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Show FINAL RUSSIAN SYMPHOUY CONCERT CROWNS THE SERIES BT OOKDON H. PLACE. Tha cloaiiur ooncart of tha May music featlral waa (Ivan at tha tabarnaela laat ularht. and Vepaatad tha triumphs acorad by ltndeat Altachular and hi Russian Symphony orchestra at tha two precedina; concert. Tha part played by tha tabarnaela tabar-naela rholr. under tha dlractlon of Prof. Evan Stephen, with Prof. John 3. Mc Clellan at tha oraan. waa not unimportant unimport-ant In maklnc thl aaaaon'a May festival tha moat successful yat bald by tha aaeo-elation. aaeo-elation. , Tha attendance at laat nirht'a ooncart waa laraer than at either that of Monday nlarht or Tueadav afternoon. Ther were approximately 2500 peraona In th audience audi-ence laat nlaht. while each of the other performance attracted about 100 paid admlaalona. Tha proaram waa be aim last night by tha orchestra plavtna: tha "Tannhaueer ' overtur. by Waaner. In a style that mult hava bean an Inspiration for tha audience of music lovers. Tha applause waa so spontaneous and general that Mr. Alt-achuler Alt-achuler araeioualt recalled bia orchestra and gave an Interpolated number. Lisst'a "Hungarian Rhapaodle. No. 1." In a brilliant bril-liant and effective manner. In tha "Nutcracker" ulte. br Tachal-kowsky. Tachal-kowsky. a aeries of characteristic dances waa given, which waa unexcelled for the variety of national expression and racial characteristic. Thia suite comprised a Ruastan dance, which waa heard here for the first time a a solo dance at the ravlowa-Mordktn Ttutan "nanrjerrr performance per-formance last winter. Thl was followed bv an Arabian dance. In which the flute, flareolet. tambour and drum, formed the foundation for wild rhythms by the violins, vio-lins, violas and celloa- The Chinese dance waa a study In minor cadences, the strange theme being repeated by different instrumental and punctuated effectively by the tambours. "The Dance of the Muttons'" Mut-tons'" followed, and this In turn waa followed fol-lowed by th Tanoa of the Fairy Dolls." In which th celesta waa playsd by Madam Ma-dam Ron in I. The celeste Is sn Instrument Instru-ment invented by Tschalkowsky. and Is In a serfse a modern revival of the old bell ringing feature. The effect la beautiful. "The Vale of tha Flowers." tha ftnal number num-ber of the aulte. la a dreamy and beautiful beau-tiful composition of the Intermexso style, which charmed by Its delicacy and sweetness. sweet-ness. The next suit was In three n ambers. These were the lntermesso, "Night." from the oner "Dubrowaky." by Napravnik; the "Mosquito Dance by Laldow. and ballet music from "Life for the Csar," by Q Ilk now. The lntermesso waa a delightful delight-ful fancy; tha "Mosquito Danos was a novelty of modem musical thought. In which tha violins and other stringed Instruments In-struments created weird and strange effects; ef-fects; and the ballet muslo waa a revelation reve-lation In orchestration, filled with light and color. Tha tabernacle choir sang "The Lord Now Victorious" from Mascagnl's Ca-rallerla Ca-rallerla Rustlcana" with pleasing effect. The deep, sweet voice of Madam Hulse. contralto, and the atrong and glorious soprano so-prano of Madam Dlmltrleff were heard In tha beautiful duet, "Dawn," by Tschalkowsky, Tschal-kowsky, and the audience was delighted. - The meditation. "Thais' by Mes". beard here for the first time, waa perhaps per-haps the mosavbrllllant gem of tha concert. con-cert. Nikola BoYnloff, violin soloist. Is an artist and handled hla Instrument aa only an artist can. Ha gave his violin a soul, and made of it a compelling personality. In the two Caucaatnn sketches by Verdi. Jacob Altschuler. who plsyed the viola obligato, and Edward Ratio, who played the English horn obligato, demonstrated their wonderful artistic ability, and were warmly applauded. The quartette, comprising Mmes. Dlmi trieff and Hulse. and Messrs. Ormsby and Schwann, aang tha quartette from "Rlgo-letto" "Rlgo-letto" by Verdi In a manner that evoked auch continued applause that they were compelled to acknowledge the warmth of the audience by repeating the number. The closing number waa the march. "Slav" by Tachaikowsky. which waa given in a brilliant and spirited manner. The march closea with th Russian national na-tional anthem. At the afternoon concert a wide range Of orchestral literature wss covered. The overture. "M tenon, " by Thomas, waa tha opening number. Well known aa this number Is, new shades of Interpretation were given which were more than pleas -Ins. In the excerpts from the music drama. "Salome." by Richard Strauss, ths passion and warmth of the orient were pictured. Tha symphonic suite. "The Middle Ages." by Olaxou now, a contemporaneous Russian Rus-sian composer, developed a wide range of orchestral beauties. This Is a descriptive descrip-tive number, filled with Imagsry and color and developing a bealtlful melody which la particularly accented In the serenade, and In tha love scene. This modern conception con-ception of middle age thought was the heaviest and most sustained number of the afternoon program. Madam Hulse. contralto, sang "Spirit Song" by Haydn and tha orchestra played Arensky'a variations on a Tschalkowsky theme with fine Interpretive effect. The closing number waa tha march "Sirdar" by Ippolltow-lvanow. The orchestra Is undoubtedly tha finest that haa aver visited this city, and gave to local people who hava not th opportunity opportu-nity of travel a feast of the world's -best music. Many expressions of regret were heard at the conclusion of th final concert con-cert that silll another concert la not to ba given. |