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ever, lias so tended to increase tlie reputation of the hand as these public exhibitions 
of its capabilities before crowded London audiences. Letters of congratulation 
and appreciation are constantly received by the Secretary from those who are 
evidently lovers of music and critics of the art in its highest sense; and it was 
recently represented to the Committee that the band should no longer hide its light 
under a private bushel, but should court public criticism, and invite professional 
attention to its performances, with a view to ascertaining whether, as was sup¬ 
posed, it could compete with other and better known string bands, and justly 
claim a place amongst the orchestras of the kingdom. The suggestion was 
adopted, and complimentary invitations in the name of the officers of the Regi¬ 
ment were issued to the leading journals of the daily and weekly press, with 
what success will be seen from the notices appended. They speak for themselves. 
Rut it may not be superfluous, or, let us hope, vainglorious to add that it is no 
small thing in the musical world to receive such praise as that conveyed in the 
terms used by The Times , Musical Times , and Daily Telegraph representatives. 
The programmes for the two concerts were as follows :— 
18th NOVEMBER, 1892. 
1. March . “ Tannliauser ”.... Wagner. 
2. Symphony . “Unfinished”. Schubert. 
Allegro moderato.—Andante con moto. 
3. Suite ..“ L’ Arlesienne ”. Bizet. 
1—Prelude. 2—Minuetto. 3—Adagietto. 4—Carillon. 
4 . “In a Trance ”. L. Zavertal. 
5 . “ Ungarische Rhapsodie ” (No. 1 in E) . Liszt. 
6. Intermezzo . “ Cavalleria Rusticana ”. Mascagni. 
7. Overture .“Mignon”. Thomas. 
2nd DECEMBER, 1892. 
1. March ... . “ Huldigungs ” .. .. Wagner. 
2. .Overture ... “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream ”. Mendelssohn. 
3. Symphony ... . ... “ No. 2 ” . Weber. 
Allegro con euoco. Andante. Scherzo presto. Einale presto. 
4. .. Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s “ Henry VIII.” ... Sullivan. 
1—Allegro moderato. 2—Andante con moto (Song with Chorus). 
3—Allegretto grazioso (Graceful Dance). 4 —Andante moderato. 
(Water Music). 
5. . ... Rigodon de Dardanus de Rameau ”. Gavaert. 
6. Tarantelle. “ Die Fischerinnen von Procida ” . 
7. Vorspiel .“ Konig Manfred ”. BeinecJce. 
8. Overture . “Tannhauser” . Wagner. 
Press Notices. 
DAILY TDLDG-RAPH.—November 21st. 
On Friday afternoon, for the third time this year the officers of the Royal 
Artillery brought their famous orchestral band to St. James’s Hall, and enter¬ 
tained their friends and their friends’ friends with an admirable performance of 
varied music. These concerts, which, of course, are not public, have great 
merit. From an executive point of view their character is high, while it is the 
care of Cavaliere Zavertal, the conductor, to make the programmes worthy of an 
audience in which there must be many amateurs of refined taste. It is the rule 
to put a symphony in the first, or more classical, part of each selection ; and, on 
reference to the immediate past, we find that during the last two years the band 
has played two movements from Rubinstein’s “ Ocean ” symphony ; Beethoven’s 
No. 5 in C minor, and No. 4 in E flat; Schubert’s in B minor ; Raff’s “ Lenore,” 
and Franchetti’s in E minor—together with various overtures holding equally high 
rank among their kind. In a very distinct sense, therefore, the band of the “ Royal 
Regiment ” is one of the musical institutions of the metropolis, and some par¬ 
ticulars as to its constitution may not be unacceptable. 
