The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28

themselves VIII, uISls TIC uOlS6 ant
clang of heavy traffic, second the pa
thos Of the Bloomsbury district in the
twilight, third, the heart rending gay
ETY. of Saturday night in the slums,
and last the Hunger March "of those
whom the city grinds and crushes, the
great army Of those who are cold and
hungry and unable to get work"
Quoted from Albert Coates, the Eng
fish conductor.)
The windup Of the program was the
"Cockaigne" overture of Edward Ell
gar. Elgar sees London as a sort O.
sublimated Sunday comic supplement
in this overture. and tries hard I
cover up the poverty of his ideas in
masses of tone.
HE civic orchestra gave its second
| Orchestra Hall concert Of the sea-
son last Sunday afternoon. with Fred
erick Stock and Eric Delamarter con-
Quoting. Tn eprogram opened with an
overture called TN Bohemia" by Hen
~ K. Hadley. This is better music
on the whole than most of Hadley's
work. 1t is light, it is melodious, and
it is not in the least Bohemian.
This was followed by the fifth sym
phony of Schubert, which was given
its first Chicago performance. Con-
nected with this work is a history
Of romance Of the sort generally as
sociated with some paintings. The
manuscript score Of the symphony
was sent to Russia and lost there.
Later it was discovered and just last
year it was published in Vienna. But
there is considerable doubt as to the
authenticity Of some of the ten SYM
phonies Of Schubert. It is thought
that some Of them. including the work
played on this occasion, are forgeries.
1t certainly seems that this fifth sym
phony is not genuine Schubert, for
it is in Mozartian style and SO long
that about two-thirds of it had to be
cut to make il into a program at all.
The symphony was followed by the
prelude to "The Deluge'' that we'll
worn old timer of violin solos, here
played by Charles v. Hrych, the con-
cert master.
Miss Margaret Farr was the soloist
Of the day, playing the List fantasia
on Hungarian folk melodies. It is
customary for pianists to vie with
each other to see who can give this
war horse the most eccentric perform
ance. Miss Farr's Interpretation was
of the most eccentric.
The shadow weaving march move
ment Of Chaykovski's sixth symphony
and the Strauss waltz Wine. Wo-
men and Song" wound up the show.
THE Chicago Mendelssohn club gave
l its second program Of the season
at Orchestra Hall. last Thursday
night Because of the illness of the
clubs conductor. Harrison Wild, Cal
vim Lampert, the accompanist for this
foremost Of mems choral organiza-
tions, took the baton. Louise Harri-
SON Slade, contralto, was the soloist.
The Mendelssohn club programs are
built up mainly of English and Ameri-
can music Of many different sorts and
degrees Of worth. On this particular
program the outstanding composition
was the one called Siberia" by a
man named Starke. In IL the song
OF the protesting, exhausted prisoner
condemned to Siberia by q czarist
court, sung by solo voice is constant
ly circled and framed by Cossack
cries in the chorus.
Beside this solo with the club, Mrs.
Slade did two groups alone. one group
OF songs by John Alden Carpenter.
which are very bad, and another
group OF Louisiana Negro songs that
are not quite so bad. Mrs. Slade can
interpret with considerable feeling
and insight. but unfortunately was not
In good voice on this occasion.