The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-14
Dramatic and Musical
LIBRARY SCHUBERT CONCERT.


Well, how did you like 1t? For of course
you We're there. Everybody seemed to be. ana
the second regular concert in the Public
Liprary-Schubert club series was an unqual-
lhed success True, there were a few vacant
seats, but they were those side gallery seats
Whefe nobody Hkesz to sslt during concert.
but everything else was filled. Even the
soul that Graves music was filled. Then, too,
1t was "home" concert for the singers
We're our own. George Hamlin calls Chicago
ais home, but he was adopted into st. Paul's
FAMILY when he sang his way into their
hearts year ago, and SO he no stranger
Inc others are proud to claim this music
loving city as home. Miss Gordon and Miss
Pottgieser and Mr.. Colville are with us all
the time and are appreciated fully at home
On, no, Mr.. Ober-Hoffer is not a Minnea-
polltan. He is justaunfortunate enough to be
staying there for time. He has done good
work for many years in this city, while liv-
ing here and since his sojourn in the village
up the river. And the chorus and orchestra.
home talent, again. and last night demon
strated that it was good talent, too. Even
our popular manager, the urbane and ener-
geuo Feldhauser. is home talent.
ana such an audience Large and fashion
aole' music-loying and music approaching
but just little late in arriving
You heard the concert and it does not need
criticism. Weren't you surprised at the eA-
ceiient work of the new Schubert orchestra in
that opening number, Leutner's Festival
Overture" Mr. Ober-H offer and the musl-
clans had evidently worked faithfully and
well, and the smoothness and precision of the
opening orchestral number was continued
throughout the instrumental part of the pro-
gramme
The chorus was good in Governs Brida,
chorus from Rose Maiden" but better in
Relnecke's Evening Hymn" where Mr. Ham
ms sweet-y sympathetic tenor was first
heard, but he was heard to better advan-
tage In his solo number ''Es Blinkt der
| Inan' by Rubinstein, to which he was made
to give bright Italian encore In fact, he
oid the encore so well he had to repeat it.
Probably the most popular orchestra num-
| Der was the German suite of dances, the
| light tripping movement, the gliding languor-
Gus dance and the brisk and uneven country
dance. where you seemed to hear the German
| cultural sounds in the threats Of the dancers
as they romped past. Didn't you notice that ?
The second part of the programme was a
reminder Of the Persian Garden in the sense
that 1t was song cycle. although it is-called
cantata. THE Swan and the Skylark'
contains some of Goring Thomas best work,
and 1t was beautifully given last night, so
far as the soloists and most of the choruses
! are concerned. Occasionally there was a
little sloWness of attack by the chorus, but
generally their work was smoothly and prop
erly we'll done. The opening bass solo by
Mr.. Colville was one of the most artistic
bits OF the entire evening, revealing not only
| the richness and resonance of this popular
baritone. but in the eoloring and shading to
bring out more clearly the meaning of the
works it showed how much he has gained
by his recent study In London. The tenor
solo, the farewell song, however, was one of
the most popular parts of the cantata, and
Mr.. Hamlin ard the chorus were made to re-
peat the closing stanza, which would have
taxed less vigorous voice. Even this some
what severe passage failed in the least to
mar the beauty Of tone and sympathetic quail
| ity of Mr.. Hamlin's voice. Miss Pottgeser
and Miss Gordon were received with applause
| and their solos were, in part repeated before
| the audience would be satisfied. A good So
prano voice, artistically handled, is always
| delight but Miss Gordon's voice is so pure
and her art so near perfect that musical
! st. Paul audience never hears enough, de-
manding ever more Miss Pottgieser's rich
| eontralto seems constantly to grow in power
| and sweetness, and her solo work was ex-
| cellent