The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-16
TWO MUSICALEVENTS
The Tabernacle Choir's Big Organ
Concert.
ALBANI AND co. IN THE CITY
Last Nights Event-The Concert Troupe do
not Show up at the
Tabernacle,

Last night was a great musical night IN
Salt Lake The whole town gave ltsen
over to the worship Of the heavenly
maid, for the time being, and the stores,
for anv trade that was left to be done,
yssaight lust as well have closed and joined
in the worship too. The streets were
almost deserted and the whole population
had apparently emptied itself into the
Tabernacle square 1t was the hrsu-ahd
let rs hope the first Of a long Series-orSah
recital Under the auspices OF the taber-
uacle choir. and as everyone but cnlldefn
I'm arms was invited, as the great lnStfu-
,pCu$nf was practically on parade iOf the
SfAst time and as the programme arranged
for the occasion included the names OF
some Of orr best local artists, It may be
imagined that there was no holding back on
the mart of the public. Then too, 1t had
been announced that Albani would grace
the occasion with her presence and that
her b $50. Mr.. Foote, would sing between
the two parts, all Of which served TO Whet
the anticipation. -.
The spectacle as viewed from
the choir and stands was most magnlt-
cent one The myriad Of gas Jets were
ablaze. and the whole vast interior was as
bright as MONDAY Every inch Of space
was filled. and all the entrance places were
blocked with crowd OF people standing.
There has been no such spectacle since
Patti sang there to a $4,000 audience and
Patti. of course did not draw the throng
which was present last evening. 1t IS
probable that from 5000 to lO,OOO people
were present at the opening.
THE PROGRAMME
had been made out with good taste and
Judgment and it's numbers were OF d class
TO suit all tasteS-rather mcllhlng 10 Ihe
sacred order throughout
There was only one mistake, the pro
rramme was too long. and the heat that
arose from the immense number OF gas Jets
and the breathing of such tremendous
audience. made it seem longer still. Ten OF
twelve single numbers will be ample next
time. The great organ was, OF course, the
a.9in object of interest: both Prof.. Dayne5
&nd Prof. Radcliffe presided over the
instrument. and it is not eXaggeraung to
saw that they gave to thousands of their
auditors their first real taste Of the enjoy
ment of organ music. Mr.. Daynes played
"The Pilgrims Song Of Hope and the
civilian Tell Overture, - with other selec
tons, but these two were best appreciated,
and showed off the instrument TO full ad-
vantage and gave him, too, an opportunity
to show his varied styles OF execution. MIR.
Radcliffe was down for several numbers,
all of which he played in his masterful
STYLE He thrilled the audience equally
whether rendering the thunderOus notes OF
Batiste's grand offertory, or giving an eX-
uuste aria with that most angelic cOmbln-
alton he knows so well how to produce.
MIR. Thomas sang a bass solo from Naza-
reth in good style, keeping in better
time than we have before known him to do.
Mr. Kent was down for two numbers: the
second was the best, but with everything
b else near the close, it had to suffer by the
noise made by the people leaving the
house Bishop Whitney, who opened
the recital with prayer, had asked the
audience to refrain from stamping or shout
ing, and this, with the length Of the pro
gramme, it was thought, would operate
against encores However, the enthusiasm
broke over bounds after Mr.. Weihes solo
and the Easton, Whitney, Goddard and
Spencer quartette, and these two numbers
AGS-to be duplicated. Mr.. Weihe played
liently, and Mr.. EastOn's voice filled
great auditorium to the remOtest recess.
Miss Deans fine voice told out in excellent
style above an accompaniment of the
great organ and Instruments, but she
too was handicapped by being near the
close, though it must be said very few left
till after her song was over. The hallelulah
chorus. excellently rendered by the choir,
concluded the whole at II o'clock, and
Apostle Heber J. Grant pronounced the
benedictiOn.
The conception of the free recital was a
noble one by whoever it was made, and all
credit should be given the choir, the com
mittee, the musicians and all others
who made it possible to carry
it out 1t speaks well for all concerned that
there was sufficient unity and sufficient in
terest in the divine art to induce so notable
and so unusual a project. May 1t be only
the beginning Of many to follow, and we
certain with the wealth of untouched
material which we have to draw from,
these occasional musicals could be made
!. events which would do an immense amount
Of good in more ways than one, and give Il
reputation TO the community which had
enterprise and generosity enough to inaug-
Urate them.