| Show I ELJAH ELIJAH A NOBLE PERFORMANCE I 1 It Is IB of if mi a Ily Ihl thit lii I nr In I JA lake or of I cohns glorious loO oratorio Elijah It t l ha have been n dr tl till h to ro 1 then It w h have td U tint hun humi It I of the tho famous torn m mI I r Ind ini put Ml felt L In lne line wills Ih I ii hulI It u iii reds ot of d eltie In tr the old a ovid hl it hi hR I Ii Oft th that d day will I b ho t 01 it A mind wih with no e o d 1 pit to ft lImiter tl the ot of MI lien c I has h had no more fitting Orano tl than Ih such a rol 5 u the lait L Zak Choral or I Id P Prof pave ve as at the tha I seater t laM night The production I throughoUt was n not merely mm A rl 1 it was 1 an A 11 pop tetie who 1 that thai the society 11 wa hut hUI f formed only a r tea a ago I It t take part II itt tb the and andr to 5 r rye is p a ass inducement Ir for t the Den n nr vr r chorus to enter the cn contest h hIt heard with It I a amle smile the tbt that Ih ety an after It had won tM the e sic ond prim In the tim contest would pt put I It Itself self If on pa a permanent h basis and be bet ready t ii Jt produce Uh daring th the winter Rut te the management went nt diligently to work the weak Wr building up It its membership to nearly two hundred calling the Tabernacle O t choir an and other h choirs mind and the leading teber teachers and of 01 the t for until Prof McClellan city tr Pt Ina felt tha that b he ha had a bend of e abe able to the difficulties ft of the Otoo oratorio The b big audience which ba heard the wok work I last night set t tb the tn full seal lot of upon tle the ambitious tor work P From beginning to end the was u m moat Ib notable d In l paute r I It w was Te The event le let 1 loose a flood n e of m memories morle to toh the h veterans vetran In Le Lakes musical r rank 1 so IU of whom hom were present Thy y 1 with a fUn feeling almOt almost of charm hanl that Elijah wu was really ly only tl he third great t serious wo work that bo horn talent bad produced du In th the history of nf the ki halt Ll Like b til the first being T ThI Xa by Pf Prof t I 1876 th the Ind second Th The under t I twenty years ra ago J th the events nent In the and the aVCI several given elsewhere o at IU course an mire ft included With lh hr fal I Choral success 11 II in liJah let 11 It be hoped that no nn such lapse f et 1 I yogi u wi will spats pr t neSt Interval to an oratorio Now that I It b has shown n what It II tan an do ennui n work Ik like ft et Pl Past ought to tn n I itt attention A As to tl the honore or of last lut they were 1 so numerously distributed that I it itIs I Is hard hurd to enumerate them It but probably ably the superb wo or of the chorus bol do de sel s rho y sang n I h ass an a do close kni knit unity In an e eien and a of Io lone I not heard beard In a choral thoral b budy for tor years en The clear Ie and nd ringing sopranos om mated but al all the parts were and It was refreshing In d to la listen to a tenor ton that for once held up It its end the Te tenor tone quality was specially good oo Th The strength sad aDd vol volum um urn ot of the were Ily In evidence In the B B Not Afraid b bet and the finales to 10 tb the first nUI I see cant ond Th The chorus Cut Cast Tb Thy Bur Burden Burden den upon the L Lord was a am gem of tO tons Quality and correct Te The nun nuu bl her opening Behold tb the Lord P Passed By w was mot most effective and nd the shad In ing work was 0 very vry In fine In n ad Her Hear Fm Prom Hevell The biggest of the night however was VII very rightly bestowed betow nl on time the lall ladles chorus Lift TI Thins e It wu was doe had bd to b be reP repeated Thu wor work o of lb the II bin 80 wu was J ad m Mr hr n sonorous ban r tone ton to which wu was t thu