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Show SUCCESS BEFORE LARGE AUDIENCE I (Special to the Standard), Brlgham City, June 30. The farewell fare-well Utah concert of the Ogden Tabernacle Tab-ernacle choir, prior to its departure for California, was given in the Brig-ham Brig-ham City tabernacle tonight, before a crowd that filled the tabernacle. The audience was gathered from all parts of Boxelder county and a number num-ber of music lovers from Tremonton and other distant towns also came to listen to the splendid muslcale. About 210 members of the big Ogden Og-den choir made the trip, coming to Brlgham City on a special train donated do-nated by the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway company, arriving at 7:15 p. m. Emma Lucy Gates and her accompanist, ac-companist, Professor Edwin F. Kimball Kim-ball arrived earlier in the day with Director Joseph Ballantyne in the lat-ter's lat-ter's automobile, but the other soloists, solo-ists, Leon Hoffmeister, W. R. Wor-loy Wor-loy and the choir's accompanist, Sam F. Whltaker, came on the special. Upon their arrival In the city, the singers went immediately to their quarters In the Commercial club, the club rooms having been put at their disposal for dressing rooms. Everything Every-thing was in readiness for the recital shortly after 8 o'clock, but it was delayed de-layed for a few minutes for the benefit bene-fit of the Tremonton people. The choir opened the program with a group of three songs, "Mary" (Richardson), a Scotch love song; "Sleep Gentle Lady" (Bishop), a charming lullaby; and the great "Soldiers' "Sol-diers' Chorus" from "Faust" (Gounod). With the first rendition, it was evident evi-dent that a splendid treat was in store for the local and visiting music lovers and enthusiastic applause followed fol-lowed each number, all three being sung, under the direction of Professor Profes-sor Joseph Ballantyne with remarkable remark-able perfectness of phrasing, tone coloring, col-oring, vocal balance and dramatic fire. The great chorus was later heard in Dudley Buck's sublime "Hymn to Music," In the ensemble numbers, the "Church Scene" from "Cavalleria Rus-ticana" Rus-ticana" (Mascagni) ; the "Sextette" from "Lucia Dl Lamnjermour" (Verdi) (Ver-di) and the Grand Finale to Act II "La Traviata," and its brilliant singing sing-ing drew repeated calls for encore calls, three of which were responded to. The encores given were "The Rosary," Nevln, (by request), "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" and the new song made famous by Mary Garden, "I Love You California." Each of these also gave unalloyed pleasure and the big audience was loth to leave the tabernacle when the recital was brought to a close with the "La Traviata" number. In the "Church Scene," the solo role was sung bj' Emma Lucy Gates, Utah's favorite singer She also sang tho aria in the "La Traviata" finale and in addition to assisting the choir and the other soloists in making these by far the finest exhibitions of ensemble en-semble ever heard in this part of the state, she charmed the audience with three solo numbers and two encores. Her programed numbers were "Come, My Beloved" (Handel) ; "Spring" (Henchel) and "Echo Song" (Echert). As an encore to the second number, she sang "My Laddie" (Thayer); and in answer to the ovation that followed her wonderful rendition of the "Echo Song." she repeated a part of the same number, to the great delight of the audience Miss Gates is truly an artist of whom any state could well be proud and her coming tour with the Ogden singers should prove a big success. Considerable interest centered in the appearance of Mr. Leon Hoffmeister, Hoff-meister, the young New York baritone, bari-tone, who was secured by Director Ballantyne to assist the choir not only as a co-soloist with Miss Gates and Professor John J McClellan, but in several big oratorio and opera numbers. In two numbers, the "Sextette" "Sex-tette" and "La Traviata," he proved his capability to share a place in the ensembles and in two solos, "Eri tu" from "Urn Ballo in Maschera" (Verdi) and "Pilgrim's Song" (Tschaikowsky) and an encore "Love Me Not" (See-chl), (See-chl), he displayed possession of many of the requirements of a concert singer, sing-er, a good stage presence, fine vocal attainments and a pleasing personality. personal-ity. W. R. Worley, the Logan tenor, displayed the possession of a promising prom-ising voice, his upper register being especially good. Tie was heard In two of the ensemble numbers and carried his parts well. Mrs. Myrtle Ballinger-Higley, Ballinger-Higley, who sang the soprano role in the "Sextette," showed the possession posses-sion of a voice that balanced well with those of Mr Hoffmeister and Mr. Worley, and the minor parts of the "Sextette" and "La Traviata" were ably sung by other soloists of the choir. Professor Edwin F. Kimball acted as accompanist for Miss Gates and Mr. Hoffmeister and performed his task In a manner that showed him to be a master of the accompanist's art. lie was also at the piano In the choral numbers, while Sam F. Whltaker, whose work as the regular accompan-ist accompan-ist of the Ogden choir has given him high rank among the state's organists, was at the organ. The singers departed for home at 10:20 o'clock, leaving a feeling with the Boxelder county music lovers that they had listened to the finest musi-cale musi-cale ever given in the stake tabernacle. taber-nacle. nn |