Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-18
The TABERNACLE CHORUS.
Words OF Praise and Criticism Of Tho
Salt Lake Singers.
"Remainsd for tho Mormon Chois 10
Present tue Perfection Of Attack
Ia san Francisco"

san Ersncisos Chronicle VI Thurs.
iaJi-No word Of praise has ovsrrAIsd
the ensemble Of the Mormon Tabsr.
nAcls CnoiE The singers mus, bhvs
bsd among thsir text books that little
analytic curiosity Psychology Of A..
tsutiou, for that part VI tue work 10
absolutely isultls's. The lsAdsr, Evan
stephens, directs TO some purpose. for
every iutrlesoy described Wy biz baton
IL read by hts faithful followers. A.
festive 1lmes 5ap Francisco has mum.
bered 10 Ito chorusss hundreds, gAIasT.
ed from near aud far, aud they have
deuo acceptable work, but II has 10.
mAined for the Mormon choir 10 pre-.
sent the perfection Of attack. With the
fsiso OF the baton, the tull volume Of
l7b voices burst upon the audience IN
the Mormon Temple Dedication An.
thum, written by tue conductor. IL
was = revelation In choral work and
was accorded well deserved encore,
TO whion they responded with lulls-
by without accompaniment. y, My
Father, the iavOIito Mormon hymn,
was one Of the gems VI the evening
la this tue meditation was extremely
delicate.
10 thoroughly enjoyable was the
choral work that the audience would
gladly have heard more, and general
disappointment awaited the audience
when Mt. Stephens announced that he
did not feel iustinsI iu bAvlng tue
onoir attempt the Hallelulah chorus
IRON the Messiah without pipe organ
scojmpauimsn {, aud the one In The
Hall was not In order " use, but thai
the management had promised 10 hayu
4 nXtd on the nunbur o0uiu be given
thls evening. Instead Of that test
chorus. the onoir gave tho finale from
lTAvinu.
The aOlois,p, while rendering oonsci.
enuOus work, were ~ lar below the
standard Of tho choir that tnty were
quite iisspp iuiiug. The duet, Cons. q
auou IL, MOtn), by Nslllt Ducr
Pugsley aud Bessie Dean Allison, was
accoptAUiy sung. Mrs. Pugslry has {.
tute.liku soprano voice, light an true,
anu Mu. AlllsJn quite a pleasing oOu.
tfalto.
The tenor, Il. G. Eaitou, sang AunIr
Laurie with pieuty VI tirr, but ia this
MS vOicr was all sudden lights anu
shades and tlYrs, aud showed lack Vi
training. 1, sHUWe1 to better adyau.
tige iu tho quaftuito from Rig letlu.
George ID. Pyptt's voice has slmo
agreeable qualigts.
willard A.. Wrine, tho viJllnlsl, VINO
ptldus himself usOn piayiug = violin
Oi his own cJnstuollJu, was we'll to.
Ce we'd, but the execution We monde
script. For Nj encore no plsyrd with
tate y simple arrangement u the
Bsfceuse by Saure.
The boy alto, Master Charlie Pike,
nsa u sympathetic voice anu sang WIN
srtisIu ilIish An els Ever Bfight anu
Far, whion received most uutnu...
.suc encore, He hu IL n iiue-,sceI lad
III knee bTstohes, evidently ~ VI 10
years OLD.
Tue Examiner IL wa, expected
inst the fsal strength OF tho ouUif
would he b A. shown IA ensemble mum.
bers, and this proved 10 DO the case, Tor
me sIl1 WOrk-sllhUuRn sufficiently
good from a. amateur s,andp lu,-sa.
not entirely satisfactory. Toe program
was dlsappOlntiug, as 10 failed 10 ex.
hibis the uHdoubtvd ability Of tue
choir In any great ohoral works, with
the single exception OF Handsls
HalleluiAn chorus. The competitions
" T., stephens, the conductor, occu.
pled a prom nent place IN the program,
bus tbsy proved To no weak anu unln-
lrTsaIing.
The opening numbor, HolannG, was
well sung, with the exception OF cor.
tain slight deviations from pitch, duu
Ia part 10 tue weakness Of the inslTu-
me ilal Acou mpanlmeut. In this anu
all other choral numbers the ch0Tlstera
sang entirely from memory, proving
tue excellent training which has bgri
bestowed upon thstn. The choir Is eK.
cellsnt In attack, we'll balanced In tone,
aud shows Hu intelligent appreciation
u phtaalug and eEpte.slou.
tbs sopranos are particularly notice.
ahle Tor their bright, clear tone, while
tbs full, rich quality Of tho bass voices
Ia worthy OF special praise.
The duet, Consolation, by stephens,
proved to be Iifssoms oOmuositlOD,
with little variation from commonplace
tonic ami dominant harmony.
The soptano, Mrs. Pu rley, has q
sweet voice, Oi 20 Il qusiity, ami Rte
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