| Show r i r ANY Y and varied were the com con comments comments Mr ments which followed the an ai announcement that hat had decided to cancel ancel her date In inSall Salt SaIL Lake Most of o the remarks were rather skeptical on the question of Mr MI Illness though the A ed ro Press dispatcher bear out the report that he Is In Los TAg Angeles Angele quite a sick lIck lIckman man It Is hard not to feel feci ho er that tho the physicians ph of SnIt Salt Lake would I have been br n given a chance on him hili case had hall the advance n ance receipts at nt the Salt Sail Lake theater th Itol indicated a more over overwhelming whelming attendance at the tho concert Manager pers problem now nOlI Is to recover from the madam or her mina mana manager gel ger the or more which he ho expend expended ed td 11 In preliminary advertising The likelihood IK Is that with tho the blizzard which raged Thursday evening about theater time the financial results of tho recital would hive hie been unsatisfactory and Salt Lake Lako would have added onu ono more musical fiasco to the long list which wh ch stands to her debit Mr P bitter comment on tho fact f t that so 50 many man social leaders who nev never never never er miss mills the opening night ht of a farce faroe comedy or a ragtime show sho were not among those who had secured l seats scats for Cor Is IB a regrettable commentary on the condition of or things musical In Slit Salt Lake City CIl The presentation pre by the Ogden choir on the evening of ot the tho ith of Mc Irrigation Irrl Ode was consi considered considered dered one ore of the tho musical events of the tho year oar and was vas highly successful The composer compo er says as he Is always glad to heir hair tho the Ogden choir sing tho the ode as IS they the enter so O heartily Into tho the perform performance ance and apparently enjoy It so much The presentation of that now note notable composition was preceded ed by the fol Col following following lowing program Ori tn Excerpts from Richard Wagner Prof John J Jan lan baritone Star of or My 1 1 Life Cor Corliss litis liss Three Roses Rosell Red Norris Hor Horace Horace Horace ace S Ensign organ Madrigal Le Ii Lemare mare marl Intermezzo Wely Vely old melody arranged by b performer John J McClellan Mc Ile Clellan baritone The Heart Bowed Down Balfe My 1 1 Sweet Swed Venetian Rose nose Wight Ight Horace Homce S Ensign Ir Irrigation Ode Ocle John J McClellan Og Ogden Ogden Ogden den tabernacle choir 2 0 voices Joseph Ballantyne director Mrs II rs Hazel Tay Taylor 11 lor Peer soprano Fred C Graham tenor John J McClellan accompanist The Th First Presbyterian choir Is to present a n cantata Tho rho Star of Bethle Bethlehem Bethlehem hem on Christmas Sunday by b the reg regular regular regular ular Mrs Jack Taylor Miss Edna E na Dwyer Dwer F C Graham and J W Curtis with Miss Mill Thorne Thome as organist or Miss IU Pearl Weller Weiler mezzo soprano Is 13 In Now York city elt studying with Theo The Theodore Thedoro Theodore dore doro van She was for two years car carn a n pupil of Hugh W Dougall Miss Bes Bessie Bessie sie Hunter who visited hero last sum summer summer mer with Miss Weller eller from New Jer Jersey JerIe Jersey sey Ie Is III studying with her herThe Tho The Consolidated Con Music company co Is preparing for tho the first concert of ot the Iho season to be given gien In Its ware warerooms warerooms rooms on the tho evening of Friday Frida Dec Del 17 with Miss Mies Sybella Clayton Claton pianist and andA A J Kisselberg baritone as 18 soloists One of ot the records to be bo given glen Is Sem Merry Widow Walt Walts alt ar arranged arranged ranged by herself her elf also selections from fromI I Through the Orange Groves Groes of oC Southern California Is the title of a arong song rong without words published by tho the Salt Fait Lake Route passenger pa department end and Illustrated by a n special train flying through some Homo very er seductive looking I orange groves The Tho Boston Doston S Symphony orchestra Is la lanot not to come west Manager C A Ellis of ot that noted organization writes from Crom Boston A visit to Salt Lako City by bytho bytho bythe tho the Boston ston Symphony S orchestra Is pleasing to think about and the mem members members members bers would much enjoy enjo playing to your public I have no doubt we could se secure secure cure curc a great audience but long jour journeys journeys nes by b so jO large largo an organization aro are I L I Iz t JI z z f S r Mn N Nt i fi t 4 a ac c v vp va j y y a X y X y y y y y y y r t X A XA p i 1 i y X yX j t tk tt tr tt f X k f t y t y y yz z r b by by y t t tt z t y i t i iM M r x MH N t MRS C N SUTTON BUTTON Wife ICe of oC the tho manager of ot the tae Orpheum theater Mrs Sutton Is an accomplished accomplished accomplished and during the past week we ok has been delighting Orpheum audiences with hor her playing During DurIn tho the coming week she sho will appear In ht InO Ogden O den and during the succeeding week In Denver Dener after aCter which she will retire from the tho stage stale difficult to handle and the transportation lon tion costs are enormous Wo We ro have no difficulty In filling all our time to ad advantage advantage advantage vantage nearer near r home and we there therefore fore foro oro leave such Journeys to smaller and less expensive organizations There Thero Is no disputing Mr Ir Ellis state statement statement statement ment that transportation costs Colt aro are enormous but It may ma be accepted as a going without saying that tho the attend attendance ance would be Abe enormous also at every ever city elt where tho orchestra stopped en route It Is believed hero here that mat a good goodum sum um could be netted at two perform performances performances performances ances In n the tabernacle But Dut the man management management Is not taking any chances