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Show JKi of the chief musical events of the in will bo the concert fit the Suit Theater tomorrow evening by the 3 phony orchestra. For veel;s It has jlooked forward to with unusual st by the patrons and others who Jnxlotis that It shall be a financial I ess, and who have all alonfr been fed that It would be an artistic ess. A very splendid programme Keen arranged by Mr. Shepherd, treat Is promised lovers of good lc. Mr. Goddard and Mr. Flash-fkre Flash-fkre to be the soloists, the former S? Salt Lake's favorite singers, the ia flute soloist who has won for Self the highest praise from musi-Sand musi-Sand music critics- In addition ielng a musical event of great irtance, the concert promises to be resting from the social Ptandpctnt. ety is expected to turn out in force, 1 the audien.ee will probably bo one i :tic rroPt fashionable of the early ter. In Eastern cities the appear-J appear-J jTof a svmphony orchestra is always cial as "well as a musical event, and Eastern custom will be followed ' ?5 Several of the boxes have been l pn, and the sale of seats, which be-Frlday be-Frlday morning, Insures a big I Be. ,,L pthur Shepherd lo conductor of the I jiphony, and the musicians compos- itfare 'first ViollR-Skolton. Youngdale, Ped- iiri? Schottlor, Chrlstensen. : cpnd Violin Midglcy. Mcholl, Mullcr, ? tenson , ? olns Nettlcton. Hordamo. Faunlnp. lib Olscn, Carrlngton, Schcltlor, Jur- 5 ton. f'saes Reese. Bcesley. Bcnnct. 'I&tcs Flnshman, Bcndixen. frlncts V Sims, Sims. ilfoes Smith. Haucrbach. Jissoons Evans, Ford. fjrns Jaapersen, Greene, Chrlstensen, fnctt. rumpots SharpGlu. lip'mboncs Daniels. Mercer, Slngrcy. jruras Carlson ffiKEahler's Symphony No. 4. Kc Smith, in the New York livening Ms of recent date, reviews the pre-itlon pre-itlon of Gustav Mahler's Sym-Ky. Sym-Ky. No. under the direction of ter Damrosch, heard for the first fclln New York city. Mr. Smith first Wics Mr. Damrosch for the enterprise played In presenting the symphony, if Cnen disposes of the composition from the standpoint of Its musical value. He says: All honor to Walter Damrosch for the musical entcrpriso he displayed In producing pro-ducing yesterday for the first time In New York Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4. Such opportunities of hearing music mu-sic of the most modern composers, of kcoplng In touch with what Is being dono In the musical world, are Just what is needed In this city. The musician, as well us tho. amateur, should have the chenco to acquaint himself with those compositions which havo aroused dl8CU3-slon dl8CU3-slon abroad and have assumed Importance, Import-ance, instead of boins confined to 11s-tnlnc 11s-tnlnc to thoso works which this or that "star" conductor has put on his programme in ordor that he may set off I1I3 talents as a director to good advantage. advan-tage. Only In this way is It possible to form an estimato of the status of musical musi-cal art and cot a fair view or present day conditions. Of course. If this plan of keeping up to date Is followed out diligently, many a work, no doubt, of no great intrinsic merit and doomed to a brief, If brilliant, oxlstenee, will come, to a hearing. "But It should be the privilege of tho musical public to hear for Itself and Judge the comparative value of musical mu-sical compositions. Tho conccrt-gocr should not bo forced to depend on tho tastes of a few men who docldo what is sultablo for performance. As new books are acquired for a library, so should new compositions be offered for hcarinc not without discrimination, but certainly more bountifully than heretofore; olse how can the amateur, who Is the musician's musi-cian's best friend, attain any deface of Independence of taste and judgment'.' Music Is written to be heard by the multitudes, mul-titudes, not to be seen and commented upon by a fow experts. From the above viewpoint, then, '.he performance of a Mahler Symphony was an Incident of great Importance, for the music of the great Viennese conductor con-ductor is known by few In America. From a purely musical point of view, however, this occasion, It must bo said, was of little signiJlcancc. For In this work Mahler has created nothing