St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-15
MELODY IN VOLUME.
SEIBERT,S EASTER CONCERT
AT THE METROPOLITAN.
is A RARE MUSICAL TREAT.
The Orchestra of Thirty-Five
Pieces Render an Exquisite
Programme of Music,

The Seibert Easter concert at the
Metropolitan opera house yesterday
afternoon proved to be one of the
most enjoyable musical events of
the year. While the opera house was
not crowded, owing largely to the
counter attraction offered by the
delightful weather, the auditorium
was comfortably filled with an ap-
preciative audience. 1t was also a
picturesque audience, for the fem
mime contingent was large-and it
was Easter Sunday-two co-eXist-
ing circumstances sure to bring
forth a profusion of the bright col
ors significant of spring attire.
The programme was happily Sc
riety Of orchestral music, and Voca'
and instrumental solos, Seibert'e
orchestra, which contributed the
earlier portion of the concert, had
been augmented to the number OF
thirty-five pieces. That it had I'M
dergone thorough rehearsal APP
peared Enthusiastically The concert
opened with the overture to Mari
tana," Wallace's melodious roman
tic opera. 1t received a most cred
liable Interpretation. The orchestra
played with perfect unanimity, and
with noticeable delicacy in the more
dainty passages. The next number
comprised two widely contrasted
compositions = HandeIs 81 largo"
and Mendelssohn's exquisite ''Spring
Song" The latter number was in
terpreted with more effect than the
Largo which demands a breadth
and fullnesS of tone not attained
When most needed-namely, in the
passages for the first violin. With
the next number, however, the or
chestra succeeded admirably. 1t
was Massenet's ''Fete= Boheme,'' a
spirited and dashing composition
which was played with splendid ex-
preston and fine precision.
Inc instrumental music was var
led at this portion Of the program
by a soprano solo sung by Miss
Nellie Wilde. The selection was
Denza's IF Thou Didst Love Me. )"
Miss Wilde was perceptibly embar-
raised at the start, but soon re-
gained her composure, and sang
With more confidence. She possesses
sweet voice, noticeabIy clear and
round In the upper register. but NOT
quite SO we'll developed in the lower
tones. MISS Wilde sang with taste
ana received wel1-merited encore
Inc next orchestral number was n
selection from "Lohengrin," which re-
celVed commendable treatment. as if
was played with admirable expression
and delicacy.
one of the features of the concert
proved to be the singing of Mrs. Carrie
Stewart. of Minneapolis. Mrs. Stewart
has rich, smooth contraIto voice of
considerable volume, and undeniab HE
purity of tone. She has 1t under nar-
feet control and uses it like an artist
Her phrasing and expression of tho
beautiful aria 80, Robert. Beloved -
from Meyerbeer's Robert LIE Djabla,,
We're highly commemorate. For an en-
core Mrs. Stewart sang a beautiful
German ballad with charming grace
The next number introduced Frank
Selbert in violin solo. assisted bv his
brother, George Seibert, who furnished
the piano accompaniment. Mr.. Seibert
played Sarasate's "Novella Fantasia y
difficult and exacting arrangement
Of arias from Faust" The encore
which followed was deserved.
Another change in the character or
the music was offered in substitution
of a full military band for the orches-
ira. The band first gave 1.-THE En-
peror's Trumpeters, by Vollstedt.
which had specially been transcribed
for the concert by Director George
Seibert. The soloists or trunpeters
We're William NARROW, Otto Pankonf
Roy Lawson and Ed THEM. The com.
position was we'll played and emphati-
caliy encored.
The final number on the programme
was the tremendous "Rienzi'' over
ture, which requires at least seventy
five pieces to give it a fully adequate
expression, but under the circuu-
stances the band played it as effective
iy as any organization of it's size could
be expected to.