New Britain herald., 1923-12-03
DAMROSCH CONCERT
PROVES RARE treat
New York Symphony Orchestra
Delights Big Audience at Capitol

Splendid 10 the most minute music
al detail and deeply inspiring in the
ensemble. was the work of the New
York symphony orchestra yesterday
afternoon at the Capitol theater. This
company of musicians, welded into an
organization of perfect accord under
the leadership of Walter Damrisch,
responded in fine sympathy with the
Interpretation by that noted conductor
of the masterpieces rendered. A
large audience showed its apprecia-
ton OF the accomplishment of the New
Britain Musical club. under the aus
pices of which the orchestra appeared
by the warmth of its greeting of Mr.
Damrosch, and displayed keen dis
elimination by its enthusiastic stamp
standing and execution of the works
presented.
Mr. Damrosch himself, the musical
club and many of the audience re-
GREETED extremely that a misunder-
standing as to the time the concert
was to begin marred the afternoons
enjoyment The orchestra manage
ment had planned to begin at .. M;
the Musical club had supposed the
hour of $3.50 was understood, and it
was because of this that the manager
of the organization arranged for its
special cart leave here for New York
on the SOL train. The New Britain
club succeeded in holding the train
five minutes, and the connecting train
at Berlin for the same length of time.
But the musicians were obliged to
begin the concert five minutes early
and to refrain from giving the en-
cores which were so eagerly sought
1t was a regrettable incident for which
no one was to blame and for which
both the officers of the New Britain
Musical club and Mr.. Damrosch were
sincerely sorry.
Almost the first strains of the SYM
phony in Minor. From the New
World" Dvorak, composed while that
great musician was head of the Ma
tional School of Music in New York,
1925, brought fascinating musical
evidence, not only of the more than
hint of the spirit of American negro
melodies sometimes said to permeate
the work, but also of the fact that
whatever its inspiration it need rely
upon no such suggestion to justify its
musical existence. II there was plain
tive melancholy in the Largo" it was
Dvorak's own. If the lack of depres-
sion the sometimes wistful strains dis
played under the sympathetic execu-
ton of the musicians, reminded of
the none-t too. serious plant of the
plantation, II was the charm of the
Geek composer as accurately under |
stood and brought to expression by
the great conductor. Plaintive, rath- |
er than wistful, was the theme until |
the depressed blare of the less gentle |
wind instruments thrilled TO the eli |
max.
In the symphony's Allegro" with |
which the work closed, there came a
reminder OF the most familiar of |
American airs made snbtly splendid |
IN this work. 1t is without thought
of a suggestion of trihing that such re-
minder, just limited at, came first |
from the second violins, and the good |
patriot seemed to hear in the distance |
an undercurrent of Yankee Doodle
Dandy" ideaized. The frequently
noted syncopation carried sustain
ing quality that may be conceived and
executed by master musicians only, so
rare is the possession OF the requisite
delicacy OF thought and touch.