The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-21
AmuSemeHts.

The first of a series of Sunday even
ing musicales by Held's new military
band-forty pieces-took place at the
New Grand last night. From every
standpoint the event was enjoyably
successful. Mr.. Held himself must
have derived great encouragement
from the attendance, which completely
hlled the lower part of the house and
ran over into the gallery. Last nights
audience was not undemOnstratiVe.
There was ringing applause after es.sh
number But no encores were given,
and if this is to be Mr.. Held's rule. per-
haps the suggestion that audiences be
asked to refrain from applause would
not be out of place.
The programme started off with that
joyful ponderosity, the William Tell"
overture. The fortissimo work of the
enlarged numbers BendixS dainty
composition, Dawn of Love" and
Batiste's Pilgrims Song of Hope"
We're combined in the second selection.
The overture. I'm Old Kentucky" was
another highly pleasing number. The
descriptive selection, The Fire Alarm,
in which the bells ring. the horses
hoofs clatter and a pyrotechnic display
occurs behind the scenes, was realistic
beyond all hope. The smoke from the
red fire gradually worked itself out
over the auditorium and one would
have thought an epidemic of grip had
suddenly seized the audience. n young
giant in arms handicapped the number
some, also, by raising a vociferous
protest against the non-appearance OF
the fire department.
Mrs. Ella Cumming Wetzer gave
charming rendition of Bonnie Sweet
Bessie" Leo g. Bryant, the handsome
young director of the Grand orchestra,
demonstrated marked ability as
violinist in his part of the programme.
and Walter Sims received an ovation
for his clarionet solo. La Sonam-
bula," which offers great scope for
execution, to which he was fully equal.
The concerts will occur every Sun
day night from now on and new solo
lists are TO appear on each occasion.
Richards & Pringle's minstrel organi-
cation begins an engagement OF two
nights at the Salt Lake theatre tonight
The New Grand will be dark all week.
The Salt Lake Opera company leaves
for Logan over the Oregon Short Line
at 4 O'Clock this afternoon. The last
performance of The Wedding Day"
takes place there tonight.
Miss Lulu Gates of Provo. who has
been studying vocal music in Berlin for
a long period, is now in Boston and
will soon start home. Miss Gates dis
| tinguished herself before Major Pond,
-
4 Germany, and the result was her en-
gagement by him to sing at recital
| in Boston soon to be given. Major
! Pond considers Miss Gates one OF
Americas finest sopranos.
Professor Stephens is in a happy
| frame of mind these days over the
| steadily increasing attendance at tab
| ernacle choir rehearsals, which is now
| large enough to crowd Choir hall 10 its
! fullest The members are evidently
/ getting in line for the California trip.
/ II is Director Stephens plan to give
/ a series of three concerts at the tab
! ernacle for the benefit of a fund for the
/ choir trip. Miss Gates will probably
make her initial appearance before the
| Salt Lake public at one of these. She
viii also accompany the choir to San
/ Francisco.
! As yet, Professor Stephens has not
/ heard from the Southern Pacific on
! the matter of rates, but in anticipation
! of favorable results, he is working
| hard on the details Of the trip One
! feature of his programme, the professor
/ announces, will be little Mile VIII
! liams, the 7-year-old prodigy, in solos,
/ with a humming accompaniment from
/ the full choir. It is a novel idea and
| should be successfully worked out.