The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-20

the Gounod sol iety ana directed atten-
ton to New + aven as a musical CEN
ter. The enthusiasm shown by the au-
diences was Unparalleled in this city.
Having once TASTED such good things
1t would be hrrd to go back to plain
fare again. And once having swelled
with musical Importance it would be
distressingly lndignified not to hold
our position. I've never had so many
distinguished musicians in our midst
before. Outside of the artists imme-
diately conne{Eed with the perform
ances there were present such person.
ages as Colon(A Parker Browne of the
Handel and Haydn" of Boston and
Secretary Store of the same society,
President Moliroe of Springfield and
many other prominent professionals
and amateurs from various places. Mr..
Monroe made t1n amusing remark after
being presented to two or three of the
festival committee: What, do the
young men run these things here?"
After the Arr anius Colonel Browne
said: "As you know the first perform
ance of Armit Jus in this country was
given by the fHandel and Haydn and
was conducted by the composer him
self. But l mist say that in many re-
spects, especit Ny in the chorus, your
performance surpassed ours" Such
praise from such an authority is worth
gaining. HesT Lohse, who has had
wide experienae with choruses, kept
saying at thS, rehearsal, "Formoses
Chor!" At ths supper given to the
artists as Trteger's Saturday night
Ben Davies toasted the society in
Welsh, so that their future is probably
safe. The Go, tiods can afford to ac-
cept a little nfaise now because they
have worked lard and the results are
praiseworthy. They have never done
anything thatl?ln any way approached
"Arminius." Ir. Agramonte's labors
deserve large appreciation and COM
mendation.
After the coicert Saturday night Mr..
Agramonte went into the chorus room
and Immediately upon his appearance
was greeted With a hearty Yale cheer
with "Agramd ate!" at the end The
same thing waa done for President De-
Forest. Mr.. Agramonte has slaved
with the chorus and Mr.. DeForest, Mr..
Joseph Porter and Prof. ]. G. Schwab
have given uIsparingly of their time
and strength to make a success of the
venture. New Haven owes these gen.
tlemen a debt of gratitude.
AS to Saturdays performances. The
afternoon program was both interest
ing and delight ful. The principal feat
ures were Mr. Joseffy's number and
the new comp Fitions of Messrs. Par
ker and Chadwick, sung by Max Helm
rich. Mr.. Josesy played only the first
movement of (he Beethoven concerto
on account Of the length of the pro-
gram. 1t was The perfect type of clas
sical playing, nold, chaste, reserved.
The Liszt A n1ajor was entirely oppo-
site, romantic, sull of Hungarian color,
brilliant in execution, withal daz-
zling performance. Mr.. Joseffy was re-
ceived with tie widest sort of ap-
plause and was obliged to quell the
riot with encoiis after both numbers.
Mr.. Joseffy Wits cordially and CRATE
fully welcomed after his many years
Of absence.
Mr.. Chadwiclf's "Lochinvar'' had it's
first public hearing. 1t was delight
full setting of fcott's we'll known bal
lad. The orche stration is brilliant and
effectively desc iptive throughout. Mr..
Heinrich sang with evident enjoyment
in his task.
Professor Pa1iker's "Cahal Nor" is a
beautiful work He considers it the
best thing he g;as done and it is cer-
tainly the lovel!est of his compositions
we have heard Both orchestral and
vocal parts ate beautifully written.
The instrument ;ltion Is remarkably eff
fective and the soice part is we'll adapt
ed to show the better portions of Mr..
Heinrichs voice.. We are proud of our
composer and lie received a royal well
come. Mr. Heinrich sang with taste
and carefully considered expression in
both numbers.
Madame Lillian Blauvelt sang the
waltz from Gounod's Romeo and
Juliet" She could not sing the Ham
let" mad scene because her manager,
Wolfsohn, had failed to notify that
she was expected to. Mr.. Wolfsohn is
acquiring an ur fortunate reputation in
this city. This is not the first time
strange things3 have happened. B1au-
velt was raptuibusly recalled and sang
Van der StuckAn's "Fa ST Do La"
The orchestra, under Mr.. Mollenhouser,
acquitted them selves with credit, es-
pecially in the Svendsen Episode"
In the evening came "Arminius"
1t was in all respects the finest per-
formance of ors sIorio we have ever had
here. The cast of soloists was I'M
equalled and the chorus work has al
ready been referred to.
Miss Marie Bi'ema won the honors of
the evening. She is a glorious artist
and a beautifui woman. Her voice is
remarkably ricit and mellow in quality
and of extraG rdinary range. Miss
Brema threw Iaerself heart and soul
into the role itf the Prophecies and
her enthusiasm carried the audience off
it's feet. She was accorded one of the
warmest receipt aons ever given any ar
tist in this city Her success was i'm
mediate and CT rtain, and if Samson
and Delilah" Is given here next year
Miss Brema must be the Delilah of the
occasion. She l. one of the most fas-
cinating persol alities in the musical
world.
Ben Davies had a small role as ''Sieg-
mund," but he was able to make a
great deal of l.. He is the best ora
torio tenor we have nowadays and a
wonderful artist. Signor Campanari
gave a splendi,1' rendition of the title
role 1t is perh,'ps too Teutonic to suit
him perfectly, but he sang with con-
vincing fervor Ind from purely vocal
point of view h left nothing to be de-