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Show Minneapolis People Like Prof JcClellan Compliment-try Notices of His First Organ Recital in That City in Fress Very complimentary are the notices of the first organ recital given by J. J M -Clellan of this city In the new Auditorium Audito-rium at Minneapolis. Extractn from some of them, under date of Ma 1". follow Mr. McClcllon's renditions though unlmpas-sloned. unlmpas-sloned. ar soulful nnd refined Hl development develop-ment of the thumo l. accurate and thf, tech-01011" tech-01011" Is faultless. Th audience realized, as It la hoped hundreds more Will realize while Mr Itct lellun Is here. Ihnt In this great Instrument In-strument Minneapolis possesses n treasure which f r years 0 COTne w'll be a pou-ce of BJrtiBtlC delight and tin unfairins source ol Inspiration Masters ruch as Mr. McC'lollan Will always find her :i medium for th expression ex-pression of tho loftiest sentiments The Inclemency of the weathr-r remltod In on audience which scarcely half fllle 1 th'- Auditorium, but those who wer present accorded ac-corded enthusiastic and sincere applause to p.n- part of the seven numbers given --Evening --Evening Tribune ?.ir ICcClellan wse perfectly fnmiiiar with the Auditorium organ, owing to Its similarity to th" Tabernacle orcan which, though ;i flfte lerger Is built upon ihe same lines. THUS Mr Met lellan was abh- to hrlog out the hrll-llancy hrll-llancy of the organ with eae pln Ing a pr.. gramme at r.ncc diversified, brilliant. plAstrg Ont naiurall compared the . p-ning recitoi bj Dethlor with that of the Tabernacle organ let While Dethler Is an acknowledced niaslr th... "ii;aii, . ni.-sslnii ph-ii..ui n il pe.lsl terhnlqie- and brilliant registration bis pln lug failed to arouse enthusiasm, hc-lnff. per-hape, per-hape, too classical for any but the professional musician n the contrary, Mr IfcClellan arranged I Is piogranune for thf mSSeee plalliR eleetlonM that every on enjoyed and with which many were familiar. Tho communion In O (Batlstei with Its flute obllgnto th.- 'Mlgnon Oavotte' iThom-as). iThom-as). with lm coquetry, the "Bvenlns Btar" iTannhausert and th Andantlr.o iUnmr"i wero the popular numbers. Dally News. Tho new- Kimball organ. In the Auditorium. hn.j a much better demonstration hist evening In the recital by John J BIcClellan organist Of the .Mormon Tabernacle ai Snlt l.ak' City than It hod on the occasion of Its dedication. While It might be captious to say that Mr Mci 'lellan Ik a better organist than M Liethler th- feci remains that the former nicceedod better In bringing out tho beauties of the splendid now Instrument, both as to Its solo stops and Its power as a complete Instrument 1 There wos only a smell audience present (about 1400), but those who came were charmed not only with tho excellence of the organ, but with th artistic and powerful work Of the ..rganlst The programme was so ht-rangeri ht-rangeri that the heavier concert numboni were an. -r ated with group of lighter composl-tlons, composl-tlons, making s delightful recital, nn.i one that IM not become n th0 least heavy or tiresome tire-some Journal |