that will live, nothing that will carry a message mes-sage to humanity. A monstrous piece of "Kapellmeister" music Is this symphony, sym-phony, this tone-poem an astonishingly astonish-ingly clever and refined concoction of an unusually brilliant mind. So subtly has the composer contrived his effects, so successfully hidden the barrenness of his ideas within a veil of purely cerebral Inventions, that many a profound thinker will be cheated Into believing the result a work of genius. Avoiding all strikingly sensational effects, Mahler has crealed the Impression of reserve and depth. Clothing nis thoughts with the most delicate and quiet orchestral tints, he has succeeded In making his admirers believe this Is poetry of In tangible beauty. In reality the composer com-poser has almost nothing of value to say. His themes have no real distinction, distinc-tion, nnd absolutely no originality. Not a quiver of Inspiration can be discovered discov-ered in his treatment of them nothing but. long drawn out wastes of monotonous musical calculations. A woof of wondrous artistry this, flawless in workmanship, impressive, too, as a mere accomplishment, but of no real value. Of what use Is art If It carry no message to our emotions? Mr. Mahler's symphony carries no message. It is a work that may be admired by the trained musician, but not loved even by him. It contains not a drop of blood;" can arouse no throb of feeling. Fur greater the simple German folksong, which ho robs of all vitality In transcribing It for his own ends, shrouding It in modern mar.es of orchestral treatment. Infinitely greater the real Beethoven than Mahler's Impudent Im-pudent use of the master. Entertainment by Children. "A Night in Fairyland" Is the attrac-.tive attrac-.tive name of a little play to be presented pre-sented . at the Grand theater one week from next Friday night by the children's choir of St. Mary's cathedral. For several years past the children of tho cathedral have given flic annual entertainment, which has been one of the real treats of the season to tho big audiences attending. There are seventy-five seventy-five of the little ones, ranging in age from 3 to 12 years, and in addition to the pleasure which the programme affords, af-fords, the antics of some of the .roungrr children are well worth the price of admission. ad-mission. All of the boxes have already been taken by prominent society people among the members of the Catholic church, one of whom recently remarked that these entertainments by the children gave her more real pleasure than any traveling company seen during dur-ing the entire year. Calvo Pleases Germans. Emma Calve has met with great sac-cess sac-cess as Carmen in tho cities of Germany, Ger-many, where she is now being heard. Dr. Leopold Schmidt says in the Tage-blatt: Tage-blatt: "Tho volco of Calve Is a mellow, beautiful beau-tiful mezzo-soprano, well trained and of an eminently characteristic tlmbro in the lower tones, therefore as If mado to order for that part of "Carmen." Her singing makes a thoroughly musical Impression, even though Mine. Calvo uses great freedom free-dom in tho treatment of rhythms. . . . For a conductor like Dr Muck It Is easy to follow her." Of all tho "Carmen" types hers seems psychologically tho most correct. cor-rect. ... It Is impossible to escape tho fascination of this inspired artist." A Compliment Indeed. "That young man plays better than J can or ever will," Is a remark made by Prof. Charles Galloway, the official organist of the World's fair, after the first recital given by John J. McClellan of this city at Festival hall. The remark re-mark was overheard by a friend of Mr. McClellan's, who happened to be on Ine stage at the time, and who learned later that the speaker was Mr. Galloway. Gallo-way. No wonder Utah people itc proud of their gifted young organist. "Parsifal" in English. In the Musician for December, Henry Saville gives his impressions of "Parsifal" as presented by the Savage Sav-age English Grand Opera company, closing the article with these paragraphs: para-graphs: "Of the singers who have taken part In tho English 'Parsifal' performances good things can bo said in almost evory case. Francis Maclonnan sang