Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1949 — Page 12

Is. Impressive Ernst Hoffman, Volunteers - Progress, Gain in Confidence

| "By Henry Butler Benet Hoffman andthe Indianapolis Philharmonic Or_/chestia last night opened their current season with a mag- * nificent concert in Caleb Mills Hall. Mr. Hoffman and his men and women volunteers ‘have made musical progress beyond all expectations’ in the year and a half they have been working together, : © Last night's ambitious Pro=iy had style and meaning.

Mr. gram would have been good|Hoffman drew amazing tone and

even prof musical value from his strings, for a essional OF"! eapecially in the E major second chestra. =~ movement and the C major march For a largely amateur group, it/theme of the last movement, The was positively sensational. Mr, fiddles still have to learn to play Hoffman knows far beiter than I (comfortably in the A flat major do the improvements the orchestra! {third movement, but excellent) still could make. Judging from woodwinds helped there, progress to date, those improve: Mr, Hoffman got his volunteers| ments will be made, to ‘play as he would like a proMr. Hoffman has fessional orchestra to play. That's confidence. |& miracle of teaching. Plays Tough Works The soloist, Mr, Dawson, with

Hoftman iY, Sneoyiagea. a knack Splendid tone, musicianship and of freeing his players from fear agility; played Hindemith's “Music of faflure. He convinces them theyiof Mourning” and a world perdifficulties of the, ire of Gardner Read's Fantasy for Viola and Orchestra, Both compositions are tough for : not easy even for proslight David Dawson, a The I modal ne Indiana University'simonies of H.)udemith and the ec- ; the static measures of Read (a few evening's soloist, I'll start with of Ravel poured into the the Brahms, Jeger are way across the tracks

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note in "Red, Hot and Blue,” now at the Indiana Theater.

Mr. Hoffman and the Phithar-|* monie. The orchestra needs more volunteers, especially string basses. rfv

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composition, in last night's per-irrom standard stuff. impressed the| It jsn’t surprising that Mr. Daw-| son played superbly. prising that he got such fine op

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of frustrated trained musicians in town who would like a chance tol play and learn in orchestra just for the fun of it. This Philharmonic is places. It's going to make a big contribution to music in Iandianapolis. Judging from last night's en'thusiastic turnout, it's get big popular support.

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