February 15, 1923
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Symphony Orchestra was given recently in City Hall Auditorium and was a decided success, showing a large advance in artistic achievement. The personnel of the orchestra is somewhat increased this season, now numbering fifty pieces. The orchestra was organized from a nucleus of six pieces six years ago, and has been constantly developing under the direction of Walter J. Fried. The money for keeping the organization together and presenting the concerts is raised entirely by personal subscription.
The program included overture to The Czars’ Bride (Rimsky-Korsakoff), Grail Scene from Parsifal (Wagner), and an aria from the Escape from the Seraglio (Mozart) sung by Helen Cahoon, accompanied by Elizabeth Gay Jones. Her encore was the Norwegian Echo Song and her second number The Wren (Benedict), with violin obligato played by Mrs. Walter Fried. The Thunderbird suit (Cadman), Schumann’s Traumerie, serenade (Drigo), and a suite of three short dances (Edward German) made up the latter half of the program.
Katherine B. Peepless, pianist, a recent addition to the faculty of the Hockaday School for Girls, appeared in her initial recital at the City Temple, and in a program making great demands both technically and musically, created an excellent impression. Her program contained the prelude and fugue in D major (Bach-Busoni), the rendition of which was particularly fine, and the Beethoven Waldstein sonata. Other numbers were by Chopin, Liszt, and Saint-Saëns, with one modern composition, the Prelude de Profundis, by Balfour-Gardiner. Mrs. Peoples has a fluency of technic, a fine regard for tonal beauty and fine contrasts in interpretation.
The eight Victor artists who come here each season again appeared at the Fair Park Coliseum, giving a variety of solos, duets, trios, quartets and stories. Those in the company are Henry Burr, tenor; Billy Murry, tenor-comedian; Alexander Campbell, tenor; Frank Croxton, bass; Monroe Silver, monologist; Rudy Weidoeft, saxophonist, and Frank Banta, painist. The program was immensely enjoyed by a large crowd.
An interesting feature this week at the Majestic Theater was the presentation of Huston Ray, pianist, who gives an unusual act called the Lamp of Inspiration. It is a combination of moving picture, reproducing piano, and his own piano playing. Mr. Ray gave several sparkling selections both alone and with his own recordings on a Duo-Art piano.
The regular concerts on Sunday afternoons continue to draw enormous crowds to the theater. The Rachmaninoff prelude in C sharp minor was played particularly well recently. Another interesting feature was the elaborate prologue in which the voice of Lucille Henthorne, soprano, was heard to good advantage. Other important compositions played by the orchestra during the last few weeks were the overture to The Flying Dutchman (Wagner), Oriental Suite (Lalo), Le Nil (Lereaux), and Massenet’s Elegie.	R. D.
Dayton, Ohio, February 1.—Under the baton of its new conductor, Fritz Reiner, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra made its initial appearance here in Victory Theater prior to the holidays. A Beethoven program was given which included the Leonore overture, the fifth symphony and the fifth piano concerto played by Margaret Melville-Liszniewska. It is doubtful whether the fifth symphony has ever had a more satisfactory interpretation in Dayton, the pianissimo passages being remarkably lovely.
Erika Morini, violinist, gave a recital under the auspices of the Civic Music League, January 8, in Memorial Hall.
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Atlantic City, N. J.—(See letter on another page).
Boston, Mass.—(See letter on another page).
Buffalo, N. Y.—(See letter on another page).
Chapel Hill, N. C., February 5.—The combined choirs of the Chapel Hill churches, under the direction of Thomas Hamilton, sang The Ten Virgins, by Alfred Gaul, at the Sprunt Memorial Church on Sunday evening, January 28. Solo parts were taken by Mesdames Learned, Paulsen, Hamilton and Howell, and George Lawrence and Roy Anderson. The organ solos and accompaniments were played by Mrs. A. S. Wheeler. A large and appreciative audience was present.
An all-American program was given at the January meeting of the music section of the Chapel Hill Community Club, which was held at the home of Mrs. Patrick Henry Winston. Mrs. A. S. Wheeler played a group of piano compositions by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, and the Juba Dance by Nathaniel Dett. Mrs. Winston played Eros, by Adolf Foerster, and the Coleridge-Taylor arrangement of Deep River. Thomas Hamilton sang Burleigh’s Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, also If, When the Day Is Over, by Anne Woodall, and his own setting of May the Maiden, with a violin obligato played by Herman Weihe
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Charleston, W. Va., January 31.—Helen Dana Smith gave a lecture on the works of Mendelssohn to a most appreciative gathering of musicians at the Y. W. C. A., January 16. Her playing of several selections by this composer added greatly to the evening’s enjoyment.
