Last evening's programme must certainly have pleased even the most fastidious in the audience. The programme included three solo members and this, combined with the fact that no symphony was given, succeeded in enthusing even a Cambridge audience. Appended is the programme:

H. Berlioz. Overture. (Carnaval in Rome.)

R. Volkmann. Aria. (Sappho.)

F. Mendelssohn. Concerto for Violin.

A. Krug. Symphonic prelude to Othello.

Gretry. Aria from "L'Amant Jaloux."

R. Wagner. Overture. (Tannhaeuser.) SOLOISTS:

Miss Gertrude Franklin.

Mr. C. M. Loefler.The first number was well rendered, all the little eccentricities of the piece being carefully observed.

Volkmann's Aria (Sappho) is entirely too dramatic for the concert stage. Miss Franklin, while possessing a strong and pleasant voice, did not give the Aria a broad enough interpretation. She was more successful in the Aria from "L'Amant Jaloux," a light but entertaining composition, which brought her a trifle recall.

Mr. Loeffler's playing of Mendelssohn's concerto for the violin was marked by the players technical abilities rather than by a warm and inspired treatment of the subject. The last movement which requires a very delicate bowing, was admirably played by the soloist. He was warmly applauded by the audience at the end of the movement.

One of the most interesting numbers on the programme. It is one of the best modern compositions which Gericke has offered us for some time. It's great strength lies in the rich and intelligent orchestration and in the intensely dramatic and vivid manner in which the fate Desdemona is portrayed. The composer has adhered to strictly his own ideas and by doing so he has given us a most delightful and refreshing piece of music. The overture to Tannhaeuser made a very fitting close. It was given with great warmth and vigor the conductor allowing the bass more freedom than is his wont-The audience were completely carried away by the music and applauded Mr. Gericke most heartily at the end of the piece.