PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA[12] MR. FRITZ SCHEEL, _Conductor_ _First Concert_ Friday, November 16th, 1900, at 8.15 P. M. PROGRAMME CARL GOLDMARK Overture “In Spring,” Op. 36 LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, C minor, Op. 67 I. Allegro con brio 2-4 II. Andante con moto 3-8 III. Allegro 3-4 IV. Allegro 4-4 PETER ILITSCH TSCHAIKOWSKY Concerto for Pianoforte No. 1, B flat minor, Op. 23 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso 3-4 II. Andantino simplice 6-8 III. Allegro con fuoco 3-4 KARL MARIA VON WEBER “Invitation to the Dance,” Op. 65 Orchestration by Felix Weingartner RICHARD WAGNER Entry of the Gods in “Walhalla,” from “Das Rheingold.” Soloist MR. OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH This concert was herald as a musical and social event and the newspapers were highly commendatory and friendly in tone. [11] See Appendix D. [12] For remaining programmes see Appendix J. “ORCHESTRA CONCERTS OPEN AUSPICIOUSLY “PHILADELPHIA GETTING IN LINE WITH BOSTON, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK IN HAVING HOME ORGANIZATION. “OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH, “The Russian pianist made his Philadelphia début last night. “The series of concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra opened under notably happy auspices in the Academy of Music last evening. The musical and social interests engaged constituted the occasion an exceptional one. “From the results evinced in the performance of the programme under Mr. Scheel’s direction it must be regarded as well as marking a distinct period in the musical advancement of the city. Not the least interesting evidences of general sympathy with the movement to place Philadelphia in line with Boston, Chicago, and other cities in the possession of an established orchestra was the fact that Mr. William Stoll, Jr., and Mr. Henry Gordon Thunder, both identified with the endeavor to advance this branch of work in the past, figure in the present movement, the one as a violinist in the organization, the other as a guarantor.