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Show IjllJSfC AND MUSICIANS iisu'-Ioin people of Salt, Lake will have :in opportunity to listen 'Xv4 7iuiBi':il irrar Tuesday evening al U'irsU Methodist t-hnrcJi, when the ifS Jrateil Ohio Mnlo chorus of fifty ? t1 i siitfin-s, under tin1 leadership of tfU'fc! cssor llnjjh W. Owens of Chicago, rt -P'vc a P,P'i11' concert, including jiji Ijsos, quartet res. dnettes and solos, pifi famous chorus has upward of a 'VstS ioturics to its credit in the and the central west, but Un- (jreat 7 baft St at, the Alaska-Yukon exposition .wJ week w;i their first attempt at L1'? irs and ielory in tho northwest. tu'i chorus left Ohio on August 1(1. jjjv-V,U jjjv-V,U 'ijniu'orls eniotile to I lie exnosit ior. Jiicao, St. Paul. .MMiner.yjoli.s. Mel- Mont., Spokane. North Yakima.' ? W SBft 1 1 lo. W.-i"li Friday of las t wee !; I 7 ",la'h 'W'1S 0,10 Hit adjudicators, bvan Wdliainp, tho ureal tenor, said 1 1, was the finest male chorus Hineinjj he ever heard. The voiees are well baP aneed and blending with organ-like ef-ieel, ef-ieel, sotindin? like four parts and not, hlty voices. At. Minneapolis, the chorus v.-as j'iven a bijr reception, and an audience est i-i mated at. 11.000 people, the laie coin-j ers beinp turned away fifteen minutes! bniore tin concert, eoinnioiice.'l for want of stand-UK room. At Spokane fullv -000 peonlo were turned away for lark il capacity. In Seattle the chorus wan entertained to a iji reception bv the Ohio society of that city. Professor Owens, the noted conductor, won his first, victory as a chorus leader when a boy nine years old. and he has enough Parks. WIi.-mi the climax was reached in Ihe last verse of the song "and long mav it wave o'er the land of tho Iree , and' the home of the brave," a thirty-foot thirty-foot flag was dropped in full view ol the audience ami every member of the chorus waved over his head a silk flag. This, together with the inspiring music from fitly patriotic artists, brought tho big audience to its feet, and cheer after cheer went, up for the flag and tho grand singing of the Ohio Male chorus. Tickets mav be secured at the Oodbe-Pitts Oodbe-Pitts drug store, First South and Mam streets. Mrs. Agnes Pahlquist. Becks! rand will give a piano recital on Thursday evening. September f, i honor of Miss Laura Cook, and one on Friday evening. even-ing. September 10 in honor of Miss Florence Shimming, two of her advanced ad-vanced pupils. The recitals will be at her studio, llKi 13 street. Thf Seattle Post Intelligencer of An- Avhat ll meant, " lie said. "Yon know how it tn. Hometlmcs you can write a thing just as easily as can be. That wan the way with this soup the melody xecrncd to come naturally. 1 finished it in a shorl time, nlthougli for Unco or four wcel?3 I worked on it to get out the accompaniment accompani-ment Just right." This gem of music was for the first time plnycd out of Salt Lake last evening, when J'fof. J. .1. McCIcllan touched the Isrys of th organ and transferred trans-ferred the thrills of emotion to the audience, audi-ence, There l an old myth that an Egyptian sphinx changed from man lo woman every hundred year?. Urlant S. Young of Kan Krnnelsco has written tho words to "The Sphinx." and Prof. McCIcllan has written the Oriental pumlc for the opera. The time of the opera is that of the. transformation of the sphinx from a man lo a woman. October IS tills opera will be presented for tho llrst time in Salt Lake. Two weeks ago at the Spokane irrigation irri-gation fongres3. Prof. McClcllan's "Ode to Irrigation" was sung for the sixth l line Five years ago his ode was se lected from a large number lo be tho of-liclal of-liclal Irrigation ode. Al each irrigation tTTjy THE CELSEItATED MALE CHORUS, tl MlPrmiers of onc """rtrctl contests, and winner of first prize at tho Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific exposition on August 27. The chorus will sing at tho First "'W Mctnotiist church on Tuesday evening, September 7. Scats can bo had at Uic Qodhc-Pitts drug store. ff1 Mi pang in Ihe male chorus contest. !jfeh was open to all oi' Ihe United -Bs and British 'olumlia. Professor T QljKiCi'oe. the adjudicator of intisii', that the work of tln-KDhio .Male ulli IKIS surpassed that of choruses hrnrd WIio international male chorus com-l com-l ft'Mkjon in Swansea, Wales, last year, at medals to f:iirlv cover lrinsclf if he were to put the'm on. The chorus also aljoumte with line soloists, who have won niany victories al home and abroad. During one of their conecrfj; they sautr, in response to :i hearty encore, the "Star Spangled P.anncr," ai ranged ex-pressly ex-pressly for male chorus singing by gust :50 has the following to sav about a Salt Laker: " Prof. J. .1. lcClellan, organist of the Mormon Tabernacle choir at Salt Lake, played from memory mem-ory a concert