St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-03
CHORAL UNION.
Another M usiCaI Success

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joyed by those who attended the various
concerts. The attendance compared
favorably with past years, but there
were plenty of empty seats which ought
to have been occupied by those who
failed to give their patronage to this
worthy cause.
An event not on the weeks progam
but which was highly appreciated by the
chorus and few Others, was au organ
recital given in St. Andrews church on
Thursday afternoon by Sidney F. Smith,
the choirmaster and organist of the
church. The recital included a pleasing
classical program and Mr.. Smith again
proved himself to be a talented organist.
He was assisted in the recital by Mrs. P.
F. Hazen, W. B. Atwood and H. H. May,
all OF whom gave pleasing solos.
The first concert on Thursday evening
embraced miscellaneous program and
was almost entirely home talent affair.
Young's orchestra appeared twice on
the program and their finished work
must have surprised some of the local
musicians. The orchestra has been hard
at work all winter and their work at
this concert showed most excellent
results. In the first part of the program
their leader, Mr.. Young, rendered a pleas
ing solo, "Mazurka de Concert" from
Musn. This difficult piece was very
easily and nicely done and elected much
applause. Mrs. Clara D. Hooker of
Bradford, who is wellknown in this
town and vicinity, sang solo which
showed her range of voice and called for
difficult work. She has a sweet, clear
voice and her friends are always glad to
hear her. Miss Jennie W. Chase of Lyn-
don gave two piano solos from Chopin.
This was one of the finest pieces of the
evening and she played with fine tech
nique and pleasing and finished style.
The Marcians gave the Boating Song''
from Spross. The personnel of this
quartette was as follows: Miss Dugan,
first soprano; Mrs. Homer E. Smith,
second soprano; Mrs. Charles E. Peck,
first alto; Mrs. John H. Moore, second
alto. Their song added much to varied
and pleasing program. Miss Alice C..
Hutchinson OF Lowell, Mass, sang a
solo which was not only feature of the
evening but OF the entire convention.
She has voice of exceptional purity
and sweetness and sang with ease. The
male glee club of 16 voices is a new
feature Of festival week which it is hoped
will be continued in future years. They
appeared twice on the program, and were
well received. In their last selection, IA
Cannibal Idyl," Frank 0. French was
the soloist
Miss katherine ]. Dugan, musical
director at st. Aloysius church, is a
notable addition to our musical circles
and new voice in our festivals. She
sang "Elizabeth's Prayer" from Wag-
ner's Tannhauser and the prolonged APP
plause showed how her sweet and
pathetic rendering of this piece had
touched the hearts of the audience 1t
was one of the musical gems of the week.
Harry H. Mays rendering of "The
Toreador's Love Song" showed a care
tul Interpretation of the piece. The
chorus opened the evenings program
with a glee and closed with MacFarren's
"May-Day" cantata. This was the
most difficult chorus piece of the conven-
tion and was given with plenty of life
and power. Madame Kilesk appeared
for the first time in this cantata s,and her
strong, clear voice was a great help to
the chorus.
The Friday matinee was thel artists
concert and as in previous years, was a
musical treat. The opening selection by
Blaisdells Orchestra was an admirable
piece of work. For small organization
this orchestra is powerful in volume and
did splendid work throughout the festi-
val, both in concert work andlin accom-
panying the chorus. Mr.. Tozier gave a
fine clarinet solo, there was a good cor
net and trombone duet and the selections
by the string quintette were especially
sweet. Harry Fl. May gave one selec-
tions, which showed his strong baritone
voice to excellent advantage. Madame
Kileski had some exceedingly pleasing
selections and her songs were charmingly
rendered. In her various songs, and
there were nine OF them, she showed
wonderful adaptability to the different
pieces. ]. Henry Mckinley, the New York
tenor soloist, is a newcomer to St. Johns
bury, and received a hearty welcome.
In the songs and in the duet with Nine.
Kileski at the close his rich tenor voice
was well brought out.
The concert Friday evening opened
with Gounods st. Cecilia mass, given by
the chorus, orchestra and three soloists,
Madame Kileski, Mr.. Mckinley and Mr..
May. This was the grandest piece of
the convention and the chorus never did
better work in St, Johnsbury conven-