having laving In mind probably Thedoro Thomass experience with tho the National Opera ra company In 1591 when Its Transcontinental trip proved a financial Do organists go RO to heaven via vb 3 the piPe line Arc Are there thero many man on tho the vay Cou rl e r Organist Tracy Cannon will bo be out of ho tho city Sunday Sundew as tho the accompanist for or The Salt Lakers at Logan Sat Saturday urda night nl ht and at it Ogden Oden Monday night so Prof McClellan Is to officiate at the organ desk of oC the First Congre Congregational Congregational church He will trill play pia tons ons from previous to tho the service Patti has hn earned since her operatic ope tlc debut half a century ago Mrs J T B Davis Dals will III sing Ing a soprano solo Hawleys Hawles Just As I Am Sunday morning In tho the First Methodist church and In tho the evening Miss Elizabeth Rob Robinson Robinson inson n contralto will sing Barres The Tho Valley of oC Shadows Tho The morning anthem an anthom anthem them thom will be Pences Thou Art My MySon MySon ly lyson Son and the evening anthem Tills This Is the Day Da Tho The first concert by b the th Orpheus club for tor the current season will be givet I on tho the evening of the tho and the program Is 15 under prep prop preparation The management has given ghen up the tho unprofitable plan of hiring foreign I Isolo solo talent and will wall present tho best local talent obtainable A feature of or orI tho the program will be the tho singing by b bIr I Mr Ir SIbley of oC a 0 song written by b Organ Organist A H Peabody Pea bod ran Amato Arnato Blass Reiss seven seen great artists Caruso Destine Homer and Amato will slug sing sin again on Thursday Fridays Fri Fridays days das performance of or II Trovatore will 1111 enlist and and on Saturday evening Caruso appears as ns Faust with Ith Bella Della Alten Alton as Marguerite Mar by b way wa of once more emphasizing the fact that tho Saturday nights are no 10 longer longel cheap In any an sense enso of or the tho word John Philip Sousa is fifty net years ears old 01 1 Arrived at the tho half century mark he sends ends out this fine and cheery cheer greeting to hit his brother workers in music Youth Is 15 eternal to him who believes in eter eternity eternity eternity To me youth means anywhere from eight onward I was wa an exceed exceedingly exceedIngly exceedingly old ol person at eight and I trust I violate no confidence when I confess a youthful exuberance now nos that I havo bumped bum el against the tine halfway post Fit Fifty ty t Is a splendid time for fol youthful ex expansion expansion expansion ones fancy fanc still retains all Its Ingenuity while ones onos judgment Is bet bettered bettered bettered by b experience When hen sitting on the fifty finy milestone the vane of mans vision points southward to the tho past and northward to the future with a I minimum of or oscillation Rancorous thought and splenetic expression give glo glowa way wa to quieter nerves and calmer view and the mellow lighted vista of tho the years that have tone none soften the heart of the youth of or a half century of or years Here Is something to cheer the hearts of Salt Sail Lake Lako Wo We can boast an orchestra of at least 50 W Bur Dur Burlington Burlington lington Vermont now enjoys the tho dis distinction distinction of having Us its own orchestra which gave Its first concert a few days da ago It consists of oC only 30 men taco but buton buton buton on this point the Free Pi Press ess says sas Even at present the tho orchestra is about the tho size of or Prince which Haydn led and for Cor which he h composed many man of Ills his own modern orchestra masterpieces But our mod modern mo modern ern orn orchestra of course had much I richer tone than that of ot tho the old Hun Hungarian HungarIan Hungarian garian prince whose wind Instruments wore few Cew and rudimentary ru Last sum summer summer mer 20 men from tho the Boston Doston Symphony delighted the cultured audiences at Bar and nn l were not afraid to play pIll the later Wagner agner and While our orchestra can scarcely compete with these seasoned players It Is one half haIC as large again and very ery promising In fact It Is not much smaller than the theone theono theono ono one with which Franz Kaltenborn de delighted delighted delighted lighted New e Yorkers for several sum summers summers summers mers and compares not unfavorably un with hose Mr 11 Chapman use to bring hero for tor tho the musical festivals The return of Lillian Nordica to the Metropolitan Opera House Is an occa occasion occasion sion Ilon for special rejoicing In New York Mme Mine Nordica has leas reached higher sum summit summits summits mits mit in the tho musical Alps than any an oth other other er el American singer and amI her hor triumphs have been truly American that Is In International International international having been won In Jn French and Italian opera an nil well as In ht Ger German Cerman man Like LIko Lull Lilli Lehmann and Jean de do sIlo she has shown how to com combine combino bine bino the tho charm of oC bel hel canto of oC beau beautiful beautiful singing with dramatic expression expression expression sion When hen she sho Impersonated Isolde at ut a Wagner fc festival In Munich somo some years earll ago James Huncker wrote NordIca rather startled tho the natives by b her artistic singing Her tier Isolde Is Isa Isa s sa a familiar assumption to us but for Munich It seemed a revelation The Tho Th enthusiasm was great This en enthusiasm was vas W 1 shared by Anton who helped her learn the parts of or Isolde and and mul by b Cosima Wag Wagner ag nero ncr who wrote to under date of Juno June C 6 1896 I r am glad to hear from you ou so many good things about Ma Madame Ia damo dame NordIca The Tho hours devoted to her studying of tho the rolo role of Elsa Elua are arc among amonI my m reminiscences |
