New Britain herald., 1927-10-24
J. 5. MARINE BAND
 THRILLS AUDIENCE
Plays Sunday Concert Under
 Auspices Of Exchange Club

An audience that virtually filled he Strand thcatsr yesterday after
 toon was profoundly thrilled by he stirring music of the United states Marine band. Thc huency and power of the ensemble. combined
 with the astonishing yirtuosity of in- il}idual performers, easily convinced he musicalIy sophisticated that the band continues 10 merit its long held reputation 1s b.ing one of the worlds greatest.
 Clad in brilliant unjfornls-rcd coats and light hfue trauscrs- with tha conductors towering six fcet of FIgor clothed in navy blue spanglcd with gold braid and dangling sword, the band formed an attrac- live stage picture.
 The concert Was given under the auspices of thu EhchaH.e club, and the profits went to ihg Polish or phan4ee and fa@ Chlareu's home. Many of The children from these iu- a,' 3tions W-rs 4to-ts Of the E.N- eE 1ge club af the concert
 Captain Taylor Braua0u. tbu con ducror, belongs 10 th- dynamic school, wasting no time between en- cores. Less than ten seconds elapsed between most of them. and as a rule two or three sucn added numbers were given. A large as- sortmeut O. the most famous mili- tary marches was used in this fash ion, intcrspersed with other attrac- tive selections The printed pro gram upon which these lighter con coctions were built was one Of sterling value.
 Reserved for the last was the heaviest and most thrilling number played, the finale from Tschaikow- sky's fourth symphony This yield ed a remarkable opportunity for Virtuosity and the pace taken was like the wind, sOne Of the most brilliant ot final&s in symphonic lit erature, none Of the polish was lost in the magnificent performance.
 Earlier came the coloriul "Capric- cio Espagnol' of Rinsky- korsakor, i'll which the subtle Instrumentation of the orchestra score-for which it was originally Written-Was capably carried over into the band arrange mcnt.
 Other star numbers were the William Tell overture, by Rossimi and Liszt's philosophic tone poem. Les Preudes." The former is favorite with fine bands because of the astonishing effectiveness of it's famous closing fanfare-and it will be long time before another of as air-raisiDg caliber is written. The LisZt tone poem, which opened the concert, is the best known of the was the least satisfying of the big numbers on the program because of a poor transcription for band, In the original score the strings rise and fall in q scintilIant cascade, forming q vivid blcl2round to the main theme, but in the band ar rangement the clarincts-thc suhsti- tutes for merely played re- peatod notes, This took much of the pepper out Of the number, This, Of course, was the fault of the trans cription. not the band.
 Two soloisis e@ued much ap- plausc. There Was John F. White. cornetist. w1o played one of the sizzling compositions Of Herbert Clarke. famed monarch Of this in strumeut who. not being able 10 find anything difficult enough in the literature of the cornct, wrote his own, It's title was Showers of Gold" and IL just rained notes Whites tone and expression were so pleasing that two additional solos had 10 be given,
 Then there was Robert L. Clarke, master of the trombone Here ts what the program said: Tn order tc obtain material in which 10 show his wonderful mastery of the trom- bone, the soloist was obliged 10 write composition" II was called May Blossoms" After giving this proof of his ability he played on and on, with ] beautifully resonant tone | and technic all the way.
 Other numbers played by the band i were q suave caprice, "Eelantine," i by Van Loock. and "Pasquuade," by 1 Gottschalk, the first famed Ameri- | can composer, whose works, written i before the Civil War, could more 1 often be heard to adyanta ge--if l played like the band played 'EgIan- tin ,"-G. IT.