or rigid, niinibers at St Tark 's Kpiscopul church yeslorday af-lernoon af-lernoon to a delighted "congregation. The range was from the soft tone coloring;; col-oring;; of the andanlino. by Leinare, fo the heavy vigor of Handles largo. In each of tho .selections, artistic effects ef-fects were produced by the skillful phrasing. Professor Mcf'lellan played on a strange keyboard without rehearsal re-hearsal or music, and the effect on the congregation was such that many requests re-quests wero received for additional numbeix. "During the past ton years Professor Mot'lellan says he has given recitals al all (ho largo expositions, and has filled important engagements in the l-'asr and West. During the summer he gives free recitals on the great, organ in the Mormon tabernacle. Ho has given l."00 of (hese recitals in eight years. His programme yesterday was as follows: "Prelude (o 'Lohengrin.' Wagner; andantiuo ('To My Wife'); Leiuare; gavotte from 'M.ignon,' Thomas; largo. lar-go. Handel; 'Spring Song.' Mendelssohn: Mendels-sohn: 'Traumerei,' Schumann; Pilgrim's Pil-grim's chorus from ' Taniihaiiscr, ' Wagner. Wag-ner. The pupils of Hugh W. Dougall will give a song uorvico in the Twenty-seventh Twenty-seventh ward chapel this Sunday evening even-ing at (3 o'clock. k The last band concert of the season at Saltair will be given this afternoon by Hold's band, with its full strength, assist ed by a number of the best local n:nlisls. The programmes have been carefully prepared and contain numbers that are. sure to be popular with concert-goers. Many of the numbers will be heard for thf first time, including a new song by .John Held, which will be sung by I'red C. Graham, with full band accompaniment. The l'ninous "Music Critic's Dream'' is possibly the most interesting number num-ber on the programme and will be hrard with pleasure by music-lovers. The balance of the numbers range from light, popular ditties to some of the heavier tuneful classics. Tho numbers of the. soloists arc all very popular hero and will doubtless bo well received. Two concerts will be given one at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and one at 7 riJO in tho evening. The Seattle Star prints an interview with Professor John .). McCIcllan of Salt Lake. It follows: Very full of pleasure was the Interview Inter-view that a Star reporter had yesterday with Prof. J. J. McCIcllan. who was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. I". 10. Moore during dur-ing the stay of the Tabernacle choir In Seattle. Mr. McCIcllan Is a friend of Dr. and Mrs. Moore. "Tell nhoiil the 'Love Song.' " urged Mrs. Moore. Mr. McCIcllan laughed pleasantly and after a few minutes told In bis congenial, conversational way. the story of the composition com-position of tliL- exquisite love song, which lie played last evening with such profound pro-found feeling. Annie Pike, a poet of some genius, wrote the Utile poem known as "The Love Song" six years ago. Mr. McCk-IIau read it over several times, but failed to sec much In II. Hut two years ago he chanced to rend I; again. "I saw congress it is sung, taking about twenty minutes. The organ recitals at the N tabernacle next week will Include: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER G. Assistant Organist Tracy Y. Cannon at Ihe organ. Prelude to "Lohengrin" Wagner Spring Song Tlolllns (a) Ave Maria . Hcnsoll (b) Tl Lamento Henselt (e) Old Melody ..Arranged by performer Marchc Solonnelle Mallty TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. Assistant Organist Tracy Y. Cannon at Ihe organ. The Lost Chord Sullivan Elegv Gibson (a) Matins Kaulks (b) Horghlld's Dream ("Sigurd Jorsal-far") Jorsal-far") Grlcg (c) Mormon Hymn, "O. My Father"... Arranged by performer Hosanna Wachs WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. Assistant Organist Edward P. Kim-hall Kim-hall at tho organ. Fantastic In F Polllcro (a) Offertory and Prayer St. Claire (10 Homage to Grieg Whiting fa) Spring Song Wilkin (b) Old Melody. .Arranged by performer j March Selected THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0. Assistant Organist Edward P. Kimball at the organ. Andanlino Chauvct-Gullmant (a) Divine Evening Star, from "Tann-haeuser" "Tann-haeuser" "Wagner (b) Molody St. Claire (a) Prayer Berceuse Arranged by performer March Pontlflcnto Gounod FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. Organist J. J. McCIcllan at the organ. Selected fa) "Mlgnon" Cantabllo Thomas (b) Intermezzo Callnerts (c) Old Melody. . .Arranged by performer The Famous "Largo" Handel March, from "Tannhaeuscr". . . Wagner SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER II. Organist J. J McCIcllan at tho ogan Special request program. Requests must be mailed to organist at tho Tern-ploton Tern-ploton building before Thursday evening. Doors open at 11! noon. |