The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-10
By WAITER D. HICKMAN
IlRAsH! crash Crash The

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battle rolled on.
Suddenly silence. And
then a bugle was heard sounding
Taps" A symphonic sigh and "A
Victory Ball. a fantasy for or
cheistra, was completed.
But not completed before the ba-
ton of Henri Verbrugghen, conduc-
tor Of the Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra, had been transformed into
a flashing and flaming sword.
This baton took on life until the
orchestra radiated the heartaches,
death and victory and everything
that goes with war. Ernest Schell-
ing created this stirring and flaming
musical picture Of war after he had
served in the World War.
Last night Verbrugghen at the
Murat directed this startling compo-
sition as the finale of the first part
OF the orchestral concert.
The swaying figure of the conduc-
tor, coupled with the passionate pic
ture of war as created by every
member of the orchestra, proved to
Indianapolis that drama may be
read into a symphony concert.
There was so much dramatic color
ing placed into the playing Of this
fantasy by Verbrugghen that came
to realize the dramatic worth of or
chestral music more than 1 ever
have.
1t probably sounds silly for me
4 - 49, ~,-bov +I,a foofosxy MOS,
over I discovered that had been
silently crying. The way other
people acted convinced me that Yer
brugghen had put over the message
of the composer in no uncertain
terms. When I left the Murat last
night, I felt that I was many
thousands .riched than when 1 en-
tered the theater Meaning, that this
concert proved to me how poverty
4 stricken community is without its
own symphony orchestra.
Yes, am jealous Of Minneapolis
and its wonderful symphony and its
really great conductor. He may flash
fire in the conducting stand and he
may wear his hair. long and wear
glasses when he conducts-but Yer
brugghen gave Indianapolis, to my
way OF thinking, an unexcelled or
chestraI treat. Give Us more Yer
brugghens and concerts like this one.
Mrs. Talbot and Indianapolis will
have its own orchestral home.
A Sensation
Many people will say that Bran
denburg,'' Concerto No. 8, in d
Major for clavecin. violin. flute. and
string orchestra. was the real sensa-
ton of the program. Alright. We
will not quarrel over that. The So
loists for this concerto were Lewis
Richards, clavecin; Gustave Tinlot,
violin, and Henry G. Woempner,
flute. Here was novelty in which an
instrument, now out Of existence,
was played by a master.
The playing Of this concerto was
a sensation. It was new to us, al
though the chief instrument was vir-
tually the parent of the modern
piano. Here you found startling
harmony and effects. Gorgeous
beauty.
Here was novelty that is not
freakish, but the music of Bach. Not
cheap sensation, but the carefully
developed symphony of melody. This
one number was so worth while that
/ felt that three bucks a seat was
not an excessive amount to pay for.
the hearing OF this concerto alone.
TschaikowsIy
There are lots of people in this
world who know tons more about
Tschaikowsky' Symphony No. 6.
in B Minor than I do. But with
the intelligent help of Verbrugghen
on the conducting stand, 1 was able
to grow musically during its playing.
When conductor of an orches-
ira can cause that to happen to an
individual, then the most wonderful