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...complete program follows: 1. Coronation March Svendsen 2. Overture to "Orpheus" Offenbach 3. Fantasia, "La Boheme" Puccini 4. University Glee Club with Orchestra Dr. A. T. Davison '06, Conductor a. Dirge for Two Veterans Holst b. To Agni, Choral Hymn from the Rig-Veda Holst 5. Excerpts from "The Meistersingers", Act III Wagner Introduction--Dance of the Apprentices Homage to Hans Sachs 6. Hymn to the Sun Rimsky-Korsakov 7. Second Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt 8. University Glee Club Fire, Fire, My Heart Russian Folk Songs Morley Song of the Lifeboat Men (Soloist, James E. Mitchell) Fireflies At Father's Door...
...Waltz, "Girls of Baden", Kamzak Fantasia, "Tales of Hoffman", Offenbach "Finlandia", Sibelius Intermezzo, "Cavelleria Rusticana", Mascagni First Hungarian Rhapsody, Liszt The Huntsman's Farewell, Mendelssohn John Peel (Old English Hunting Song), Andrews Oh Trust in the Lord, (Largo with organ), Handel Boston City Club Glee Club Frank H. Luker, conductor Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah", Saint-Saens Waltz, "Miner's-Lights", Zeller Entrance of the Guests into the Wartburg. "Tannhauser", Wagner
...plays pranks and howls with laughter. Seemingly, he is constitutionally incapable of effort. But you may see him glance at the clock, and move quickly away. The clock is the slave-driver. Everything moves by exact timing. On the minute the singer hurries backstage for a rehearsal, the assistant conductor to play the organ or direct the trumpets behind the scenes, the stage official to give the signal for the curtain or the descent of the dove or the collapse of the temple. The amount of work done, especially by the men who coach the singers, lead the orchestra...
...boarding a street-car during the rush-hours, I have found it possible to avoid the conductor's eye and thus arrive free in Boston, then, by coming forward boldly and demanding a transfer, it is equally easy to obtain return passage to Cambridge...
...vacation. Because of being called home on two separate occassions on account of illness in his family Dr. A. T. Davison '06 was able to lead at only two concerts, the one in New York and the first one in Cleveand: In the other cities his place as conductor was taken by V. G. Thompson...