The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-06

THE MAY FESTIVAL.
Opens With Promenade Concert at
 the Hyperion Theater To-Night.

Opens With Promenade Concert at
 the Hyperion Theater To-Night.
 The music teachers May festival will open tonight with a promenade con- cert at the Hyperion theater This an- nual. festival is the musical event of the state, and this year the attendance from cities and towns in all parts Of Connecticut bids fair to be the largest that has ever attended this annual gathering of musicians. The sale of seats has already been much larger than ever before.
 The programme for this year is the finest ever arranged for the festival, and among those who will take part are some of the best musicians ana singers in the country, among them Miss Emma Buch, the contralto, who will sing at the Chamber concert We'd nesday afternoon; Miss Snannah Cum- ming the soprano; Ericsson F. Bush- nell and Frank Kaltenborn, who will conduct at the concert of the Philhar- monic orchestra of New York to-nlor- row night.
 The final event of the festival will be the production of Mendelssohn's Eli jah," which will be magnificently sung | Marguerite Hall, William Rieger and Ericsson Bushnell in the cast, together with a picked chorus of eighty voices all experienced church singers, to make up a glorious chorus. Nothing that could be done to make the scenic part of the production as near perfect as possible has been left undone by Frank Lea Short, and the May festival man. agement gave him carte blanche. The production will have cost the festival treasury $2OOO when the curtain rises | on Wednesday night.
 The song recitals of Miss Emma Buch, of A. Victor Benham, the pianist, and of others are looked forward to with great interest.
 The official programmes this year are extremely pretty. The cover design, in forest green on yellow cover, IS by Miss Bessie Gallagher sister of the harpist Miss Louise Gallagher, and is most effective. The programmes can be had on presentation of season tick cts from the secretary, whose desk will be in the Hyperion foyer These pro- grammes will not be given out at St. Paul's church door, but can be secured any time to-day after 9 o'clock in the foyer of the theater, where will be es- tablished also a general bureau of in- formation.
 A number of Norwalk people will at- tend the May festival. and among them will be D. E. Disbrow, Miss Nellie Dis brow, MT. and Mrs Charles s. St. John, Mrs E. l.. Hanford Mrs. Charles Net tleton Mrs. Arthur Theile, Mrs May Moss, MT. and Mrs. Paul Schultze Miss May 0. Smith, Miss Sadie Bodwell Miss Florence M. Benedict and w. J. Ife- land.
 The programme for to-day will be as follows: St. PauPs church, Rev. Edwin s. Lines,
 D. D.. rector; Rev. Anson Phelps l
 Stokes, jr., M. A., assistant.
 Choir.
 Frederick S. Weld, director; Harry E. | Woodstock, organist.
 Sopranos-Mrs Nora Russell Haesche, | solost; Mrs Harry l.. Clark, Miss Eliz- | abeth A. Hill Miss Gertrude E. Kap- | itzke Miss Pauline A. Merchant, Mrs. | John T. Leggett, Miss Elizabeth Me | Carthy, Miss Edna May Rutz, Miss Beata w. Bissell, Miss Edith s. Rus | sell, Miss Sarah E. Hall, Miss Augusta | A. Juch, Miss Elizabeth A. Sweeney
 Altos-Miss Betsy M. Hosmer, solo ist; Miss Flora B.. Rawson, Miss Bird A. Reed, Miss Madeline E. Futile, Miss Harriet M. Butler Miss Georgia P. Lank.
 Tenors--William c. Duff, soloist; Ar thur H. Jackson, Henry J. Daly Wal ter J. Smith, William D. Embree.
 Basses-Frederick $. Weld, soloist; l Joseph F, Austin, George l.. Hamilton, James E.. Smith Lawrence W. Sulli- van. Edward E. Minor, Walter B. Spen- cer
 Evening Prayer. Sonata, Op 86......
 ... Alexander Guilmant I. Allegro con fuoco.
 IT. Meditation. III. Fugue.
 ". Adagio
 (This number will begin at 390 p. m.) 505. III. w. Parker Sentences.
 Lords Prayer.
 Psalter, twentieth selection, psalms
 14S, 149 and 15O.
 Sloria Mo- in E flat. Garrett Gloria No. in D..............Go Gounod Sloria No. in f1at... .Sta1ner The Lesson from Holy Scripture. Junc Dimittis in B flat...... Gounod , Apostles Creed. 7ersicles ...................... Tallis Collects. IT Anthem Martin Collects. Ill Hymn 493. .................H H. w. Parker lddress-Rev. Edwin S. Lines, D. D. Anthem-Song of Thanksgiving...
 ...... .................... Cowen Collects