Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13


beautiful piece, and the pathos that she
bestowed upon this fully conveyed the
meaning OF those blessed words, as
found in the eleventh chapter, 2Sth TO
30th verses Of St. Mathew in the New
Testament.
Again she made a wonderful impress
sion in the solo II Know That my Re-
deemer Liveth."
Her precision and technique In the
piece completely captivated me, and |
only wished you were sitting by my side
TO enjoy II.
Miss Minnie Hackett, the contralto,
had very pleasing little voice, very
clear and articulation good, but lacked
the power and execution for such work.
She, however made a marked hit In
the recitatlye. "Then shall the eyes Of
the blind be opened" She showed that
the had spent considerable time on
this as her tones, though weak, were
OF exquisite quality being a round,
deep, mellow tone, and she exerted her.
self especially TO convey the precise
meaning Of the beautiful words,
When Mr.. Molineaux the conductor
for the evening, stood up TO sing the
tenor solos, fully expected to hear
very much patched up affair, but no
such a thinS was in store for us. He
sang every one Of those pieces as
though II was second nature to him.
In the avery valley shall be ex-
allied" he sang II as though II were
no eXertion TO lin at all. He took
every one Of those difficult runs as
though he were running up an ordl-
nary scale, and when he had finished
the applause was something uproarious
His gem OF the evening was He was
cut off, out OF the land OF the living 1"
This is, indeed, a very beautiful piece,
and / believe Tom Ashworth could
sing 1t quite well.
The gem OF the evening was the sing
ing OF Mr.. Evans, the bass soloist. His
voice is q great deal like my friend
Goddard's. a little more mellow, how
ever, and not quite so powerful.
HIS Iecitalive and air Thus saith
the Lord Of Hosts" and "Why do the
nations so furiously rage together, >
were. indeed, veritable masterpieces,
end no matter how long he sang. he
showed no exertion whatever. His exc
cution was indeed 10 me astounding,
he sang with his very soul and those
particular parts that needed emphasiz-
ing. ard the passages OF Scripture that
related to the coming Of Christ, he
produced In remarkable shape. His
very appearance would indicate that he
fully appreciated the sacredness OF the
text he was singing, and when per-
ceive how little the world think OF the
teachings Of Christ. 1t makes my very
soul cry for pity for them.
There Is no question in my mind at
all. but that at the time Handel wrote
the Messiah, he was inspired II God,
as in this he not only treats the first
coming Of Christ, but also Of His Sec
ond coming, and II our present writer's
would make more use OF the Scripture,
! think II would make a decided i'm
preston on the people Of the world.
Well, | am not going to preach you
a sermon this time, as that was not my
intention when beginning; suffice Il TO
say. that 1 thoroughly enjoyed myself
in listening to the rendition OF the
oratorlc. and believe that should you
work this uD. you could make a grand
success, and that It would be very re-
numers;Ne,
Trusting that this may find you quite
well. and that my have the pleasure
Of hearing irVm you, ! remain, your
friend, j. J. DAYNES, JR.
l12 Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birm-
ingham, England.