Cornell College Symphony Orchestra: Donald Kissane, conductor

              Cornell College 
Symphony
Orchestra
DONALD KISSANE, CONDUCTOR
SEASON 1925–1926


SOLOISTS

Miss Ruth Pinkerton, Contralto
Mr. Donald Kissane, Violin
Miss Eleanor Current, Miss Mildred Luce} Violin Duet



READER
Miss Alice Tippett



Lewis Warren, Manager Leo B. Genung, Ass't Manager




PROGRAM


March and Procession of Bacchus

Delibes



(From the Suite Sylvia)



Adagio Pathetique

Godard


Scenes Pictoresque

Massenet


Minuet

Schubert


Concerto (For two violins) Largo

J. S. Bach



Miss Eleanor Current




Miss Mildred Luce



Pathetique Symphony (One Movement) Allegro con gratzia

Tschaiskowsky


My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice (From Samson and Delilah)

Saint-Saens


Lullaby

Cyril Scott


Trees

Rasbach



Miss Ruth Pinkerton




Intermission



Reading

Selected



Miss Alice Tippett



Ballet Egyptien (Suite in Four Parts)

Luigini


Deluge (Violin Solo)

Saint-Saens



Mr. Donald Kissane



Blue Danube Waltzes

Strauss


William Tell Overture

Rossini






PROGRAM NOTES


Adagio Pathetique
Godard



This piece is scored richly for full orchestra after two introductory measures of pizzicato in the strings and harp (piano) a most lovely theme is sung by the first violins on the G string, allowing the melody great possibility for sonorous expression.  After twenty-nine measures a second theme is given; this is more tender than the first and is accompanied alternately by strings and woodwinds and leads into the original melody which is taken up by all the violins and French horn, accompanied by fuller orchestra.  Now a third and nobler theme transcends to a dramatic climax after which the piece soon closes with a sad, yet peaceful and tranquil end.



Pathetique Symphony (Allegro con gratzia)
Tschaiskowsky



The allegro con gratzia is the lightest and most graceful movement of this symphony by Tschaiskowsky.  It is written in the unusual time of 5–4 and gives a peculiar affect to the rhythm.  The melody is first played by the cello which is developed further by woodwinds with a string accompaniment by bowed strings then scale passage in pizzicato.  The effect of the 5–4 time is more noticable in the middle of the number when a more sombre theme is played by the violins with the accompiment of basses and cellos on the one note D, throughout.  After this a repitition of the first melody alternates between strings and and woodwinds with some brass counter-melody and closes rather quietly with an answering effect by cello, flute, oboe, and clarinet and ends completely with soft pizzicato and a held note by the French horn.



William Tell Overture
Rossini



This is the overture to one of the most popular operas by Rossini.  The opening depicts early dawn after which the brewing of a storm is heard, which carries on to a great length and then calms down to the andante theme of the oboe, echoed occasionally by the flute.  This part leads directly into a spirited allegro which portrays a hunting scene, announced first by trumpets and entered into by the French horn.  The overture ends in a grand display of joy and spirit in the hunt.




PERSONNEL OF ORCHESTRA CORNELL COLLEGE MOUNT VERNON, IOWA

Officers


President
Ralph Young


Manager
Lewis Warren


Secretary-Ass't Manager
Leo B, Genung


Librarian
Wayne Newell


Ass't Librarian
Charles Pedri






Members

FIRST VIOLIN

Elearnor Current Concert master
Ralph Young
Mildred Luce
Minnie Belle Kennedy
Beatrice Stillings
Elizabeth Havlik
Grace Kidder



SECOND VIOLIN

Pauline Kenney
Beatrice Yates
Opal Stearns
Alfreda Reed
Philip Crew
Jean Ferguson



VIOLA

Alice Tippet
Frank Endicott
Robert Hendricks



CELLO

Lucy Boyd
Eleanor Montgomery



DOUBLE BASS

Leo Genung
Wayne Newell



FLUTE

Ruth Yates
Mabel Schmeiser



CLAIRNET

Dean Risser
Pearl Atherton



OBOE
Frederick Witzigman



CORNET

Burdette Johnson
Cyril Atkins



FRENCH HORN

Ralph Tallman
Harold Gale



TROMBONE

Lewis Warren
Harry Ribble
Arthur Janssen



TUBA
Paul Ludden



PERCUSSION

Charles Pedri
George Walters



PIANO
Agnes Flostrum




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