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Concert. Wednesday Evening, May 19 Second Concert this page intentionally left blank [©fficial.] SEVENTH BIENNIAL iVLusical Festival AT CINCINNATI, MAY I8, 19, 20, 21, AND 22, 1886. Theodore Thomas, MUSICAL DIRECTOR. PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION, 1886. COPYRIGHTED, 1886, BY THE CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION. H. E. KREHBIEL, Editor. ALDIHE PfllNTINI WORKI, CINCIKNATI, 0. ]Board of 2)irectors. WILLIAM N. HOBAET, President. LAWRENCE MAXWELL, Jr. Vice-President LUCIEN WULSIN, Secretary. HENRY G. ROELKER, Treaturer. STEWART SHILLITO, A. HOWARD HINKLE, HARLEY T. PROCTER, EDWARD GOEPPER, GHAS. P. TAFT. 3 Ubc (Beneral Committee for tbe ifesttval, Comprising the members of the Festival Association, and contribu­ tors to the fund for the maintenance of the Chorus. W. p. ANDERSON, NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, MRS. LOUISE N. ANDERSON, MRS. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, F. H. ALMS, H. P. LLOYD, ROBERT B. BOWLER, ROBT. F. LEA MAN, ALBERT C. BARNEY, LAWRENCE MAXWELL, Jr. JULIUS J. BAN TLIN, FLORENCE MARMET, A. E. BURKHARDT, ARTHUR MEES, JULIUS BALKE, JB., JOHNH. MARTIN, D. H. BALDWIN & CO., ALEXANDER MCDONALD, BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM, JAMES McDOXALD, A. H. CHATFIELD, ROBERT MITCHELL, ROBERT CLARKE & CO., GEO. W. McALPIN, JOHN CHURCH CO., THE MRS. MARIA LONGWORTH STORER, COMMERCIAL GAZETTE CO., PETER RUDOLPH NEFF, JULIUS DEXTER, PERCY PROCTER, B. P. DAVIS, HARLEY T. PROCTER, WM. HENRY DAVIS, EDMUND PENDLETON, RICHARD DYMOND, HENRY G. ROELKER, ALBERT ERKENBRECKER, EDWARD RAWS( )N. J. F. ELLIOTT, CHAS. W. SHORT, CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, JOHN L. STETTINIUS, DR. F. FORCHHEIMER, STEWART SHILLITO, SETH C. FOSTER, EDWIN STEVENS, JAMES GILMORE, WM. STICIITENOTH, Jr., THOS. T. GAFF, W.;W. SCARBOROUGH, EDWARD GOEPPER, LEWIS SEASONGOOD, WILLIAM N. HOBART, M. M. SHOEMAKER, A. HOWARD HINKLE, DR. W. W. SEELEY, H. C. HALL, CHAS. P. TAFT, M. E. INGALLS, WM. H. THORNE, DR. JOHN D. JONES, L. VAN ANTWERP, ADOLPH KLEIN, LUCIEN WULSIN, CHAS. H. KELLOGG, Jr., MRS. MARY EMERY, JOHN V. LEWIS, RUPUS KING, AND THE HON. AMOR SMITH, I JR., Mayor of Cincinnati. HIS EXCELLENCY, J. B. FORAKER, Governor of Ohio. tlbe jFestival Guarantors. Alms & Doepke. Gano, John A. Otte, Geo. F. & Co. Anderson, W. P. Glenn, Wm. & Son, Fape Bros. & Kugemann, Gibson House Co., The. Peebles, Joseph R. Sons. Baldwin, D. H. & Co. Gilmore, James. Pendleton, Edmund H. Baumes, J. R. Goepper, Herman & Co. Pogue, H. & 8. Bell, John E. Grand Hotel. Procter & Gamble, Bell, Miller & Co. Procter, Harley T. Bradley, C. P. & Co. Hafer, Geo. Putnam, Hooker & Co. Burkhardt, A. E. <& Co. Hall, H. C. Burnet House, The. Harms Palais Royal. Rawson, Edward. Harrison, L. B. Resor, Wm. & Co. Chatfield, A. H. Haven, James L. & Co. Chatfield & Woods. Roelker, P. G. Hinkle, A. Howard. Roelker, H. G. Church Co., The John. Hlnkle, Thornton M. Cincinnati Cooperage Co. Rogers, Brown & Co. Holmes, Chas. S, Rookwood Pottery. Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Howard, Jerome B. Co. Roth, Edward N. Howe, C. L. Roth & Co. 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CONTEALTO: MISS EMMA CRANCH. TENORS: ME. WILLIAM CANDIDUS, :MR. WHITNEY MOCKEIDGE. BARITONES AND BASSES: MR. MYRON W. WHITNEY. ME. WILLIAM LUDWIG, MI;. ALONZO E. STODDARD. Festival Chorus of 600. Festival Orchestra of 118. Chorus of Children from the Public Schools. 6 ©rOer of performances. Tuesday Evening, May 18.. First Concert. Wednesday Evening, May 19 Second Concert. Thursday Afternoon, May 20 Third Concert. Thursday Evening, May W Fourth Concert. Friday Evening, May SI Fifth Concert. Saturday Afternoon, May 2Z Sixth Concert. Saturday Evening, May 22 Seventh Concert. Evening Concerts begin at 7:30 o'clock. Afternoon Concerts begin at 2:00 o'clock. PARTICULAR NOTICE. The doors will be closed and the concerts will begin precisel/*at the minute advertised. The doors will not be reopened nor persons admitted until some convenient point in the programme is reached. No encores will be given. The Intermissions, which have proved such an attractive feature of the former Festivals, will be continued. At each concert the Intermission will last from half an hour to an hour, during which time the audience will have an opportunity for promenade, and to take refreshments in other parts of the building. They will be called to their seats by th' ^ound of a trumpet. While the performances are going on, the doTo which give access to the places of refreshment will remain closed. Season Tickets, including reserved seats for all seven performances, (on sale only until May 1st) $10 00 (Tickets for each performance detachable and accepted separately.) Single Concert, reserved seat, (for sale on and after May 4th) $2 00 and 2 50 General Admission $100 Auction sale of choice of seats for Season Tickets begins at College Hall (Walnut Street), Tuesday, April 20th, at 10 o'clock, a. m. Regular sale of Season Tickets, without premium, begins on Thursday, April 22d, at 9 o'clock, a. m., at Church's Music Store, 74 West Fourth Street, and continues until Saturday, May 1st, after which date Season Tickets cannot be purchased. Sale of single reserved seats begins at Church's Music Store, Tuesday, May 4th, and continues until the close of the Festival. Persons residing at a distance can obtain reserved seats by addressing the Secretary of the Festival Association, 60 Pike's Building, who will furnish plats of the Hall, and any other information about the Festival, upon application. 7 jgtrst Cloncert, Tuesday Evening, [May eighteenth. ©ratorlo, "Xlbe Creatfon,'^ .... HAYDN. (First and Second Jfarts.) miss LILLI LEHMANN. MR. WILLIAM CANDIDUS. MR. MYRON W. WHITNEY. CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA. 3ntermtS5ion. S^mpbonS, ino. 7, % m&\ox, ®p. 92, . BEETHOVEN. Poco sostenuto—Vivace. Allegretto. Presto. Allegro con brio. i jQeconb Qoncert. Wednesday Evening, 0\4ay nineteenth. /IDass in JS /IBinor, ... ... BACH. /. Chorus—Kyrie eleison. 2. Duet—Cbriste eleison. MISS LEHMANN and MISS CRANCH. 3. Chorus—Kyrie eleison. 4. Choriis—Gloria in excelsis Deo. 5. Air—Laitdamns te. MISS CRANCH. 6. Chorus—Gratias agimus. 7. Domine Dens. MISS LEHMANN and MR. MOCKRIDGE. 8. Chorns—Qiii tollis. Q. Air—Qiii sedes ad dexterain patris. MISS CRANCH. JO. Air—Quoniam tu solus san£lus. MR. WHITNEY. II. Chorum—Cum San£fo Spiritu. 3ntccmTsston. Sl^mpbOni?, mo. 2, C mnox, ©p. ei, . '. SCHUMANN. Sostenuto affai—Allegro ma non troppo. Scherbo: Allegro vivace. Adagio espreffivo. Allegro molto vivace. •(Recitative an^ aria, JfiacUo, * - - BEETHOVEN. MISS LILLI LEHMANN. ©Verture, Ibosltsfta, .... , . DVORAK. 9 JI[bir& 0onccrt. Tbursdciv (Afternoon, May twentieth. SpmpbOnV?, tlo. S, .us /IRtnor, (Unfinished) . SCHUBERT. Allegro moderato. Andante con moto. Scena, armlCe, "lEnfln il est Cans ina pulseancc." . GLUCK. miss LILLI LEHMANN. part Songs for Momen's IDoices, ®p. i7, . BRAHMS. (With accorapaniment of ^arp and yrencb l^nrns.) SCber30 CaprtCCiOSO, ©P. 66, .... DVORAK. 3ntcrnussion. /IDUSiC to (5oetbe'8 Egmont, . BEETHOVEN. (a.) Overture, Op. 84. (b.) Lied, "Die Trommel ij^enihrt." MISS LILLI LEHMANN. (c.) Entr'acte, Larghetto. (d.) Lied, " Freudvoll und Leidvoll." MISS LILLI LEHMANN. (e.) Entr'acte, Allegro, Allegretto, Finale. IRecit. anb aria, IRulns of atbens, . BEETHOVEN. MR. MYRON W. WHITNEY. S^mpboniC poem, yeethlange, . ... LISZT. 10 ^ourtb Concert. Thursday Evening, May twentieth. damnation of ffaust, BERLIOZ. A Dramatic Legend in li ur parts. MME. HELENE HASTREITER, MR. WILLIAM CANDIDUS. MR. WILLIAM LUDWIG, MR. MYRON W. WHITNEY. CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA. CHORUS OF CHILDREN. InterBJtsaiou between tbe Second and Third Ufarts. ;E[iftb Qoncert. Friday Evening, OVIay twenty-first. S^mpbOnS, mo. 3, Erotca, ©p. 55, . BEETHOVEN. Allegro con brio. Marcia Funebre. Scherbo: Allegro vivace.
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