St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-22
IN JOYOUS TRILLS.
st. Johns Choir Give an En-
jOyable Concert at the
Peoples.
Appellate Judges Pass Upon
Various Knotty Legal
Problems.
Fur Sewers Continue Their
Strike Against Messrs.
McKibbin & Co.
Days Doings Graphically
Chronicled by Globe
Founders.

An audience of ordinary size is SIM
ply swallowed up and lost sight of in
the Peoples church, but the audience
there last night was large enough to de-
serve the name even in that auditorium.
The occasion was the second annual
concert of the st. Johns church choir,
and the programme, although decidedly
too long, was very pleasing, and was
listened to with attention.
First on the programme was Gull
mants Grand Choeur in ID, played by
L. Warren Andrews. The composition
was rendered with fire, and with
breadth of treatment so many Organists
lack. The Apollo club followed with
Twilight. "by Dudley Buck The club,
as ever, sang admirably. The finale
was tritle uncertain, but the remain
der of the chorus was given with
delightful delicacy, of shading and &C.
curacy of phrasing. Franz Wagner
played as violineello solo the fantasia
LA Fielle du Regiment" by Sarvais.
Mr.. Wagner's playing is remarkable for
its mastery of technique and its firm
ness and purity of tone. AS an encore
dainty little Pepper gavotte was given
sang The Beating of My Own Heart"
by Strelezski. in clear, admirably
sustained tenor voice of pure quality.
The song is not calculated TO display
MIR. Merrill'S voice to advantage. The
singer refused an encore. The organ
number by T. Warner Andrews,
''Marche Funebre ct Chant Sera-
phique." by Guilmant, was not we'll
selected. 1t is difficult OF comprehen-
sion, and although admirably played
was out of place in mixed programme.
Mrs. Agnes Stalberg Hall is compare
lively a stranger in st. Paul, but is
the town. She sang the familiar So
prano solo and prayer from Der Fret
schultz" Her voice is marvelousIy
clear and sweet, though not especially
heavy. She sings as easily and natur-
ally as bird, albeit with evidences of
excellent training. AS an encore Mrs.
Hall sang gay little Swedish song
Next came the Apollo club with Mac
DoWelFS groteSque "Dance of the
Gnomes,'' which the club has given be-
fore. The second part of the number
was The Goslings," a quantity comic
song by Bridge, in which strain from
Mendelssohn's '.Wedding March" is I'M
troduced with odd effect.
The important part of the concert was
the old ballad. Lord Lorel," set to
music in cantata style by George Fox. :
The soloists were Mrs. Hall, A. S. Will.
loughby, T. j. Shepard and Charles De-,
Lacy, with Fletcher Wheeler as di-
rector. The choir boys were in gay Zou-,
ave uniforms, and were we'll nigh
faultless in their part. Mrs. Halls,
voice was more delightful than ever in
the soprano solos. The other singers
were very pleasing indeed, and theI
ballad was thing to be thoroughly en-
joyed.' 1sF-
The Jackdaw of Rheims, (which the
choir gave SO we'll at its last years con-y
cert, was repeated after ..Lold Lovei,'
and ended the evenings entertainment
The soloists were Mr.. LIE Lacy, Joe
Mead, Fred Mathews and Harry Linds-
ley. The composition was given with
ACCURACY and in good STYLE