dt dif Ii It 1 J r c t I fh the n litel 1 0 tall I I th 5 h li V t l iii t al ti ni I I II I whal 0 hat t it 1 l 1 it II I I I Isol sol In work ork I lit IAN lord HI r f was Inn lotte ac WI was thO the Iud a it it Mr h 1 m Bri In ma t thul thula t ho t a tie I ii r of lul hI he I tit I home und th the ri It all sir If lI With Al All Yo Heart Harl it ut with fine tutu tI reel I ve ni Ii I Mt 1 semis I tb Ih mud nu of nr lit Ih Ww with care at anti earnest her br work ork showing a rul full I tt of the oratorio school bil but hr her t I to Irk mark the tints lh rt foot end and 11 II arisIng tom from rl w too mt much h n MI Edn h bc 11 dom dorn apar appeared to better tr advantage than Ihan thanIn In her Now Mow lh and anel her improvement In enunciatIon wa was Ily noticeable 11 Miss na Brans an had but 11 little to do but did i 1 wIth her usual nt flees and lorN correct tone ton I In tb the second part the solo ork WA was transferred to m Rm Mol Mom I Tie Vred Graham Hal Hazel Barnes an atI i Ht Hugh W who b had a hadIe t reception and who ho upheld th the cia dud me marked out b by their To Tn XI r D Dougall 1 fell ti the beautiful on onI I It J Ii an anti he did I It In Lender style despite bl his tendency to I It WM on one Of OC Ih the bl big numb numbers of the tho nl night and waB a milded dit by the tha cello 10 work of Mr Pr Press I Ir liu ft a universal favorite h hams II C rarely Iy meu moose voice ole ad and she b to too wih with a ful full understandIng I of the oratorio tradItion Hr Her nu OUI outs admirers however I regret to pee hr attempt tb the be I notes which e ec n y indicate a strata tr t tot her I accomplishment lI lie In the thi middle and a lower register Her b bolt wok work wu was dO done In the number 0 God Hath dent nt 11 Miss U Reset Br who ho alvr never flirt points point held u up bel her rord record In the bu beau all air Oh Ob n Rest lv In thO hit Lord Ird wh was U rendered mOt meet feelingly and l was U rewarded with ons on of the o of a applause of the evenIng Mr Orah Graham to too a II nn floe form torm mind lind nothing h he h has done don In years eu she he care ar and prU produced the effect act of bl bbs Then hn I tb the Righteous A special word ord must mUM he Id staid to tot the moty mostly of the at take With but few f re they came me through the tho dl dir of th the evening In fashion their forte work being b best t tand end and only rarely were o they t too strong tron fo or the he II Kimball presided NI sit at Nor NorI the oln organ ben he be was a a mol musical Mr I oll at the was wa awarded a handsome floral wae bame and aad I it might have bave been a tI full eon vr wIthout or overpaying him Te The chorus remained In their seats at ater after th the fInal curtain and gave a him round after round roaM If of P Pt Prof Proto Prof Lund of Prove ad amid N NH H Walker president of 01 the society Y went ok buck to their and each wea toJ forced to give a brief add Then om earns calls for Ruan Business Manager John on D 0 Gil not tb the least oret of nf th the tor force and h he too me made an n ad address The receipts were weN over 18 which wi will probably pay y the expenses but bat w wIll no not lea leave much towards th the Denver ne nest egg II in view wt Ct th thu lev expenses Bt Hut better than any thought ot of ln ral vial return to II Mr MCI Mcclellan 1 the sdi 1 ety Y and I its ought t to t be the tb thought that they lav have In th the musical taste tam of 01 Bt t Ll Lake tnt Int loftier channels That t taut hu baum bl been like Uke unto on Wandering In th thu wilder wilderness n ness of mulo musical t trash for t I th these many and s Masing of a Work k as aIJa Elijah J s lu like into nto a Sn o oasis ad and sItting fown to Jt pleasant I |
