Word: concert
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Sanders Theatre last evening was well attended, and the audience showed their appreciation of an interesting and admirably executed performance, by liberal applause. The programme was as follows:- Symphony in D major No. 2, Haydn; Tamino's aria from the "Magic Flute," Mozart; Symphonic poem "Tasso," Liszt; song "Adelaide," Beethoven; introduction and closing scene from "Tristan and Isolde," Wagner. The soloist was Mr. Charles F. Webber...
...Leighton, '88, came aboard and detailed the programme for the stay in St Louis. That very evening there was to be an informal reception at the University Club: next day, the clubs were to take luncheon at the St. Louis Club through the kindness of Davis, '89, then the concert in the evening and, last of all, the Imperial ball. The programme was fully carried...
...reception at the University Club Thursday evening, Mr. Dillon, president of the Harvard Club of St. Louis, spoke hearty words of welcome, and assured the members of the clubs that they would be hailed with great enthusiasm at the concert on the following evening. His words were proved true. Entertainment Hall was filled with a brilliant audience. So much was expected of the students, that they put forth every effort to please and with the exception of a little hesitancy due perhaps to incipient stage fright, the concert was a complete success. The hall made singing difficult on account...
...rain that fell during the afternoon had no perceptible effect upon the size of the audience at the concert in the evening. The Odeon was crowded to its utmost capacity by people who found little fault with the programme. Swarts, '88 and Longworth, '91, both of Cincinnati, were given solo parts ; the former sang his old favorite "The Capture of Bacchus" and the latter rendered on his violin the difficult adagio from Viotti's Twenty-second concerto. The great hit of the evening here as in St. Louis and New York was the college song, "Imogene Donahue" with solo...
When the students reached the University Club house after the concert they found a substantial supper spread for them. The feast lasted well into the night, the courses being interspersed with songs both from graduates and undergraduates. The greatest cordiality marked the reception given the members of the clubs in Cincinnati as elsewhere...