Word: orchestra
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...gave some theatricals in Conservatory Hall, Cambridgeport, last Monday evening. The Freshman Orchestra furnished the music...
...first piece by the orchestra, Suppes "Pique Dame," there was a slight stiffness and apathy noticeable; but in the progress of the evening this fault gradually wore away, until in the last piece, a galop, from Parlow, the orchestra displayed a fervor and verve which, totally unexpected, was an agreeable surprise to the audience...
...orchestral pieces, the March from Mendelssohn, at the beginning of the second part, was in our opinion by far the best. The peculiarly calm, finished, and classical style of the author was rendered in a style which showed careful practice and artistic appreciation on the part of the orchestra; but to Jungmann's "Heimweh" we cannot conscientiously say justice was adequately done. The rich sweet chords of Fesca's trio for piano, violin, and 'cello by Messrs. Deane, Taussig, and Apthorp were happily expressed, though more practice would undoubtedly be followed by greater proficiency...
...seen, with possibly the exception of the last piece, all these selections were severely classic, such as Thomas might have put on his own programme. But to do such music perfect justice requires more time, labor, and exclusiveness of devotion on the part of the orchestra than men in college can well afford to spend. Wouldn't it be better then for amateurs to have less of the classic and a little more of a lighter school...
...have heard in some great symphony the many-voiced orchestra breaking forth with-full exultant strength to carry in the noblest harmony the lofty song; and anon. while the multitudinous air was still pulsing with rich vibrations, you have heard a rare, sweet strain floating from a single instrument, and, voicing itself among the lessening chords, like the notes of an AEolian harp above the diapason of the sea-waves, filling the air with tremulous beauty, and breathing into the soul of the listener the tearful happiness of perfect pleasure...