The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-10

The Musical Festival that Com
mences Tomorrow NJ Ctnein'
natl. r..
The number Of persons Who left Wheel
iDRfor Cincinnati on the steamer Hudson,
evening, and also Of thO,e who
will visit that city this week by both
boat and rail, to attend the great Musical
Festival that commences there tomorrow
evening, justiaes some further reference
10 the character Of the entertainment,
We are told that it is to be "in the high
est and best sense a National Musical
Festival, modelled on the most exalted
European models" and that it will serve
"as an index and proof Of the marvellous
advance made in American music during
the past six years" The Festival will
include in all seven entertainments, four
evening performances and three matinees.
The latter programmes are made up Of
lighter and more varied selections, but
"nothing trivial or false to the principles
Of real music" The evening perform
ances include some Of the greatest COM
positions in the whole range Of classic
music-da series Of exalted representa-
tions which stand us the monuments Of
the great masters OF composition" The
first evening will commence with johann
mes Brahms Triumphal Hymn, COM
position never before performed in Eng
land or America. It contains a baritone
solo, supported by an eight-part chorus,
organ and orchestra. To this is added
Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, q mas.
terpiece Of orchestral composition, and
Liut's superb music to Herder's "Pro'
melheus."
gThe second evening will be devoted tC
MendelSsOhn's Oratorio Of Elijah, There
arc TO be several musicians in the grand
orchestra OF Cincinnati, who played at tho
frat performance Of that standard oTatorit
under the baten Of MendelsSOhn hlmsel
ut birmingham in 1876. On the thjrt
night tho Festival will reach Its artist,
zenith In the presentation Of Bach's mag
nilicat In d, and BeethOven's Ninth o
choral symphony, now uniformly conced
ed to be the greatest composition In tn
} repertOry Of music, The MagnifCat ha
never before been attempted In this coun
try 1t Is one Of the best types Of Bach
method, the perfect blending Of exaltG.
religious sentiment with lyric beauty.
; includes two soprano ariaS, one aria eacI
for tenor, contralto and bass voices, q due
for alto and tenor, o trio for two soprano
and Contralto and several choruses.
! The last evening will present Schubert
symphony In Q and copious selections 10
solo voices, chorus and orchestra irQT
, Wagners opera Of Lohengrin. This brlg
resume Of the evenings programmes WI
be sufficient to show that the music to b
: given will require for It's adequate preser
, lation Musicians, singers and conductO
, Of no common order, The public ma
rest assured that these will oil be fortf
: coming. The master spirit Of the festive
Is Mr.. Theodore Thomas, the man who ha
: giyen.tO the American people new star
dard Of musical intelligence, and mad
such occasions as the May Festival pOss
bic. The orchestra will include one hur
, dred instruments, Of which Mr.. Thomal
. admirably trained orchestra IL tne NJ
Cleus. The organ will be played by Nj
Dudley Buck, Of Boston, one Of the llri
! organists in the country, and the con
: poser Of much valuable music for tho
1 instrument,
The soloists Of the festival are Mrs, i
II. Smith, Of Boston, and Miss abb
Whinnery, Of Ohio, soperanOs; Miss Ami
Louise Cary, Of strakOSCh's opera troupt
Z. and Miss Emma Cranch, Of Cincinnati
: Contraltos Mr.. William ]. Winch an
Mr.. II. Alexander BiSchOf, Of New Iorl
tenorS; Mr.. N. w. Whitney, the admir-
. bic oratorio singer, Of Boston, and Nj
@ Frank RemmertI, Of New York, bassO
!, The chorus Is largely the same that san
in the great festival at Cincinnati tw
years ago. II includes most Of the bel
/. voices Of Cincinnati, and picked singer
from the musical societies Of heighboFln
, town and cities. Two years ago its trail
ing seemed almost perfect. Since then
! master selected by Mr.. Thomas has ha
! Il under constant discipline, and itstand
| to-day beyond all rivalry in this countr,
, except, perhaps, the Handel anu Hayd
Society OF Boston. ...r, .......,..