The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-27

Chorus and Orchestra.
After the introduction by the orchestra
the BASES of the chorus had the honor of
beginning the vocal part of the festival in
the "Stabat Mater"-the tenors in turn
taking up the theme. and afterward the
sopranos and altos until the chorus re-
sounded with the supp]ication Hear
and Save Us.n The manner of sing
ing the long-sustained notes in
this chorus proved the success of
Prof. Barus's difficult work. The quartet
singing added greatly to its effectiveness.
their voices ringing out with an individu-
atty peculiar to ~soloists. Miss Juch has q
fascinating way of looking her part, what
ever it may be, and In the word, ..lachry-
mOsa." her face was adness itself. Per-
haps the finest work in this number was
in the closing part. where the singers OBJ
served their rests SO correctly.
MIR. LAWN sang the great tenor solo.
"Cujus Altman" artistically and extreme
ly well. His voice in the high notes was
especially pure and sweet. One might wish
he would sing out more In fOrzando pas
sages. The solo closes with a run beginning
in G sharp. which Mr.. LAWN sang with
perfect ease and a fine. pure tone.
In the duet, "Quis est Homo."' the &C
compartment was a beautiful part
Of the number Miss Juch's and
Mine. HOOie0 voices DlcnQcu unusually
well and the roulade In which the descend
ing passage was accented was given with
spirit and effectively. Mr.. Emil Fischer
sang the well known PRO Peccatis" solo.
His stage presence seems to warrant a big
voice. Indianapolis audiences have heard
Mr. Fischer before and the iexibility of his
voice is no longer q surprise 80 them. Even
when he ~ singing fortissimo his Voice
gives the impression that he could GILL
sing louder be wanted t.;
the key apparently unaided and sang with
out accompaniment the recitative. The
chorus sang this exceedingly veil ard jt
was a difficult thing to keep the pitch SO
perfectly throughout without help from
the orchestra.
The final andante was admirable. This
chorus is perhaps more cburchly. according
to modern ideas, than any one of the others.
In the quartet without accompaniment
there was q suspicion at first that all was
not as it should be, but with the full
strength of numbers the poise was quickly
regained. The loud passages were ener-
getic and thrilling. but there seemed TO be
a difference of opinion in the pronunciation
of the words in this quartet. The Italian
pronunciation was given by all except Mr..
Fischer. who rendered into Latin the pro-
nunciatiOn that belonged to il.
Nine. Clara Pooie sang the Fac ut
Portem" solo supertiy-makipg a dramatic
and effective change in her voice in the
roulade which closes the piece. The In
fiammatus" solo and chorus are decidedly
the gem of the "Stabat Mater" The chorus
did excellent singing in this, and Miss
Juch's voice lowered around and above
the chorus. always prominent. Ii was
qnite a diplomatic move for the chorus to
send on 30 tine a voice to arrive first and
do a little SPECIAL duplicating.
The last quartet was well sung. and
the closing amen chorus, in quick time,
was given with a swinging rhythm. accel-
Grating the time, rising higher and louder
and piling glory on glory till the Enal
amen was given.
1t is owing to Prof. Carl Barus that so
unusual q treat was given. The 'Stabat
Mater" Is seldom rendered in its entirety.
and Professor Barus has brought the chorus
to an excellent standard for such work. The
appearance of Mr.. Theodore Thomas was
greeted with applause. and although
his present orchestra is partly new TO him
he had already exerted his magnetic IN
fuence over IL. The overture to Tam
hauser" was the first instrumental number
on the programme. 1t begins with the
steady rythmical movement OF the pilgrims
orus-amu itself for q while with some
much about, but ont of this again comes
The placid. dIgnitied chorus of the pill
Rrims. the whirring. sensuous strains OF
the sirens was beautifully played. Grieg's
part, The Death of Asa" was exquisite.
Iy gwen, and "Anitra's Dance"
had the sadness peculiar to so
much of the Norwegian music.
1t is in ga time. and has q good deal OF
gymnastics instead of bowling and occas-
ional cymbals. Nationally CHARACTERISTIC
music ~abounded last evening. LISTS
Hungarian Rhapsody" was gwen in q
fresh. spirited and vigorous manner. and IL
was a pleasure to see Mr.. Thomas lead. his
accompaniments being unusually delicate,
always subservient to the voice. at the
same time preserving their individuality.
The last chorus was well given. There
are too frequent repetition of some parts 20
make it = thoroughly pleasing chorus, but