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Show SMUSIC and musicians JtMlI .fyK' For (he first time in Salt "Lake inusi-! :!!M?Pcl circles there will be yivcu a ; iftrccital on this Sunday evening in one. 'HuSflro'f the playhouses of Zion. where tin; , 'QdWflnlt Lake Symphony orehestrn. will be : 62l;licard. The rceitnls of this splendid 1 3 m8forchestra have, in the past, been given ; "MslM" the afternoon, and that at :i 'time i Hifcvhfen many music lovers were so tied j -'VtfBnp n business nfl'iiiis that, it was im- t wBpossJhlc for them to attend. The result ! tfilyhaB hoca Hint tire orchestra has not j 'fijKjrict with thai iinaneial snct:ens to which ; uiOBSt is -entitled. Ileneo the innovation , ti'JWbf a SUnday nicht recital. ' From the Orphtmn box c-flico comes 1 iBt-jfadviccs that set m rest any doubts as 'JBfq the success and popularity of thej iL?Jc'enttirc this iSiiiuhiv evening. That J tiikBfan exceptional audit-net, will be pres- i ! a matinee, and Salt Lake may be eon-1 eon-1 sidered indeed fortunate to :;p'ure (his organization for anoliier visit. rtfr. Savage had intended to take ".Madam Butterflv'5 oil' the road this reason, but 1 the request for return engagements were so many and so urgent thatJic (iuallv abandoned the idea of giving a repertoire of opera in Hiiglisli, and this scasoi) is again introducing his notable, singers int the' celeb'rated and fasi'iuating rueeiin work. While Mr. Savage lias retained his" great orchestra ()f lifty musicians, as well as the same magnificent scenic production that j helped to make famous the New York ; engagement, he will introduce here i many new' principals in the leading! roles of the opera Among the! 4 ' Madam Butterfly " prima. donnaa nutv j k MRS. HELEN SHEARMAN GUE. j "Who Will Sing Sunday Night With the Symphony Orchestra at the Orplicmn. j !nt to hear this popular organization growler its eleventh iveitnl and tho last Kreeifctl 01 the present suasbu is an as-ffisnred as-ffisnred fact. - 5alt Lakers are - 1m.1s.ie ; HI overs, and the.y will' rem-ify fo" this at She UrpheuiiL tonight. Conductor Arthur j W eShepherd has' 'arranged' a programme 1 V abefitting tho occasion. The soloists are I h SJIelen NiCJii'ina,u CTjie. a Salt-. Lake girl, f jViI render a group of gbnyviully 'lis- . :xjilaying a contralto voice of rare bril- , !j Symiice nnl powft'r, . 'Miss Eglcston is a , J fpianist who will be heard here for the i :)lfiKt timt. tor whom Mr. Shepherd! V IclaimsF" great tilings. In all the! entertainment une which aii bo , s? Ffctveu Sunday night without shocking 1 . it he most particular. Generous support , i 5Tof the symphony, now that a favorable ' td fbpportunitv has at last been afforded, i 3 gis not onlv a laudable thing, but it; j 'fU pkould be considered tt duty by all . Ktliose who stand for the assistance of' frarti6tic nlncational advancement. I W To Mnrtiu Beck of Chicago, general, Hriianager of the Orpheum circuit, and fVi to the local management of the , I SOrphfium theater the music lovers of; jj 8alt Lake are under obligation for their faiil in giving- this opportunity of hear- j Sing a superb orchestra in a recital 3 fluch as is heard in but few cities in 3 lAmcrica. j R I' Kenrv W. Savage's English Grand Li Opera company in last season's great-' m Ssuccess, "ladam Butterfly,' is j 1 Rooked for a return engagement at the j;Salt Lake Theater for Saturday, lr f Pebruarv .15. Only two performances ,of the opera will be given, including be mentioned Miss Rcna Vivieine. who scored an emphatic "sliccefis on the ensiou of her premier in Salt Lake latt season; liss Phoebe Strakobcli. a gifted niece of the noted Ad'elina P.itti, Miss 'Elizabeth "Wolff, a talented Herman Her-man prima donua. and Mits Dora de!' FilJippi. wlio was especially en gaged by Mr. Savage after ?lv had re uivttd to- the-'dpora-f'oimnve ai Paris. Four now1 tenors for lh put of the navy lieutenant, and im- n w baritones for tho fine dramatic rnl- Sharpless. are al?u with the "-ompai Tlie.se two-thronted contraltos, llarrii-r Bohuee and l-'lhel Houston, an- "'ill singing tho role