Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-24

"Was II all your fancy painted w
What did you think Of the Messiah7
How was the music generality DO we
stand any show, Whatever, in the con
test9 How il the music hall for sing
ing purpose? Ho did they treat you,
anyway What do you think Of Utah
day for September ninth? VIII the
choir give concert In Chicago5
When will we siAn7 Did you hear
the Apollo olub2 How did you feel In
the railroad ACCIDENT"
These, and several hunred other
eager inquiries formed battery Prof.
Stephens had to face whom no stood up
before the choir on his return from
Chicago. Passing his hand over his
few remaining locks, the choir leader
INDUCED In one Of his characteristic
talks to his singers. a condemnation
OF his report, made later TO NEWS re-
preventative, Is rs follows
The Worlds Fair was emphatically
all that hls fancy had painted It, and
more, and his fancy 10 pretty good at
painting, too. II was simply bswild-
ingly sublime. AZ for the music he
had heard, he could only say that In
general, he was somewhat disap-
pointed. Mr.. ThomhA' orchertra was OF
course superb when playing as an
orchestra, but II was not at all 30 when
he heard 1t accompanying the Apollo
club In Bach's Passion music; the
Apollo club IL mixed organization
billed a. 900 voices, but really possess.
ing about 800; which shows that the
World'a Fair IL not superior to Hippo
drome methods. Tho rendition was
fair, not first-clats. Asked for an opin.
ion n 10 how the chorus compared
with the Tabernacle choir, Mr.
Stephens said. "They are superior 10
us In quality Of tone-inferior In power,
ia what call tho lifting quality In
Singer; In attack they were poor,
shading fair" The whole rendition
OF the Passion Music, Mr.. stephens
thought, showed the society not NJ Its
beat, and he thought It was largely due
10 the fact that they trained under ono
conductor (romlinH) and sang under
another trhomAs).
The railway accident Of which he
had already written 10 the NEWS, had
detained him NO that he had missed
the performance OF tho Messiah. From
hearing the Apollo club In Music hall,
however, he had been able 10 obtain
good Idea OF the acoustics OF the build
Ing whore theSeptember contest would
take place. IL was almost oval In
shape, something In fact like the inter.
ior OF n circus tent, with the roof
high In the center, and would
seat 5000 or 5000 people, while 1000 or
BOO0 more could find standing room.
The big organ In the hail was not yet
finished, anu neither were the lighting
arrangements. 30 that all concerts thus
far had been held In the dsy time.
Mr.. Stephens was satisfied that the
Tabernacle choir would sing ~ well In
the building as II does Mt home. IL Il
probable that only an ordinary organ
would be used IN accompaniment at
this contests. OF course no Chicago
body would compete, but he heard
good accounts OF the two choruses
which had entered from Scranton.
Regarding Utah Day, he said every
one was pleased that II had been
W t1NINs NANl hhA
n fne program could DO arranged.
Whether any money could DO made
out OF II In the way OF charging ad-
mission. he was not yet informed IA TO
the giving Of public concert In
Chicago. MIR. Stephens said he
had Visiteu the Auditorium, which
there was no chance OF obtain
Ing, rs the magnificent spectacle
America was examining that place anu
would cram II every night TIL the Fair
was over. Central Music Hall, even
n II could be obtained, would only
seat 1900, and $50 people would
have hard WORK 10 get on
the ttpge. The Welsh society
under whose auspices tue great contest
10 taking place The CymtodOrion) adj
vieeu giving n sacred concert In one Of
the big Chicago cnurches,and felt sure
they could obtain ono capable Of seat
ing 800 people. As 10 me treatment
lie received, Mr.. stephens said II was
OverpOwlng In It's hospitality. The
committee which had visited the First
Presidency recently gave Mr.. Stephens
reception IN their hall last Monday
evening, at which about 100 officers
ana members OF the Cymrodorlon
were present. The committee had
told OF the way ia which
they had been treated In
salt Lake, and there was a big burst OF
applause, There was the hAudshak ing.
the singing, and the expressions OF
cordially % intepaTablo from Welsh
gatherings, and Mr. Stephens not only
nearly hal his arm wruug from It's
socket, but was called On Tor n speech,
and was greatly applaused when he
was through. The society was very
anxious that the choir should atiage for
con, crt at Racine, where Il has
powerful brancs, and promised that