St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-22

Pccthoyen's strains entrance. but tn;
chords OF Handel inspire. The great
audience ut tho First Baptist church
last evening, called out by the Orpheus
Choral clab and Christ church choir IN
grand concert. sat as single individual,
css-spelIbound, as the swelling
chords OF IIandeps Largo" burst from
the throat Of the pipe organ under the
persuasive touch Of j. Lewis Browne.
Paderewskrs MELODY Opus, No. 2"
suffered by comparison with the magnifi-
cent strains Of the Largo" as the thin,
frelful drip OF a small waterfall palcs IN
the steady thunder Of the surf. TheWag-
merriam school then had It's innings. The
grand march from "Rienzi," full Of the
strange, wild passages and sudden
transformations that drip only from the
pen OF Wagner. perhaps oyershad-
owed both Of the others, from Wag-
merriam point OF view, just as scene IN
the tropics, with all its warmth and
color, rivals In brlliancy the grandeur
Of pale, gray Alpine day At his
trxt entrance Mr.. Browne played that
.iry creation Of Bird, the ''Andante
From Suite f." the fairy-likc Les
freshness of dew on the flowers the
composer had In mind when he gave
this exquisite thing TO the world, ana
Brownies ''POsllude ia ca closed this
part If the programme, which was ar
ranged as prelude 10 the sacred can
tara, The Holy City" composed by
Alfred Il. Gaul. for the Birmingham
musical festival IN 1882.
Intense stiffness reigncd az the first
trembling notes Of he organ went aloft
In the prelude, aud were sllenccd alter
. few bars by the spirited piano acom-
paniBent of Mrs James MaXlield. once
#gaiu the thrilling notes OF TIC organ
took 40 the measure and wien, al
sIgnal from the musical director,
James Baikie, 800 voices broke into the
Triumphant strains Of 40 Shadows
Vet" il was a jubilee indeed. Each
solo showed the same careful prepare
tion that characterized the work OF the
mammoth chorus, the fresh treble OF
the choir boys lending distinct
c0lOriug to tho heavier voices
Powerful and pathetic were Mrs. Kreig
cr's notes in the cOntraltO solo, Eye
Hath Not Seen and Ear Hath Not
Heard" Pure and clean cut were those
Of the soprano, Mrs Clarence II. Johns
ion. Mrs. Russell X. DOrr took the
mcIZO soprano, J.. i. De sale the tenor
and BENJAMIN Stillwell the bassO. The
entire performance was one OF the best
musical festivals ever rendered the peO-
Die Of st. Paul, and the character Of the
music, as well as Mr.. Baillle's reputa.
ton as a director, should have drawn
AN audience three times too large for
the capacity Of this church. As IL was,
the church was well nigh filled; and
the fact that it was
a Rare Musical Night
Only prevented a jam. At Westmore-
land hall the Beethoven string quartette
gave its final concert for the season to
large, fashionable and critical audience.
it would seem that the quartette's best
was, in this instance, reserved Tor the
last, FOR the programme contained some
gems. One Of Schumann's finest com
positions composed the first number -
"Allegro Vivace, Quartette No g" Mr..
Drlls songs were fine conceptions Of
Buck, Loring and Schelley; and the
work Of Miss Lii Van Praag, the talent
ed young pianiste of New York, whose
services were secured for this one Occa-
sion. was warmly applauded. Frau
Amaie Joachim, the greatest "Lleder'
sungstTess Of Germany, will appear with
the Beethoven String quartette in con-
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