Preliminaries for Mascagni’s Alhambra Concerts

Manager Will Greenbaum is busy with preliminaries for the orchestral concerts to be given at Alhambra Theater by Pietro Mascagni on the afternoons of February 17th and 19th. Arrangements are also being made for a grand production of Rossini's "Stabat Mater" on Sunday, February 22d, at the Mechanics' Pavilion, with full chorus and soloists.

The list of works for the symphony concerts will be particularly good and will include Goldmark's Second Symphony (for the first time in this city), Tschaikowsky's Pathetic Symphony, the overture to "King Lear," by Bussini; "Rienzi," by Wagner, and "1812," by Tschaikowsky, the suite to Hall Caine's "Eternal City," "Hymn to the Sun," from "Iris;" "Dance of the Dolls," and intermezzos to the various operas by the great composer himself. Ferdinand Stark will be concert master.

There will be twelve first violins, including the leaders of the best orchestras, and the balance of the orchestra will be good in proportion. In order to prevent speculators handling tickets not more than ten seats will be sold to any one party. The prices will be $2, $1.50 and $1.

The sale of seats will open at Sherman, Clay & Co's on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock.