The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-26

SUCCESS OF MISS STEIN
SHE, TOO. is BECOMING STRONG
INDIANAPOLIS FAvoRIrE.
A Cincinnati Critic Who Admits the
The Programme for To-day.

The eighth annual Indiana May music
festival opened very auspiciously last night,
from an artistic standpoint. and while the
attendance was not Up 10 the high water
mark. there Were no great grounds for dis
couragement to the directors. 1t was large
iy Nordica night and the brilliant audience
seemed to recognize this from the very mo-
ment of the fascinating woman's appearance
on the platform. She was radiant In her
beauty. more glittering with her gems than
ever before. while her voice exercised its
wonderful magic a. heretofore. Perhaps
some of her auditors would have preferred
TO have heard her in other numbers than
those she sang. The La Refine de Saba" aria
has been sung by her before at festival
and she chose the same encore she gave last
year. the Bach-Guonod Ave Maria Yet
from the tempestuous applause of the sew
erai thousand people 1t would appear that
they prefer the old favorites rather than
something they have not before heard
TIE audience last night was in large part
fashionable one. A canvas awning was
stretched TO the front door of Toml:nson
Hall and beneath It hundreds OF people came
from carriages and passed beneath IL to the
broad corridors within. The box ONCE was
for seats. Up the stairs the people pressed
and the tic1et-takers were kept busy deiiv-
ering seat coupons. Programme books were
rapidly passed into the hands of every In
dividual and at the doors the people Ners
met by dozen or more ushers who under
took to seat the large audience and did IL
very successfully. The hall was made ready
for the great event Of the spring and had
a loftier appearance, for the heavy central
chandelier had been removed and no longes
h'd any part OF the stage from any seat in
The auditorium. In place Of .hls chapt<1er
great many electric lights have been
placed in the room and the stage has q
frame of several rows of the brilliant globes
of fire. Palms and a white covering for the
floor Of the musicians platform and back
ground for the chorus gave cool aspect.
The arrangements. further than the lights,
are improved over last year. for the room
has been decorated in soft terra Gotta shades
with gilt design. The chorus looks a usual.
with the exception that II is fewer In num-
bers and consequently is more massed TO the
front. This is a benefit on such a night as
last, for IL allows a free entrance OF air from
the windows at the rear and those who were
doing the work Of the concert appreciated
the fact. The audience and chorus resem-
bled the customary bouquet OF flowers and
beauty. Many of the audience and chorus
wore fresh flowers and the ladies who were
kind enough to attend without ponnets had
flowers in their coiffures. The women were
pretty in their evening gowns and great
many OF the men wore dress suits
The balcony was fiiled with rows Of hand
some people in gay coiors and the View
from the main floor was like enjoying .
<,f fshf avQr vf Urff1
the flashing gems which the women wore
There was the flutter of fans and the hum
OF conversation and the usual restlesyness
of getting settled in the seats and looking
about to see who the neighbors might be
and what friends were in the audience.
There was excitement everywhere of sub
dUed order. The chorus was coming IN Dy
twos and threes and finding the seats There
were masses Of white. pink, blue and ye.-
low, with a touch OF bright red flowers here
and there. The orchestra was heard tunine
up somewhere and the several memetss $4,000 took
desk There were little struggling bits OF
sound as one tried over a phrase. or a sec
ond one tried his pitch with another another ,natru. hna
wonderful interest. for IL shows how many
it takes 10 bring out the whole Tor sucn an
event as May festival
MR.. MOLLENHAUER APPEARS.
After the chorus and orchestra were
had been closed to the late comers the IA
rrf,iar form of Mr.. Emil Moiieuhauer was
seen coming from the side and as he gained
his place on the platform. he was greeted
with an effusive welcome by the chorus and
audience. He gave the same sedate bow
which Indianapolis has come to know in ac-
Acknowledgement and took up the baton He
rauped for order. which came instantly;
every mans eye was on the magic stick ana
the first number OF May music festival No.
was fairly set in motion
The second number on the programme
was ..Daybreak." BY Eton flaming, a NUM-
Der which was tseli liked last year. that
by special request AZ was gwen asa'n, p1t
| N will be well 10 let "Daybreak" wane from
now on s'The wind came up from the sea-
| in a joyous manner. and the nigh notes.
with their accompaniment, WHICH i.sties
| like leaves and seems 10 make The notes
nod and bend they describe in rare
| tonal effects the message or The wind %
depicted in the pce5Ie tsncx ci sce "
| composition in the triplets wnica are IN
troduced with what might be termed :
changed 10 a moderate at the stanza where
the wind 'swhspered 10 the waving fields CT
corn" and the cadences are tehoer xno
movement and as the wind SPEAKS 10 ne
belfrv the voice become a, toliing hs.iS.
The final sounds resembling the Diminishing
vibrations sds Of the bells. and as Il passes the
graveyard they grow slower ana slower
and longer and longer. untl the nnair.
| THE chorus nobly performed this work. The
firh sopranos carried the rapid theme
iightlv and airiiy through the iirst move
rnent and leading the whole.
In the second part there was more Of an
aa,,aljfv OF parts, and when the bells. deep
tones. resounded through the hall the
| tenors and bassos, with the altos. carried
/ the weight OF the sound There was tho
| least unevenness I'm the orchestra. which
| was not as crisp and smooth as IL might
| have been. but on the whole the day broke
! TO the general satisfaction or the audience.
MISS STEIN AND CHORUS.
"Miriazn's Song OF Triumph" BY Schubert
was sung by Miss Stein. chorus and orchee-
| ira. This selection Is the Bible story OF tho
| children OF Israel crossing the Red ecA o1l
| the drowning OF the Egyptian horC<4 A.
- brief Introduction By the orooocDn