The Boston Symphony Orchestra

This evening this celebrated musical organization will be heard in Arm Arbor. The superb work of this organization is nowhere more cordially recognized than here in Ann Arbor. The discriminating audiences gathered annually in University Hall to listen to the fine programs has inspired the orchestra to do its best, and the performances in Ann Arbor have ahvays been memorable ones. The members of the orchestra always look forward with high anticipations to this visit, and they have spread abroad the reputation of our University as well as city to such an extent that it is openly stated by managers that nothing which is not strictly firstclass can hope to succeed in Ann Arbor. The program to be presented is a memorable one in many respects. It opens with the Flying Dutchman overture by Richard Wagner. This is a wonderful piece of descriptive writing. In it are pictured the ocean in storm, the restless surging hither and thither of the phantom ship, the despair of the doomed captain and the final salvation which shall come through Senta's love, a love "true to death." Next follows the celebrated scène and Aria from Der Freischütz, sung by Miss Felicia Kaschocksha, formerly one of the leading sopranos in the Metropolitan Opera, New York. The Eroica Symphony No. 3, Beethoven, is the next number. This is one of the greatest symphonic works of all time. It is written in a triumphal strain, and depicts the life of a great hero, or rather, the elements of a heroic life. One of the most celebrated movements in this symphony is the Funeral Marca. Handel's immortal "Largo," (which never palls on one), and two numbers from the "Damnation of Faust," Berlioz, make up a delightful group of shorter numbers. It will be a delight to listen to these numbers, which are all familiar to the most of the audience. Listz's "Les Preludes," symphonic toae pictures, as they may be called, complete this beautiful program. May we not look forward to a scène of enthusiasm and an evening of ideal enjoyment? It is a matter of regret that Mr. Nikisch's health has been so affected by the arduous duties of the past season, that he did not dare attempt the fatigues of the western trip. Mr. Franz Kneisel, who is a superb conductor, and who is, musically, entirely saturated with Mr. Nikisch's ideas, will conduct. The reports from the cities in which the orchestra has already played indícate that the members are playing with an enthusiasm and virtuosity which exceeds any previous records made by them. This month will be a memorable close to what has been a wonderfully attractive musical season, a season equalled in interest by very few cities in the country. Tickets for the evening (sold under the usual restrictions), $i. On sale at Ann Arbor Organ Co. 's and at Calkins'.