Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-10-09 | Page 21 | Thousands Enjoy Music at Tabernacle Recital

TH0USAXDS ENJOY MUSIC AT TABERNACLE RECITAL The greatest audience that has ever witnessed an organ recital in tho tabernacle tab-ernacle gathered in that building Saturday Sat-urday at noon. Tho galleries were-crowded were-crowded bo3'ond their capacity of accommodation ac-commodation and the doors of the main floor were thrown open, and hundreds found scats there. The music was of the most delightful delight-ful character. Professor John J. Mc-(Jlcllan Mc-(Jlcllan at the organ rendered many selections se-lections of surpassing beauty. Included Includ-ed in the numbers was Batiste's Communion Com-munion in G, a composition which, indeed, in-deed, "hath charm to soothe the Savage Sav-age breast." The no less beautiful an-dantino, an-dantino, "To !My Wife." by Lemare, was given with exquisito effect. Tlio thrilling notes of tho Pilgrims' Chorus from "Tannhauser," by Wagner, an undying favorite, held the vast audience spellbound. Other numbers of equal merit and excellence of execution wero I on Professor McClcllan'H programme. f ,' A rare treat was offered Jby Profcs- II " sor Willard Weihc. whose renown as a I master of tho violin is wide. Professor B j Weihc gave with unequaled skill a l number of Russian airs .by Wieniawski. I ' So large was the audience that nioro fl than half an hour of lime was required 1 j for the people to leave the galleries. B RH 1