of Suzuki. Modern Jliit-terluy's Jliit-terluy's faithful .jupauese maid. . ! Tlurold Bauer, the celebrated piat.irt. I will nink1 his second appearand- in iliis eity on Mondav evening. Maivh Mr. J Baiter studied with Paderew-ki in I Paris, and there are" many who brluue 1 ho will equal the noted pianist who will j appear here next month. This is his 1 fifth transcontinental tour of America 1 during the past eight years. I Elizabeth Trowbridge Eglestoh. who will participate 'in the symphony or-! or-! ehestra recital this Sunday evening at j the Orpheum theater, is a young pianist 1 in the beginnim; of her career, hi JOul ! she graduated with distinction from the i New England Conservatory, where, in I addition to the invaluable theoretical ' course of that great institution, .she had been profiting by the ;idvice of Carl I Baermanu, a former pupil of Liszt. 1 Soon after tdio had the honor of being I accepted as a pupil by Harold Bauer of i Paris, an artist whose great musieinn-: musieinn-: ship and brilliant virtuosity nre uf international in-ternational reinitation. During her . .vearn in Paris she also enjoyed a close 1 association with the famous" Ohaigncau j Trio, under whose guidance she played the chamber music of Hnch, Beethoven, ; Brahms. Sehunmnn, etc. Miss Egles-i Egles-i ton"? intensely mu?K?al temperament, ! combined with a profomul . and revcr-. revcr-. ential devotion to her art, have served j to develop a beauty of tone and a sym-! sym-! pa thy in her interpretations which give : the greatest pleasure to all who have I the privilege of hearinjr her. Jler homo i is in Boise. ' O ' Miss Helen Freeman, a beautiful Den-' ver girl, will soon make her debufe in grand opeia. Her voice is a dramatic soprano of great power and richness, with a range- that is phenomenal. Harlan Coghlan, a Uoise young man. who in the past. h:i3 delighted many v.'"itii his sweet voice, (is tilling a niosc i successful engagement with Henry 'W. ! Savage's opera . eompauv, singing ' ' ' Woodland. ' 'Afr. Coghlan is now with tee Woodland' company in Sua Fi.-nci.ico for a long engagement, and ' is vivgijig lirst tenor in the eonipauy s ipiertctt", for which he receives a very ' line salarv. i The production of Oscar Straus's new Ai'nnce operetta. "A Waltz Dream, mad' by the Interstate Amusement oMj.anv' under the direction of Frank MeKcp." has made a great success in PhP.-d-dphia aul 'Baltimore. Monday evening, the 27th nit., it opened for a :-un a; rhe Broadway theater in -ew Vorlr. The principal tenor role, Lieut. Mki. is sung bv Edward . Johnson, an oratorio tdngcr of ability, who has never nev-er befyre appeared in an operatic production pro-duction on the professional stage. The prima donna is Sophie Brandt, who succeeded suc-ceeded Lulu (jiasfr in ' A Modcup Pnn-(ts. Pnn-(ts. " Miss Brandt has been q tne stage but three yeaTS. Tt i? a notable circumstance thai she and Mr. Johnson ie credited with having made marked prvsonal successes in their parts, considering con-sidering that both are newcomers to the stage. The other leading roles arc-sung arc-sung bv Charles A. Bigelow, Joseph W. Herbert. Edwin Wilson, Catherine Tn-uanoff. Tn-uanoff. Donald Buchanan, Joseph Corey, -Josi.' Sadler and Geraldino Malouc. The book uf "A Wnltr. Dream'' is by Felix Dormanu and Leopold Jaeobsnn, adapted adapt-ed to the American stage by Joseph W. Herbert. t. t. Padcrewski is now making his sov- J nth and most successful tour of America, Amer-ica, having arrived in Xcw Vork at the end ni October to stay until the lirst of Mav. As in his two previous lours, ho is iinder the direction of Mrs, C. A. FJlis of piston, who is also the man-anei man-anei of tlic Poston Symphony orchestra, and .Mr. Fllis's chief trouble with this tour tins been to conciliate managers in cities where it is impossible for the great virtuoso to appear. Padcrcwski rr fuses, this year to play ofteuer than three times a week, and he prefers to I play net more than twice, consequently t lie iH:tl number of . his appearances, j including those w:ith orchestras, will be limited to seventy-Jive. All tho .more I'lirtunate. then, is Salt Lake City, fnr he is to give one recital here in the r.ibcruai i:- on I'ridav. lbruar 7. Pad . PADEREWSKI erewskj has done comparatively little concert work since he was here in the spring or lflOo. that marked the end of a tourncc which bad included Australia, and New Zealand and had continued without 'interruption for ncarlv two years. Since then he has devoted mosi of his time to rest and composition, and on !iis programmes some of his new i works for the piano are to appear. In I the larger forms, he has aljout com-l com-l pleted a symphony and an opera. Last ! siuing ho "made a brief tour of Great ! Britain, und all that heard him were j united in the opiuiou that never in hit ' career had his art been so gorgeous. Ureal as he is, Padc.rewski still grows. ! The sale of tickets for this concert, is now on at Carslensen & Ansen's music store on Main street. i Ernest U. Ball. who with Dave Reed, , wrote "Love Ml: and the World Is . Mine," the greatest song success of re-! re-! cent vears, and later, "Mv Dear," "The' Door of Hope," "Down in That ; Valley Fair," "As Long as the World j Hulls' On." etc:, has the novel distinc-j distinc-j lion of being the' only song writer who ; has been received on a visit to his humc. town with a brass baud. This happened when he visited -Cleveland, j O., last week. n j The beginning pupils of Miss Esther ; Allen will give a violin recital tit Gor-1 Gor-1 don academy, corner Third South and ! Third East, on Thursday evening, Feb-, Feb-, rnarv U, promptly at S o'clock. They i will be assisted by the Olara Schumann I Suing Quartette and Miss Maud Williams, Wil-liams, piano. An interesting programme has been arranged. - The 'Mandolin and Guitar club, .100 strong, will hold its Jirst concert at the Salt Lake Thoater on St. Valentine's night. .February 1 1. The club will meet this Sunday afternoon at. the Orpheus club rooms, over the Godbe-Pitts Drug .company, at .'J:.'0 o'clock, for" rehearsal. Several .soloists have been engaged for the occasion. A special feature of the programme will bo the Mandolin quar-.telle, quar-.telle, by four of our .professionals. -Among those who are. interested in. the affair are Mr. C. 1). Scheltlor, director; 'Mrs. b'alph Shark'v". Miss Margoi'v Mulvcy, Mihh Myi-tlu Goggle; WaltcY .Sinilli. Muster Willie Stafford ufid otji'-ers. otji'-ers. Mr. Graham will, have tjie management. man-agement. . . j Mr. tOraham has received word from ,lhe management of the famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who will appear in this city at the coming spring fegH-: fegH-: vnl, tba.i their dates for Salt Lake will ! I be Wednesday and Thursday the' 1st " '','i"'rv.: - i . and 2nd of April. The orchestra includes in-cludes sixty-five men with a string quartette and six soloists. a There will be four performances, two in the after-; after-; noon and two in the evening. Tljo first I matinee will be for the beueOt of the ! Hchool children of the city schools, a ' special, rate being made for them. The ( two night performances will be devoted ' to oratorio. The "Wedding i'east" will "bo given the first night and "Tho Gc-ltlen Legend" tho second night. It lias been decided to open the box office srfle at the Clayton Music company on tlie morning of Monday, March 0. Those whose names have been obtained as subscribers, before the above date, will have the preference of scats, with tickets tick-ets at half the regular price of admission. admis-sion. The managoniout reports many orders having been received over the phone. Mrs. William Milleiv MeCrca will sing u solo at St. Paul's church this Sunday morning otitit led, "The' Brighter Day' by Angelo Mjisehcroni. There will bo no ovening' service there on account of the symphony. i- At the First. Methodist church at this Sunday morning service the quartette will sing. "Coinc. Heavenly Spirit, Heavenly Dove." by Sclmeckcr, with a vocal solo bv Miss Edna. Evans. Al the meeting nl the V. "M. C. A., at l:30 o'clock this afternoon. Miss Alice" Wcblev will sing ''The Lord Is Mindful of His Own." by St. Paul. |