the Soul" 49,.
....... Joseph Carl Bret
c. Dance of the Hours from La
Gioconda", ...........P onchiell
Almilcare Ponchielli, an Italian oh
cratic composer who was born in 1S3
and died 1886, was ranked next t.
Verdi by many of his countrymen. Hi
best work, La Gioconda," is a gran
opera in four acts. 1t was first pre-
duced at LaScala, Milan in 1876. TIL
Dance of the Hours is a part of tn
brilliant finale of the third act.
Z. Nut Cracker Suite. .Tschaikowsk
(a) Arabian Dance.
tb) Russian Dance.
This work is a triumph of delicat
and humorous music and shows tn
often morbid Russian composer in a
unusually cheerful and even jocun
mood.