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...performance, he was immediately taken into royal favor and treated with the greatest distinction. Scenes from the tales of the old bards, of peace and war suggest themselves to the bearer as he listens to the soft, melodious parts by the violins and the harsh discordant flare of the brass instruments...
...less praise con be given to the Pierian Sodality, for they played in better fashion than usual. The selections were good, executed with good phrasing, and at no time an undue prominence of any instrument. The brass, which has hitherto been a weak feature of the orchestra, was never unpleasantly forced. The selections from "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Lohengrin" were nearly faultlessly played, but there was a little unsteadiness in the Prelude to King Manfred...
...first number on the programme was Mendelssohn's Overture "Hebrides." The work opens with the introduction of a theme which is repeated, again and again, by different instruments, a sort of answering from the wood instruments to the brass. In the middle is introduced a duet for clarionet with a soft accompaniment by the rest of the orchestra. At the end of each variation of the main theme the whole orchestra works up to a climax so that the effect of the whole on the hearer is that of repeated strokes which die away so quietly that their frequency...
...excited, to flounder through it at sight. Moreover, even were the difficulty overcome - even if every senior had learned his part and sang - there are two reasons why the result would be ineffective. In the first place, the volume of sound - in the open air with a full brass band to contend against - could never be more than respectable, never impressive. It never has been even respectable, in point of fact. And secondly the moment is one for retrospect and remembrance; it is the last time that a class, as a college class, meets together in public. A new song...
...CLASS SONG.- The final rehearsal of the class song and ode in Dane Hall this afternoon with the brass band. It is very important that every senior should come to this rehearsal to learn the air of the song, in order that the singing at the tree may be as good as possible. Rehearsal begins at 1.45, and will not last more than half an hour...