Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-29
EnGerIaln nnenGa.

The seat sale opens this morning at Loomis' Temple of Music for the Gilmore jubilee con- cert which will take place next Monday night. Everywhere Gilmore is greeted with the greatest of success, and his audiences go wild with enthusiasm in the excellence and characteristics of the music as rendered by this wonderful band. The half of the de light of Gilmore concert cannot be told in advance. Besides the whole band under the personal direction of the original P. $. Gill more and 8 chorus of 150 of New Hayen's choice voices we shall hear the cannon fea- ture of the great Boston jubilee reproduced and the following able and artistic voealists: Mime. Blanche Stone Barton, Miss Helen Dudley Campbell, Campanini (sure this time) Del Puente, Dsnckwardt, Myron Whitney and the pianist Ferrari.
 THE PERFORMANCE OF ''ELIJAH" TO NIGHT,
 There has been a remarkable growth in the unusual appreciation of our people within the past ten years, particularly in certain lines of musical competition. Symphony and chamber concerts attract large and dis eliminating audiences, and amateur organi- zations for the study and production of works of the highest rank are daily increas- ing amid all the interest and growth the ora torio both as study and an enjoyment has been surprisingly overlooked. Within a short time Prof. Jepson has been conducting 8 chorus of singers which have performed Haydn's Creation" and Handel's 'sMessiah. , During the past eleven years these are the only performances of oratorio we have had. and, although they were excellent ones they represent quite too limited an attention to oratorio for 30 long period. Prof. Jepson now announces with his chorus perfor- nance of Mendelssohn's "Ehjah" for We'd nesdsy evening, May 29th, at the St. John street M. E. church. If there were no better reason to be offered, the scarcity of such orstorio-rendering ought to occasion a crowded house, but there are many other reasons which should weigh with our music lovers The "Elijsh" as @ work written with all the dignity and strictness of form of the older oratorios and yet with 6 delicate, sensi- tive outpouring of genuine musical fervor, influenced to Q considerable degree by more modern forms, of musical expression, has commanded, ever since its first production at the Birmingham festival in 1644, the widest admiration and commendation. Probably taken altogether no oratorio ever written has steadily the years go on. If one were never to hear but @ single oratorio and were to select which it should be they could safely select the "Elijah" as 8 faithful and complete ensample of this great class of compositions. Another reason for attending this performance is that those al- ready given by the same management afford an assurance that this-will be worthy of the masterpiece which 1t will produce. The la- bor of preparing and doing such works ia very great, and the only reward to those who thus labor is the attention and interest which the public give to the subject and the oanera1 approval of their success. The benefit ia ali for the public itself and should not be neo- lected or allowed to pass by any who need the instruction and musical advantage which develops from such performances. T.G.S.