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...choir sang the anthems "Sleepers, wake, a voice is calling" and "sow Lovely are the Messengers" from Mendelssohn's Oratorio "St. Paul." Mr. Merrill and Mr. Thomas sang the duet "Now we are Ambassadors," also from "St. Paul...
...fifth of the Symphony Concerts was given last night in Sanders Theatre. The programme was a varied one, including works for the Orchestra by Mendelssohn and Schumann. and for the piano by Weber and Chopin. Miss Minnie Wetzler, the soloist of the evening, who came here unknown to many of the audience, made a very favorable impression both by her technical skill and by her intelligent interpretation of Chopin. It may be interesting, by the way, to the Cambridge people to know something of Miss Wetzler She is but eighteen years old and has studied for seven years with Clara...
...Mendelssohn's Overture "Midsummer night's Dream" came first on the programme. It opens with four simple chords by the wood wind and these chords occur several times after the different themes and form the closing passage. The first theme is given by the violins and taken up then by the other instruments which carry it to a rapid crescendo. After the four chords a similar theme is given by the bass. All through the overture there are beautiful harmonies which Mr. Nikisch brought out with great skill...
...programme for the Symphony Concert tonight in Sanders Theatre will be as follows: Overture, "Midsummer Night's Dream," Mendelssohn; Concert stuck for Pianoforte and Orchestra in F minor, Weber; a - Scherzo, b - Notturno (from Midsummer Night's Dream), Mendelssohn; Soli for Pianoforte - a, nocturne, b - scherzo, chopin; Symphony No. 2 in C major Schumann. Soloist -Miss Minnie Wetzler...
...Mendelssohn's "Scotch" Symphony No. 3, in A minor was the last number on the programme. Here was the great opportunity of the evening and here the Orchestra showed its excellence most forcibly. The various men playing the same instrument worked as one man, and the result was an almost perfect production. If the concerts are to continue the crescendo of excellence which they have begun it is difficult to see how the last one will be classed...