Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-08 | Page 4 | Music Charms at the Tabernacle

MUSIC CHARMS AT ATTHE ATTHE THE T TABERNACLE TABERNACLE- Great Choir Which Is to Go to New York Gives Its First Public Concert I Affording an audience of 1200 LOO persons perSons persons per per per- sons a ft taste of what will be offered to eastern cities on Its New York trip the tho Now Nov York chorus of oC tho the Tabernacle choir gave Its first public concert since commencing rehearsals In tho the Tabernacle Tabernacle Taber Taber- nacle last In- In evening That tho the audience was pleased pleaded with the tho entertainment was evidenced c In tho the heart hearty applause that followed every cry number of oC the iho program While hUe only a n afew afew few of or tho the soloists who will accompany tho the choir on Its eastern castern trip appeared on last nights night's program the they wore were sufficient sufficient suf suf- to furnish a fair fall Idea of oC what will bo be accomplished by tho Utah singers S Prof J. J T T. Hand needed no Introduction Introduction Introduction tion to o the music lovers an outburst of or applause greeting his appearance on tho the stand which was only exceeded b by the applause that followed his rendition of ot otI I his first number In re response response re- re to tho the encore ho he sang L Ladonna donna E Mobil from the opera Edna Evans Eans recently returned from her studies abroad likewise met with witha a warm reception In n her first concert appearance since returning home In Inthe Inthe the tue Jewel Song tram front Faust sho ho was given gl ample opportunity to pOrtray portray por por- tray the tho qualities of oC her voice She Sho re responded responded ro- ro to with I 1 I Know now b by I All Were Avert Cre Encored Autumn the harp solo Bolo given gl by Miss Lydia White aroused tho the appreciation appreciation elation of at tho the audience She responded to repeated repented demands with an encore n number u nib e r. r Of Ot the numbers given ghen by the New ew NewYork NewYork York chorus It would be hard to sel select ct tho the one appealed to tho the audience most All seemed to secure the stamp of ot approval and each number wrt applauded applauded ap ap- ap vigorously Dixie with Utah variations arranged especially for the tour b by Conductor E Evan E n Stephens by bythe bytho bytho tho the male chorus probably struck the tho general pulse closer than an any other number though tho the sextet from Lucia b by fifty soloists full chorus and organ captured the tho sympathies of oC tho the music loversA lovers A Christmas Song another of ot Pro- Pro Stephens Stephen's compositions b by tho the women's chorus also met with popular approval Other numbers that pleased were ere the Soldier Chorus from fr-em I Faust Faint n 1st the final scene from Tho The Death of oC Minnehaha and God Clod Is Our Refuge nt tuge by b the complete chorus and tho the War Son Song of the Druids b by the male chorus Worthy Is tho the Lamb tho the concluding number was given b by the tile New York chorus and the full Tabernacle Taber Taber- nacle choir eliciting eliciting- applause T o More Concert Last nights night's program was ono one of or the regular road programs of or tho the choir Enough soloists will bo ho carried by the coir cr to give four Cour separate programs I without requiring nn any artist to appear t tn t ICe In the tho same samo program The chorus nr n S A In irs Ita tt r regulation g i n dress dr st to I be worn o on th the tho I tour All he the women members were vere I dressed In white while tho the male m members members mem mem- m- m bers wore tore full evening dress dreg Owing to tile the concert of at said Professor Stephens last lost night we did not feel Ceel that wo tc could advertise adver adver- Use tise the Tabernacle choir concert without without without with with- out doing her hor an Injustice This I be believe bellee be- be lieve e is r responsible for for- forthe the small email audience audi audi- ence enco tonight It was however up to expectations aa ns It was Intended primarily manly marily for the conference visitors It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is likely that two other othor concerts will willbe willbe be given gl before We wo start on our Journey Jour Jour- ney The first of oC these will be given In the Tabernacle and the second or our farewell to Salt Lake In the tho Salt Lake theatre