St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-08
THE MAY FESTIVAL.
Last Nights Performance Insures the
Complete Success of the Great
Enterprise.
The Attorney General Answers Interesting
Questions put by the Railroad
Commission.
quarterly Report of the Assoclateo
Charities Remarks on the Cold
Weather.
Aid. Dowlan VIII Contest--TheC our'
Racket--Rea1 Estate and other
Routine.
IT'S A SUCCESS.
The Fate OF the Musical Postwar Ao
Longer Predetermined.

IT'S A SUCCESS.
The Fate OF the Musical Festival NO
Longer PrOblematical.
Several circumstances conSpired TO make
the second night of the May festival more
successful and enjoyable than the opening
performance. To begin with the august
parsonage who manipulates the STORM
clouds in this section of the banana zone
deigned to make the weather Just
the least bit less severe, the re-
suit being largely increased
attendance and the natural and spontaneous
enthusiasm which is always inspired by
large audience. Then the program was eX-
ceedingly popular, and while there were no
lengthy and involved concertOS, the Dill IN
cluded the names of many of the great mas
tiers of songs and of instrumental compost
tions The selections were classical anu
popular, inasmuch as they represented the
advanced musical ideas of such dlSdngulSheu
composers as Beethoven, Gounod, wagner,
Mendelssohn, Weber and others. The pleas,
ure was also vastly increased by the gooa
work of the orchestra and chorus, when
performed in admirable unison, and the
precision and accuracy with which the
NS~>~N
credit upon the director.
THE PROGRAM
opened with a performance by the orches-
ira. being the overture of ''Len0re," by
Beethoven, and symphony i'll Il minor
from Mozart. The selection made superb
opening piece, as the great beauties and
touching melodies of the score enlisted the
attention of the audience and prepared the
way for the feast to come. The enchanting
melodies of the symphony were most effect
lively given by the strings, the ensemble
being decidedly pleasant.
This was followed by an aria from
Gounod's Faust" superbly rendered
nifcent range, volume and power
Of whose voice were shown to splendid ad-
vantage. The effect and expression in
spired the sympathy of the audience and he
was greeted with tempest of applause.
THE APPEARANCE OF NINE. PAPPENHEIM
was the signal for hearty manifestations of
recognition, and it could be readily dis
eerned that between the diva and her audi
enee there had already been established the
best of feeling. She sang from WeberS
''Oberon," the aria ''Ocean du Ungehaur,"
the trying selection being rendered
and feeling, the sympathetic qualities of her
grand voice being heard with rapturons
pleasure by the audience. Her splendid
performance was greeted by perfect
storm of applause.
The next selection, concerto by the
complete orchestra, met with perfect ova-
ton. 1t consisted of three parts, the
overture, Merry Wives of Windsor, by
Nicolai, the Serenade, (andante,) by Fuchs,
and an intermeZzo, by Ambrose Thomas.
The excellent training Of the orchestra
was here shown to splendid adj
vantage, the gliding gradations, intricate
movements and transitions of the
tempos being executed with precision and
beauty highly creditable to the orchestra
and leader and with such pleasurable effect
upon the audience that it insisted On its
right to a repetition. This proved one of
the most delightful features of the even
ing.
But the banquet was like a rich feast
spread before an honored guest, and it is
really difficult to say which of the dainty
dishes proved the most palatable. When
the favorite soloiSt,
MR.. WHITNEY,
made his appearance, he was the recipi-
ent of hearty round of applause.
He sang Mendelssohn's 'Son and Stranger {
with the power and depth Of sentiment and
feeling for which his magnificent bass voice
is noted. The audience insisted on an
encore, and it was some minutes before the
applause which greeted his performance
subsidized.
Mme Pappenheim then rendered selec-
ton from MendelssOhn, ''Hear My Prayer"
with chorus and orchestral accompaniment.
The tender and sweet melody of the COM
position was given in bewitching manner
by the donna, and the chorus and orchestra
harmOniZed perfectly.
After the intermission the orchestra gave
what proved to be the instrumental gem Of
the evening. This was the overture to
Memberships Midsummer Nights
Dream and Rubenstein's opera, ''Fera-
mors.'' The ensemble of the Orchestration
was little short of perfect and the effect
was very inspiring and beautiful.
The applause which greeted the rendi-
ton was deafening, but scarcely less vocif-
erouS was the reception extended the tenor
solo OF Mr.. Fritsch, which followed. He
gave the Farewell solo from Wagner's
''Lohengrin," and the perfectly artistic
manner in which it was rendered earned
for him one OF the heartiest recalls OF the
evening.
The violin concerto from Mendelssohn,
by Prof. Jacobsohn, proved a charming
feature of the program and again empha-
sized the witching power of this maestro
over his instrument.
THE CLOSE.
After vocal selection, the ''Oh, Per-
fdo," from Beethoven, charmingly rem
dered by Madame Pappenheim, the Or
chestra gave the ''Grand Concert March. :"
a composition by Signor Jannotta. 1t is a
characteristic work, fayoring the Ital-
ian school of melody, and the
orchestration was particularly good. The
program closed with the Messiah halleIu-
jah chorus, superbly rendered by the chorus
and orchestra.
This evening Haydn's grand oratorio of
1.-THE Seasons" will be given, and in order
to accommodate visitors DESTROYS of catch
ing the late trains the program will open at
-7:30 o'clock sharp.
The festival chorus and orchestra are re-
quested to be on the stage at 1890 o'clock
sharp to-day, in full dress, as q photo
graphic group is to be taken, and they will
bring with them the oratorios of the s'Cre-
atf0n'' and the Seasons