admirably as the 'blameless fool, and his acting was without with-out tho remotest approach to foolishness. Indeed, In tho last act he quite did away with the usual 'Parsifal' swagger. Ills last word3 In the temptation scone wero uttered with masterly lmpresslvcness. Further than that, h Is young and ablo to maintain tho appearance of youth on the stage. Alois Pcnnarinl, In the same part, acted well and song with imaglna lion. Ho abused his brilliantly colored voice, however, and became horse almost Invariably before tho second act was finished. fin-ished. This is to bo pitied, because hla talents are undoubtedly preat. Christian do Voss. who occasionally sang 'Parsifal,' used a small volco with discretion. On tho stag6 his native presence reminded onu too distinctly of andreas Dlppel. "Klrby Lunn's voice was a brilliant weapon In the second act. and her call to Parsifal from behind tho bush, at the climax cli-max of tho flower-maiden's importunities, a marvel of "linked sweetness, long drawn out." No lopft remarkable was tho chaste languor of her tnlo of the mother and tho child. Gurnemanz had admirable Interpreters. The work of tho company In general and of the chorus In particular deserved high praise. Mr, Savage, is to bo admired for his boldness In bringing out a great opera In the vernacular and to be thanked for tho musical boon he has given giv-en the country. Ills material reward, we aro glad to hear. Is growing apace, and It Is rumored that he will produce other Wagnerian works next season." r Enjoyed Goddard. A l ight royal welcome was that which Heber S. Goddard received at the hands of his old friends last Monday evening at the Tabernacle, when he was heard for the first time In concert in this city after a three years' residence in Europe. Much had been written and said of th2 progress that Mr. Goddard has made, but ho came up to the expectatlpns of his audience, and more, and they insisted in-sisted on hearing him again and again. Mr. Goddard Is to be the soloist at the Salt Lake Theater tomorrow night, when the Symphony orchestra gives It3 initial concert of the season. Banjo Treat Promised. The following attractive programme has been arranged for the banjo recital by Alfred A. Farland at the Congregational Congrega-tional church on Tuesday evening, December De-cember G: Sonata for piano and banjo, Op. 20 No. 3 (original for piano and violin) vio-lin) a. "Allegro Assal;" b. "Modernto:" o. "Allegro Vivace" Vi-vace" Beethoven Variations, -"My Old Kentucky Home" Fostcr-Farland Second Hungarian Ilhapsody.., Liczt-Farland "Faust Fantasia" Gounod-Farland "Cavatlna" .Raff "La Campancia" Paganini-Farland Mr. Farland. (a) "Waltz Fantasle' Slegcl (b) "Alice, Where Art Thou?" Archer Mls3 Margery Mulvey. "Ernanl Involannl" Vordi Miss Corinne Harris; Mrs. Margaret Robertson Rob-ertson Kerr, accompanist. "Sea Fairies" Preston Juvenile Mandolin club. "Sorcnata" Moszkowskl . "Minuot" Padorcwskl Andantino from the "Second Concerto" Con-certo" DeBerlot I "Tripping Through tho Meadow" ... Farland "Choral Nocturne" t Chopin "Allegro Molto Vivace" from "Concerto "Con-certo Op, C-1" Mendelssohn Mr. Farland. ilusic Notes. Programmo of Hold's Mllltray band for December 4, Jpai: March, "Beau. Ideal" ..Sousa "Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera-house" Opera-house" Tobanl "Narcissus" Novln "La Rose de Castollo"... Rciter Xylophonu solo, "Palmetto" Mueller Mr. A. Becsley. Soprano solo, "A May Morning". .Denza Miss B. Etclka Masters. Selection, "Amorita" Czibulka Characteristic dance, "Alabama".. .Gilders i Arranged by Sousa. . . Overture, "Morning, Noon and Night" I Suppo . The Musician for November announces . that PadcrewskI will begin his coming concert tour at San Francisco on December Decem-ber 17. and asks, "Will his hypnotic power over the gentler sex be as great as over?" 1 Mr Lemare will return to England In January and the free organ recitals at Pittsburg will be discontinued at that, time. His successor has not yet been named. Miss Corinne Harris will sing tho "Avo Maria" by Salnt-Sacns this morning at St. Mary's cathedral. on. Miss Rose Kcath, pupil of Mrs O. T Carlson, will sing at the First M. E. church this morning and evening. |