The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-18
DRAMATIC And LYRIC
Gilmore's Band and Our Big
Music Festival.
MANTELL AS THE DUSKY MOOR,
Last Nights Performance-Cha Reed Com,
ing-The City Directory Show
and People.
Gilmore's band is coming.


This announcement will cause music
lovers from Paris to st. George to prick up
their ears with interest; but the added an
nouncement that the visit of the band will
be made the occasion of monster music
festival, something like the mammoth plan
THE HERALD mentioned some time ago for
an AIbani festival-will set every one of
them in instantaneous motion for the
capital
Mr. Lame, Gilmore's agent, has been in
town several days; he first engaged the as
sistance of Douglas White, and the two
called at The HERALD Office as the best
place for advice on the mammoth enter
prise they contemplated. They have been
at work quietly for several days past, and
| last evening it was learned that they had
arranged with Evan Stephens to call
together a monster chorus of from three
hundred to i've hundred voices
and train them in the choruses MIR. GilmOr
had marked out: these include The Pill
grims chorus from Lombard, The Prayer
from Lohengrin, chorus accompaniment
to the sixtette from Lucia, The Halleluiah
and several others.
AS to the building, of course the taber-
nacle will be the first choice and the heart
| felt desire of Mr.. Gilmore, as he once
played there with his great band, and he
| is well acquainted with the grand organ
and the magnificent possibilities of the
building. Everyone will join in the wish
that Mr.. Gilmore will be successful in OBJ
tanning the tabernacle, as with the festival
held there, the occasion would take on a
! territorial Importance which no other
building could give it. Should it be i'm
possible for any reason to obtain the tab
ernacle, Mr.. Gilmore's representative and
Mr.. White hope to secure the territorial
exposition building.
AS to the organization, it hardly needs
an announcement 1t comes siXty-three
musicians strong, among them being the
great solOists of the country The lyric
portion of the company is equally strong,
Myron w. Whitney, the celebrated bass,
leading it, and the others being artists of
no less note.
The last week in October is the time set
for the event; two concerts will be given
and excursion trains will run from all sec
lions of the west.
Mr. Stephens said last week his plan
would be to call together the 400 singers
who formed the magnificent chorus for the
Johnstown sufferers benefit, with some
specially invited voices in addition. If
this plan is carried out, the HERALD feels
no hesitation in guaranteeing MIR. Gilmore
SucU clOfuS as ne has uOG SecQfetl III any
of the towns this side of Chicago or
St. Paul
Mantell closed his engagement at the
Grand last evening in 'Othello,'' which he
played to a fair sized audience. After sec
ing Lawrence Barrett play the dusl1y Moor,
it is difficult to concede that the character
can be approached by any lesser light: but
there were many admirable features in
Mr. Mantell's presentation, and to those
who had not seen it bettered, it must have
been satisfactory.
Charlie Reed, ''the plain comedian" Gil
bert, of "Natural Cas- fame, Martinetti
and several others well known in Salt
Lake, come to the theatre Wednesday and
Thursday with the "City Directory com
pany-Reed making his first appearance
here. The printing is the most attractive
seen here for long time, and the favoI1te
names in the organization argue thatit will
do good business here The play is COM
edy of errors. All Of its characters are
named Smith. Everybody is chasing some
body else. There is Mr.. John Smith, of
New York. a capitalist who is called from
his home in the Minerva fats to meet an
unknown siren at the TivOli garden. There
is Mr.. John Smith. of Chicago, detective,
who IS pursuing a bank rObber named John
Smith, and who leases the Tivoi with
view of arresting all the John Smiths who