The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-06
The G0UNOD SOCIETY
ALL IN TRIM FOE IT'S COMING
GRAND CONCERT.

Next Thursday Evening-Brilli1ntR Re.
chestra Under Professor Agramonte,s
Direction.
This morning at o'clock the general
sale OF seats for the Gounod concert
Will open at the Hyperion box office.
Inc concert will be given on Thursday
evening of this week, February 9. and
IN many respects it will be the most
unique and interesting one in the his
tory of the society. Four DISTINGUISHED
sololsts have been engaged and also the
symphony orchestra of fifty players,
While the Gounod chorus, as every one
knows, is unexcelled in the country for
lts splendid performances. The Hyper
Ion VIII, OF course, be filled as every
one Will be glad to testify to the local
pride OF this crack organiza ton. The
SOLO parts have been entrusted to Miss
Yvonne de Treville, the charming So
prano and favorite of the Castle Square
company, New York. Miss Edith Mill
er of st. Bartholomew church choir,
New York, with her rich contralto;
Evan Williams, to-day the greatest ora
torlo tenor in the country, and Herbert
Witherspoon, basso, Of the Castle
Square company, and also a prominent
member of the class Of '92 Yale uni
Versity. The works to be rendered at
the concert are Charles Villiers Stan
ford's Requiem Mass and The Swan and
the Skylark by A. Goring Thomas. The
latter is full of beautiful melodies, and
is immensely popular wherever it has
been sung, notably at the Worcester and
Cincinnati festivals. 1t contains one
chorus for female voices which is sure
to delight the audience and beginning
High In the Calm Blue Heaven"
1t Is waltz movement and those who
have heard it sung at the rehearsals
say it is wonderfully captivating. The
marvellous tenor solo in this work be-
ginning Summer! I Depart" is one Of
Evan Williams greatest triumphs and
he is sure to make a deep impression
with it here. The entire work is replete
WtAi Slld1 llilISo lllAolS dl1d IL 1lIuSL NC
heard to be appreciated Those who
fail to hear it will miss a great treat
Stanford's Requiem Mass is a grand
and inspiring work, and competent
critics abroad have pronounced it I'M
equalled, greater even than the we'll
known and popular Mass of Verdi or
Berlioz's celebrated one. Some of it's
choruses are marvellously dramatic and
tax the energies and resources of both
conductor and singers to the utmost
There is certainly no "Dies Irae" (Day
of Wrath! 0 Day of MourningD in any
of the masses to compare with this of
Stanford's. The Rex tremendae majes-
tatis! (King of Majesty, Tremendous)
is a wonderful piece of writing, devel-
oped with almost overpowering effect.
"A lovely soprano solo occurs in the
''gradual accompanied by solo violin
and flute Miss de Trevile's refined and
lovely quality of voice is especially fit
ted for this number The Gounod So
ciety is deserving of great praise for
presenting so splendid a programme
and it is safe to say that it will add
to it's already solid reputation.
The last regular rehearsal will be
held this evening at 7:45 in the usual
place. A rehearsal for sopranos and al
tos alone has been called for 7:15. A
dress rehearsal will be held on Thurs
day at D. m. for chorus, orchestra and
soloists at the Hyperion.
The orchestral rehearsal yesterday
afternoon conducted by Mr.. Agramonte,
held in Republican hall, was very salts
factory. The entire orchestra force of
fifty players was there and considering
the enormous difficulty of the score,
the results were, remarkably good. A
number Of prominent musicians and
others who were present as spectators
assert that the orchestral work at the
coming concert next Thursday will sur
nrise everybody by it's brilliancy. The
orchestration of both the regular music |
and "The Swan and the Skylark' is |
simply magnificent. Many of it's effects |
are heightened by all the art and
knowledge of the modern orchestra. 1t |
is safe to say as an observation of this
final rehearsal that nothing like this |
in orchestral music has ever been heard |
here before and it may further be af- |
fjrmed that those who miss this concert |
will miss a magnificent treat. The list |
of singers in the Gounod society fol-
lows:
Sopranos-Miss Sadie e. Amidon,
Miss Virginia Appelle, Miss Mabel G.
Andrews, Miss Marguerite IL. Bulford,
Miss Carrie F. Buckbee, Miss Della A.
Briggs. Miss Harriette L. Bradley, Miss
Myra Bacon, Miss Lillian c. Bond, Mrs.
b. B. Broadbent, Miss Carrie e. Brad
lev. Miss Jennie L. Cornwall, Miss Ethel
Carmalt, Mrs Edward N. Darlington,
Miss Susie A. Cummings, Miss Frances
w. Chandler, Miss Jessie e. Dewell,M Mrs.
Walter r. Downs, Miss Fannie Foster
Mrs Elverton Fiske, Mrs. John G.
Griges, Mrs Theodore K. Hand, Mrs
L. B. Hollis, Mrs. A. H. Jackson, Miss
Carrie w. Kiedel*, Mrs S. B. Loveridge
Miss Florence T.. Law, Miss Caroline
Linsley, Miss Helen Crocker Lamb
Miss Florence A. Pardee, Miss Grace c.
Porter, Miss Caroline e. Richardson,
Miss Esther A. Rice, Miss Anna Chaplin
raw. Miss Ella Leonore Smith, Miss
Harriet c. Sanford Miss Lillian j.
smith. Mrs. w. H. States, Mrs. L, L.
stoddard, Miss Helen A. Sanford, Miss
Gertrude I. Tyrrill, Mrs. H. Grant
THOMPSON. Miss Katherine Vandervel-
oy,1