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra, W. S. Mason conductor, was heard’in a varied and delightful program, January 28. Elizabeth Poston, the soloist, possesses a very sweet soprano voice and was heard to great advantage in a group of songs by Brahms, Schumann, Hue and Carpenter, and the aria from Louise, Depuis le jour. The orchestral selections were Weber’s Euryanthe overture, Saint-Saëns’ symphonic poem, Phaeton, and Tschaikowsky’s Marche Slav.
The music department of the Charleston Woman’s Club gave an interesting program of the compositions of Edward MacDowell, January 30. The biography of the American composer was given in detail by Mrs. J. A. Arbuckle, Mrs. Alexander Davis, Mrs. Leonard Gates, Mrs; C. E. Copeland, Mrs. G. A. Stuart, Mrs. L. E. McWhorter, Mrs. M. M. Bryan, and Mrs. J. T. Crane. Lyda Priode, Elenore Flynn, Opal Poe, Mrs. Andrew Warwick, Mrs. J. O. Jennings, Mrs. L. H. Putnam, Mrs. Frank Hardesty and Mrs. Riley presented selections from his works. Elsie Fischer Kincheloe arranged the program and was the accompanist of the evening.
The class in musical appreciation held its weekly meeting at the Y. W. C. A., January 30. Helen Dana Smith addressed it on The Romantic Period, emphasizing Schumann and his works especially.	E. F. K.
Chicago, 111.—(See letter on another page).
Convent, N. J., January 27.—During the present school year the music department of the College of St. Elizabeth has made much advancement. All pupils, whether or not they are working for the Bachelor of Music degree, are to receive credit for any musical course they take whether theoretical or applied. A concert course of the highest caliber is being given to the student body. The Letz Quartet opened the series in December. To the faculty has been added William Haddon (graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Sweden, and New England Conservatory of Music) as professor in theory and piano.
Practically all in the class of Musical Appreciation are holders of season tickets for the New York Symphony.
Mischa Levitzki completely won his youthful audience, January 22, as the second artist introduced on the course for students.
The program itself was one of dignity and good balance. The artist’s refined musicianship was particularly evident in the Bach-Liszt A minor organ prelude and fugue.
The late hour prevented Mischa Levitzki from yielding to the demand for more of his artistry after five encores left his audience still unsatisfied.	W. H.
Dallas, Tex., January 30.—Albert Spaulding, violinist, was presented here by the Dallas Band and Orchestra Association, January 24. He gave an interesting program. Mr. Spalding has appeared here before and the large audience which greeted him showed the esteem he has won. Of the numbers on his program, the biggest opus was the Mendelssohn concerto in E minor with its intricate cadenza. Other numbers were Las Folia (Corelli-Spald-ing), prelude to The Deluge (Saint-Saëns), his own arrangement of Schubert’s Hark, Hark the Lark (which so impressed the audience that it had to be repeated), At the Fountain (Schumann), Alabama (Spalding), two Chopin waltzes and the Introduction and Tarentelle (Sarasate). The many encores given included several of the best known Kreisler concert pieces, some ballet music by Delibes, and the Brahms waltz in A flat. Andre Benoist gave fine support to the violinist.
One of the MacDonald-Mason attractions for the year was the recital by Rachmaninoff at the Fair Park Coliseum, January 26. A fine program was given; although he received much applause after each number, the pianist did not respond to encores until after the regular program was finished. If there were any regrets it was only because there were not presented some of the greater works by the pianist-composer and other composers of the modern school.
Arthur Middleton and Paul Althouse appeared in a joint recital, January 29, on the course of the Dallas Male Chorus. These artists sang both duet and solo numbers and were forced to respond to many encores. Mr. Middleton’s sterling artistry proved thoroughly satisfactory to the discriminating listener. Mr. Althouse was at his best in dramatic offerings, The Great Awakening (Kramer) being given with splendid effect, and his encore, the Vest¡ La Guibba from Pagliacci, arousing the audience to great enthusiasm. The Dallas Male Chorus appeared in a couple of offerings and acquitted itself admirably. Paul Van Katwijk is conductor of the chorus. Matona, Lovely Maiden (Orlando di Lasso) and Songs of Araby (Clay) were the choral numbers.
The first of the four concerts scheduled by the Dallas
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