The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-01
MAY MUSIC FESTIVAL.
THE WEDNESDIT CLUB DECIDES
UPON NAY I2TH 1ND f3TH.
The Coming Festival TO Excel Those OF
Previous lears->Ome OF The Attrhc-
tions Promised-The Cantata.

The annual music festival BY the W ed
nesday cub will be given al the Academy
OF Music May l2tn and l5th. livery emu
Is being made 10 have me les..N a. nc ~.
1896 excel that ii either OF the Two pIc
viOus years Besides the three OF lonl
solo artists already ensaseu OF 70
engaged the cruz VIII bee assisteu nS
cOmpiete orchestra. n is un0efslOOu lhdt
either the Peabody orchestra OF Baltimore
or thirty OF the best artists from lh'
celebrated Boston symphony oicH'7tl'
will be engaged fOr the occasion.
Mime Lillian BlauNet soprano, anu Nl
Mackenzie Gordon, tenor, nave ailta"s
been secured. Mime blduNell Is now Il.
knOwlcdged 10 bee the very best conctl'
and oratorio singer on the America"
stage II was with great dliucuily hri
services could be secured, she ma t'r
been billed more than SIX moht"1 lA
advance for the whole OF April ana May
with the exception OF the Two dates nam
ed ana the ciuD was cOtnpeheh 10 tdN,
those dates ln Druer 10 secure hrI. -"
the occasion of her recent appeaihu,
with Theo11~e Thomas orcheSuR tn'
Chicago News says oi her. 4 very bih
liant singer and lovely woman mace HtI
row TO eXpectant chi"as0 Yesterday ~
the Auditorium. She ls Nine LllllaH
BlauVelt, dasnins nfin-itt Wild 80
franc voice of such cA iusite umDre any
sweetness that OniY VI 'iul can Ie re-
nembere as having qualities challrnSins
fhe Rlauyeit supcriorty ope sang tl,
mad scene from Hamlet as u mas never
been sung In cpnrrrt since NHssoH
flfNf. tlI ltfllN'~ VI AUS ~ ~ a AIfsf N.f'
same writer says oil her rcnhu'n.
10 not know of another woman wn'
could sing this song SCI Dedi.iiuE an"
at the same time throw 50 much he
witching suggestion apd i@lins into ne
piQu8nt neasures-CriNe temperament
and Melba's quality Of tone. Nine iaau
welt Is a delightful arts There vas an
interested crowd az t,e ina'ln"e AMI the
handsome BlauYell was the sensation 81
thc afternoon
OTHER ATTR ACTIONS
Mr. Mackenzie Gordon who rs a rising
tenor of New York. is Vouched for by those
VINO have heard min as t. betuliiW shs'
er NLO Will undoubtedly prove Lozl
rti uiar artist
The club is now negotiating for the ser.
vices OF popular young baritone sing
er OF New York. with the nope of beine
able TO secure him. Each OF the sololsts
will sing on both dates Of the festival
In addition to miscellaneous pro-
eramme Will be given Mendelssonn
Hymn Of Praise LObgesangl. mis- fa-
nous and beautiful work was writer
for the Gutenberg Festival az Leipzg.
on June -. 1910, in commemorauon OF me
fourth centenary of the invention of
printing. and was produced az the
church Of St Thomas, famous ~ con-
nectiOn with John Sebastian Bach. a. Wa2
next given at the Birmingham ltngiandl,
Festival on September I'D. IN the same
| year. ana II is recorded that the choral
Let all men praise the Lord. so I'M
pressed the audience that they rose with
adopted at Festival performances.
After the third rendering at Leipzig IN
October. 1910. the fastidious master SET
TO work 10 revise his score. the finest
| additions were Waterman. will the night
soon pass" followed by pause anc
| then by the triumphant cry Of the so
| prano. unaccOmpanied, THE night IS de-
parting" which IL has been Justly 90
| served has probably moved more near
! ers and more powerfully than any scene
| IN any similar music
The first performance OF the work IN
1 its new form took place al Leipzig on ne.
cembcr -. 1910. The Hymn Of Praise
is styled Symponia Cantata. The can
tata is frequently confounded with ora
THE CANTATA.
| The popular idea OF a cantata - tnat
! 81 IS something short and light. sacred
| or secular; and OF an oratcrio somethins
lorger, heavier, more rigid in form.
{ The chief difference Is. that in oratorio
| regular dramatic action IS related 70
| us. whilst the cantata expresses only sen
timents brought about by the media
| ton upon great events. heroic dteIs'
scenes OF nature. cOntempations or di
vine might. The aim Of the cantata j.
actually the gloriication or apolhesls o.
I illustrious persons. OF stirring events
and its plan is lyrical rather man ara
matte. - g..
The Hymn Of Praise opens with a sym,
| phonia for orchestra, containing thiss
! movements. The cantata proper, ~ S ~
| upon us with the grand ana suIrihP enc
rus IAN men, all things. all tnat mas IRE
| and breath sing 10 the LORD -iol9"e"
| by the beautiful air for soprano anu l'.
male chorus praise thou the l.ord o.
! sentiment changes with the chorus All
We that cried unto the Lord. so run OF
! sympathy and feeling. ana win me Wei
tnoun duet for two sopranos and cho'
rus Il waited for the Lord. toilowsa
! nv a solo for tenor The sorrows
- raath" and chorus The Night
~ Departing." Then again we break
| forth With JOY with the good choral: lie,
| e 90, and tenor. my song shall always
he Inv mercy" bringing the work 10 q
,,,utnnhant close with the cnorus. "fe
naticns otter 70 the Lord glory ana
"''sTI'f iE CITIZENS MUST RESPOND.
The programmes cannot fail 70 prove
| The club. To enable the club 70 carry
out successfully 9 festival Of such high
stSndard oe ynsrat ard maAnitude -