The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-05

Of the festival VIII be the performances Of
the Second Concerto" by A. K. Mcdowell.
played BY the composer, like number hav-
faz never before been given at the May fes-
<fval Il win be a great opportunity for
teachers and students TO hear this musician
Of r1zny pants. who In Europe Is called the
--Beriioz or America" He stands as high as
any purely instrumental composer here or in
Esropc.
Mr.. Arens viii conduct several Of the in
etrumental numbers. the 'Freischutz' and
Faust" overtures and the Mozart SYM
phony. Special mention should be made OF
the works belonging 10 the later period OF
Wagner. which have never been given at the
festivals here before. or these there will be
the Funeral March," from Seigfried. which
many musicians consider the greatest ever
written. This contains all the motives bear
Ing directly or indirectly on the death Of
seigfried as caused by the curse connected
with the gold originally stolen from the
Rhine daughters. OF this gold Seigfried car
ries ring on his finger. All the motives
enter into this. but 1t is not necessary to
know the motives IN order TO appreciate 1t.
IS It has absolute musical qualities.
DIRECTORS AND SOLOISTS.
F. X Arens, who has successfully con-
Quoted the chorus work for the last two sea-
sons. viii occupy the same position again
this year. Carl Mollenhauer viii bring his
Boston Festival Orchestra, the same as last
year. This season he will have number OF
the fine instrumentalists who have been with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The directors were much disappointed at
not being able to secure the great Calve as
ono OF the star attractions for the festival
this year, but at present II seems that It will
be impossible to bring her here. For the first
concert there will be Madame Nordica. who
Is probably the greatest favorite with the
public OF this city that could be secured. As
II it were not attraction enough to have this
Charming. gracious woman. with her glorious
voice. as a special attraction, mention has
been made that she viii wear the magnificent
diamond tiara which her friends will pre-
sent to her in New York this month. An
other favorite. who has won her way to In
dianapolis musical hearts. is Miss Gertrude
May Stein. the alto. She will sing the
the Romantic evening the soloists will be
Madame Brema. mezzo-soprano. who is now
singing at the Metropolitan Opera House in
New York: Miss Lillian Blauvelt. who gave
a recital here few months ago before the
Matinee Musicale. and so delighted the fes-
sival directors that they Immediately engaged
her. Miss Blauvelt is beautiful woman and
has a most exquisite voice. She is an artist
through and through. and everything she at
fempts Is sung with an artistic grace that
marks II at once. Mrs. Bloodgood, Alto who
Is one of the most famous of the Eastern
contraltos. and who is I'm demand for the
most important musical occasions; Mr. VIII
iiams. a,renor. new to this city, but equal IL
not surprising any the festival has had;
Campanari, who Is a grand baritone, and
William Babcock, the basso, will complete
the soloists for the second evening. The
Wagner soloists will be Frau Klafsky, who
was here with the Damrosch Orchestra and
German opera. and who created the greatest
enthusiasm: Gertrude May Stein; Herr Ber-
thoid. who was also here with the Damrosch
opera: Max Heinrfchs. always favorfte. and
Babcock- Frau Klafsky will sing 'Isolde's
Love-Death" for her solo. The ensemble
numbers for the soloists will be duet from
Humperdinck's opera, "Hansel and Gretel:"
quintet from Der Meistersinger:s' a duet
from .Rienzi." the latter by Frau KIafsky
and MIR. Heinrichs. and the famous sextet
from Lucia"
THE CHORUS THIS YEAR.
The chorus this year will have three hun
dred voices. selected from the best of pre-
vicus years and some new ones. The Choral
Union. the Matinee Musicale and the Phil
harmonic clubs are in the chorus. Mr.. An
drew Smith Is chairman and secretary of the
chorus. Mrs. Henry jameson is secretary for
the sopranos. Mrs. c. r. Watson for the
altos, Dir. Smith for the tenors and Mr.
Hummell for the bass. The members of the
chorus are as given below: