Word: concert
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Glee and Banjo Club of Dartmouth gave their annual concert at Bissell Hall Thursday night...
...University of Wisconsin Glee and Banjo Clubs will give a concert for the benefit of their athletic association...
Beethoven's Overture "Coriolanus." which opened the eighth Symphony Concert last night in Saunders Theatre, has been identified by Wagner with the scene "between Coriolanus, his mother and his wife on the battlefield before the gates of his native city, when the chieftain yielded to femine entreaties, refused to assault the place and thereupon suffered death at the hands of the Volcian, Attius, his associate in the enterprise." The overture is very impressive, beginning with the huge C given by the strings with all their might, followed by a short, sharp chord from the entire orchestra, and developing with great...
Tschaikowsky's magnificent fifth Symphony brought to a close the finest concert, perhaps, of the season. His compositions bear more or less of the Slavonic temperament - "fiery exaltation on a basis of languid melancholy." He is fond of fantastic and melodic tunes, bold modulations and striking effects; and his fifth symphony is perhaps his most characteristic. The orchestration is very rich, the various instruments playing alternately one time to give fantastic effects and again combining in grand harmonies. There is much restlessness throughout, even in the lovely Andante cantabile and the orchestra is kept at a high tension. The Symphony...
...cantata was part of the program of a concert given by the same choirs and that of Grace Church, Newton, a few months ago in Tremont Temple for charitable purposes. It was sung with excellent effect, but it was even better sung yesterday. It is a pity that we cannot have more of these musical services, for Mr. Locke has been very successful in preparing for this cantata, and the singing of yesterday reflects great credit on his careful and conscientious work. The solo singing was excellent, and that of Newton Wilcox remarkable for its good taste and expression...