Word: mendelssohn
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...opening number of the program was Mendelssohn's march. Opus 108, which was rendered by the Pierian Sodality. The Pierian has received many valuable acquisitions in the way of new players, the places of several men whose loss, it was feared, would be a serious drawback to the success of Sodality this year, being filled by new players of unusual merit The march was played with unusual fire and vigor and was received with hearty applause by a very appreciative audience...
...Longworth, '91, followed with a violin solo, the Adagio from Viotti's twenty-second Concerto being his selection. Mr. Longworth played with the same exquisite skill and delicacy which won him such deserved appreciation last year. Mr. Longworth was recalled and played Mendelssohn's Spring song, arranged for the violin...
Moszkowski Spanish dance, arranged for orchestra from his well-known piano piece for four hands, was performed by the Pierian with a good deal of vigor, but was not so finished a piece of playing as the Mendelssohn march...
PART FIRST.1. March, Opus 108. Mendelssohn...
...Mendelssohn's Scotch symphony came last upon the programme. All the movements were well performed, but the second deserves particular mention for its delicate rendering, and seemed to find the greatest favor with the audience. The last movement was handicapped by the fact that many were already leaving the hall, with the usual banging of doors...