* * * * * “Weingartner owes much to Liszt and the Weimar days and it is natural that he should give a fine performance of the “Tasso” with which the concert opened. This symphonic poem is one of so great dignity and beauty as to deserve more frequent hearing. The illness of Saal, the first ’cellist, left a note lacking in the beauty of the performance, though the intrinsic worth of the music made it a pleasure to hear.” * * * * * “After the concert a reception was given to the guest conductor at the home of Mrs. Spencer Ervin.” During this season Mr. Scheel presented his first programme of House Music at a reception held in his honor, and the next winter he gave six such concerts at the residence of Mrs. Spencer Ervin, as a compliment to the Women’s Committee. These concerts much resembled the concerts given by Francis Hopkinson and his friends in the early days of Philadelphia, but were a complete and delightful novelty in 1905. The most important evening of this kind was the concert given by Mr. Scheel and Philadelphia Orchestra musicians for Mrs. Roosevelt and her guests. PROGRAMME House-Music Concert THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Monday Evening, January 29th, 1906 VOLKMANN Serenade No. 3, D minor, Opus 67. Violoncello Solo: Alfred Saal BEETHOVEN Rondino for two Oboes, two Clarinets, two Horns and two Bassoons MOZART From the Quintet, Opus 108. For Clarinet and String Quartet SVENDSEN From the Octet, Opus 3, for four Violins, two Violas and two Violoncellos STRAUSS Serenade (E flat major) Opus 7, for two Flutes, two Oboes, two Clarinets, four Horns, two Bassoons, and Contra-Bass or Bass Tuba * * * * * “DIRECTOR SCHEEL AND THIRTY-TWO MEMBERS OF PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DELIGHT MR. AND MRS. ROOSEVELT AND GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE CHARM PRESIDENT BY THEIR MUSIC “Thirty-two members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Director Fritz Scheel, made a big impression on administrative, diplomatic and social Washington last Monday evening, when they gave one of their house-music concerts in the White House, and if you ask anyone of those thirty-three men what they think of President Roosevelt you will hear enough compliments to fill several bulky volumes.