The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
Last Secular Concert of the
Tabernacle Choir Is a
Success.
THE AUDIENCE WAS DELIGHTED
Tonight the Season Will Come to an
End With a Grand Sacred
Concert.

The largest audience that the Mormon
Tabernacle choir has yet had in this City
was present in Metropolitan Temple last
night. The programme was composed of
more popular music than had been the
case on the opening night, and both the
chorus and the soloists received good
deal of applause, including several deter
mined demands for encores.
There was repetition of the finish of
act two in LA Traviata, which was given
on Wednesday night, and which for crisp
ness, spirit and attack is about the best
piece of work done by the chorus. The
"Hallelujah' chorns was also repeated,
and as before was sung with good volume
of sound, but with too much tendency to
insert portamentos where Handel never
intended them.
The polonaise and chorus from Glinka's
"Life for the Gar" was rendered with
organ accompaniment by j. J. Daynes,
and though that instrument detracted a
little from the operate character of the
work the chorus went with a good swing
Notwithstanding. The sextet and chorus
from "Lucia" showed the want of an
orchestra more than did the other operatic
selections. The concert opened with the
Soldiers Chorus" from Gounod's
Faust"
The vocal soloists all did good work.
Master Pike, tine boy alto, was not on the
programme, but he sang ANGELS, Ever
Bright and Fair" as an encore to the
Lucia" sixtet. The familiar aria was
taken about third lower than the original
key and every note was sung in that
quality of production generally described
as the third register, which was very un-
common and somewhat unnatural feat,
but Master Pike has an uncommon voice,
and his singing, which sounds more like
counter tenor than alto, is done without
much apparent effort.
ANGELS Eyer Bright and Fair" was
rendered with a good deal of taste and
expression.
Miss Lizzie Thomas Edward sang an
aria from "Ernani," with charming sweet
ness and care of execution, and Miss Bes-
sic Dean Allison showed herself to be pos
sessed of well-produced contralto voice,
though she INDUCED little too much in
the tremolo. Willard E. Welhe, who
played Vieuxtemps violin solo, "Fanta-
sia Appassio would be more satis-
factory performer ii he selected works of a
SIMPLER character. George D. Pyper, the
solo tenor of the evening, won good deal
of applause.
Tonight the season OF the Mormon
Tabernacle choir will close with a grand
sacred concert. Popular prices will pre-
vail.
The following programme will be rem
dered:
Anthem, ''Let All Israel Sng'' (Joseph ].
Daynes), written for the dedication of the great
Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, April q, 1898,
choir, accompanied; duo, "Qui Est Homo"
Power EternaD, Stabat Mater (Rossinf, Lizzie,
| Thomas, Edward and Mabel Cooper: recitation.
"Immanuer' 70. F.Whitney), Maud NJ. Babeock;
"Infamatus,' Stabat MaIer (Rossini), Nellie
Druce Pugsley and choir; organ solos, (d) Offer
! toire in (Stearns), 10y Communion in G, Pill
grim's Song of Hope (Batiste), Joseph ].
Daynes; solo, 1.-THE Child's Dream of Heaven"
"Naaman' (Costa); Charles Pike, boy alto;
Damascus" triumphal march, "Naaman"
Costa, organ and choir; violin solo, "Cava-
tina (Raff). w. Z. Weihe; sacred solo, 'The
Holy City, (Adams), George D. Pyper. Male
chorus with solo, "The Pilgrims" parry,
part 1, "On the way to the cross" part 2, ''At
the foot of the cross; part 3. GAS they rise
from the cross; part 4, ''On the return from
the cross"-H. S. Ensign and male chorus.
Sacred solo, Friend Divine" e. Stephens).
Nellie Druce Pugsley; anthem, "Hosannah"
(E. Stephens). choir.