The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-28
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
PEOPLES CHURCH

Had the many excellent concerts and
recitals to which St. Paul audiences have
listened this winter been deliberately
| selected and arranged with a view to
| their climatic effect the result could not
possibly have been more successful or
pronounced than it has been, for each
musical treat offered here this season has
seemed little better than the last, and
| now, at last nights concert local mu-
slclans and the soloist, FfrangcOn Davies,
| called in to aid in the presentation of the
varied programme scored a success
which 1t will be exceedingly difficult to
| surpass.
But 1t was not only an artistic effect
which was achieved last night. In point
| of size the audience was all that could
| be desired, every desirable seat in the
| large auditorium being taken, and its
| enthusiasm was proportionately great,
| though certainly not largely rewarded,
Tor there was but one response to repeat
| ed encores
| The numbers given last evening were
| eXceliently adapted to the solemn season
| OF Holy week that has just been ushered
| In. There were lofty recitatives, selec-
! tion5 from two of the suplineSt urat )rlos
ever written, the Elijah. by Niendels-
| sohn, and Gounod's "Redemption;' and,
| greatest of all, perhaps, there was
| Brahms Song of Destiny" with It's
| lofty motif, breathing the futility of hu-
| man effort the eneXorableness of fate.
The first number belonged wholly to
| the orchestra, Schubert's Aanfinshed
| symphony in B minor, conducted by Mr..
! Ober-Hofer Then came the selection
| from Gounod's Redemption" unfold.
Ye Portals by the chorus of 200 voices
and orchestra. Mr.. Ffrangcon Davies
first number was the recitative and aria
from Mozart's Figaro" He received a
most fattering reception. but refused to
respond to the persistent recall
| Mrs. De Wolf sang "Miriam's Song of
triumph Schubert. and Mr. Davies fol,
lowed with three songs from the Old
English: Every Bullets Has It's Billet I"
| a gay, rollicking ballad; Those Evening
Bells, number full Of tender melody.
and Love Leads to Battle" part of
| which, to please the audience. he was
! forced to sing over
Andante cantabile for string quar-
tette, Up. IL, Tschaikowsky. was played
| by the string part of the orchestra
The Song of Destiny" by Brahms, and
selections from the oratorio Elijah, -
| Mendelssohn, with ariaS by Mrs. De Wolf
and Mr.. Davies, closed the programme.
| Miss Hope acted as concert mas
ter last evening and Mrs. Frank Hoff,
| man was the accompanist
METROPOLITAN
"a Bachelors HONEYMOON" delighted
| another large audience at the Metropoli-
| tan last night There are certainly no
| Gull moments in Stapleton's farce and
| Judging from the amount of laughter it
| creates it is one of the hits of the season.
Mr Walter Walker divides the honors of
the play with an excellent cast, and the
| songs of Miss Della Stacey are pleasing
| features of the
ment continues tonight and tomorrow
| Inc popular ladies' Wednesday matinee
promises to result in the largest house of
the "A Bachelors Honeymoon" season.
| When Sousa concert is announced the
| puDllc does not stop to wonder what will
| be served on the programme, or If it will
| be OF the right sort or not or if it will
be good or bad. 1t is a fixed matter in
the public mind that Sousa concert
means two hours or more of bright and
| thoroughly enjoyable music The con-
| certs invariably go with dash and a
| relish and the public Is usually somewhere
near when the doors are opened And
Sousa likes to see the people and play to
| them. For next Sunday april p two
grand concerts are announced, afternoon
and evening, at the Metropolitan.
AS melodrama always manages to keep
us nold upon large portion of theater-
| goers, Through the Breakers" the latest
offering in this field, should surely win
success. The cast is far above the aver
| age, Maude Banks, James Bevins, Hope
Booth, Sol Aiken, George Middleton and
j. H. Cossar, being well known leading
| people and actors of strength and expert
| ence. This play will be seen at the Grand
| next week.
Hoyts "a Midnight Bell' seems to have
iost none of its popularity judging from
the audience at the Grand The play tells
| a delightful story of life in New England
l.. r. Stockwell gives a finished perform
ance OF Deacon Tidd; Gus Tate. as the
country boy. Martin Trip, won favor
| with the large audience. The play is
| staged in an elaborate manner. The play
runs the entire week. There will be q
matinee tomorrow at 2:3O.