, 1876-05-28

Anna Drasiil: tcnura, Mr. j. G. bartlett, Me.
Alonzo Latch; tassos, NJ: Castor Got {;ottseaalk,
and Mr. ,Gonley: nianists, pr @ Won Bulo"' Made
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HOME.
,,.::. :. El.sAu.
,nts;ac of Mr. Uatrh,s debut. which has beer,
already noticed, was the performance OF Me'l-
,1elssohn's oratorio of AElijah ~ by the Bee-
.1,o,.o, soo;otv a. tho 1,vnonth Conrrtpa
tho'en society," At ~, luz tashloutn eong t5ae:St-
tional Church, OIL Thursday evening, closing
t1,e ,vort or the Sotietv for this season. Ora
torio performances are becoming rare events IN
Chicago. for the lack of an oratorio society and
o-chestro ond y g,nnse Mt the mast, there
fore, viii DC Of interest. Cheseso hca'"
its first oratorio, .'The Creation, on the 11th OF
May, 1865 at which time ths Musical Union at per-
formed IT, Win Ars nos1"'cA' ar' anu an. uo
za.t, Miss Jones, Mrs. sheppeFman, A'ss shef1uan
Ta.,++ ss5 a. Taocc,1 in tho Solo and couce.tcd
'e"sll' anu 49, ~ ~ 49,. a,,a,,e sar,. ~
dead some have lett u.s. not one is singing in Chi
cago. The second performance Of 1.-THE Creation
vas given Oct. Q, 1858, with notable cast Hattie
Andem sang sa9r'1i; Mfs e1r;na Mnzne anhaei and
schnmann, c.tes, % It1;ss ~, .h5, nsh5,.t s4ms ~ fh.
aa aa If tha orchcstr' and Dohn vas DIRECTOR
with chorus OF ouly s,3ty so1ees.out Sly fuJn
voices! Think O. tn1s ~ ,aesc !, has " nan
ersn "i, I've times here and lie Messiah ~ nvc
times, with snch n9,aule sllscts T., o. ,,sts H.;
NILSSON; Sass, asse tSa,' IL hcs;nr hccn given
seven times ~ AfSs psso"Sts 1SS ~" ,,n5or IL H.
nia.,,a, SCI on f,.sc;to,. with Mrs. Davidson
1sasis asttcsnn ceorre Siulpson, and jules G.
@ am " 9Sas md I,oornc Hrot,n have sung
atte E and ae iesoy SOCIETY," VIII
Miss IS Haskell, :s Ms johnson Miss Brewster Miss
Fo5esman Mr en-, r s, co1'rcrte5 ,xot md
ana AZ ce ~ ~ rbepns ,sh sir ddy II TIC
orEan, and Mr. Wofs9hn at the baton: a,;3. aor ss,
The audience was arse one' hiitng every ~ sea. a
aadenee. de eeItainy tic Society oagt havs ben
inspired II turned ogt IN 1aI Lso
niss sha ssast'i the
soprano work rI 1ne ng o r.
M ns ehe ,phnson hsd the alto solos; Mr. Dexter the
1 Tenor. and sir. Bergstein the labor,ous part Of
1oda. n r. Mrs 1maun NJ nso ndsnosed Miss
~ 2afs otesman us man Mr Barnes, and Mr Clark u.s.
| .;stcd in the concerted numbers. Mr. H. Clarence
Eaoy na1 t1 ;s ws he disnos1ion Of the forces
How did they do tteir work:
Primarily We nay y,dnssnhns iay a1M v iife is esscn
tfnl1 nI drama5ic and highly colored. In these
anecis no other oraorio resembles it. ltindcates
new is Gr,matic a Character ~ in tue char
as aster of it's usicai constsaetion Although
] MI nfft{1 md
dent adfef u ;l nwnr aitosctIe, with
td conventional form Of oratorlo scor-
!ne .u,o our IN new path OF his own
ing ana y stsaGs M tn oao ~ ard unrnascs Is IN onera
viii 9,s1cd m and charaetcrs Ita rsctativcs
constfneteu ~ ~. a nm"rtnttns ind their naral-
s Il ahos abe ode2n opela is choruses are
dramatic hn!y ~ strnnp nnu staaiidns and On
wn9tx p5rtnnities MSs r' for points which are not
found in the elegant una clssl pncnprnr ~ rs
riplets The most @ sweeping ha
be made ct The soe1etys slg1n rs iai and with
the enSfases ,ar Us the MAIN Tic cborns kept we'll
III to the key atno4sm he ~" e s;n.crs lad
raS so hsy SS9sa ropped down.
there was ~ ~ "wnnt of nrccsiou
10 te ale xoiceshcrc was no trouble
with the sopranos nnu @ n,os xnJ W. All n m ,rran III
because tne enosu? au,,r M45 uustainsnu ncsmpani-
though sncl magnanGen1Is a1I = .. tSird 1eesase