The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-29
MUSICAL
GOSSIP

The SUCCESS of "The Mocklng Bird" the
now production by Sidney Rosonfcld ana
| a. Baldwin Sloane. now running ut the
| Bijou theater Now York, Ia one of the
! most convincing indications that there
| Is return of sentiment in favor of the
| old time comic opera, where a pleasing
story and trneful music take the place
| OF the slaD-stick md sclt2er bottle. as
| features of amusement and interest. Tie
| most surprising element In the opera in
| which Mabello Gilman has achieved such
| a success is the delightful music by A.
Baldwin Sloane, which is the nearest ap.
proach to the ideal of anything heard
Ivan. In the "Mocking Bird" Mr..
Sloane, who has been heretofore known
chiefly as the writer OF aburesoue music
and rag-timc songs, delighted his many
admirers by entering an entirely new
| field of composition. While The opera is
fraught with catchy melodies that are the
delight OF the whistler, there are many
numbers approaching the grand opera
that indicate that the composer has ca
pabilitieS in the way of handling more
ambitious themes than have hitherto been
unsupported. The success of "The Mock
ing Bird" will undoubtedly prompt the
| leading managers to profit by the hint,
and 1t IL not unlikely that the Gilbert &
Sullivan style of opera will asnin take
place of the inanc productions that have
been written around the leading com
edians of the day.
Tho following Is the musical pro-
gramme of the annual THANKSGIVING
praise service. at Elm Park church. to-
morrow evening. under the direction of
J. Alfred Pennington, orsanist and choir
master:
Organ--tirand Chorus in y nat. .Guimant
Choir-An,hem. 20 God Who Is Like
cboirSr,hs into Ihee "ho,, ;;rownss; 'nrow iM.
Soprano solo--"Behold the Gathered
harvest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ElOrini
Mrs. Ezra Conncll
Choir-Anthem. "Rejoice IN the Lord"
Lansing
Organ--Pastorale in D major. .Lemaigre
Duet for Soprano and Alto--"O. Love
~ Peace with Plenty Crowned"
Handel
Mrs. Connell and Mrs. Thomson.
Choir-Hymn. "The Harvest Will
r Surely Come. MISREPRESENTATION. ::;.., GEibel
rendered at the morning service:
Organ-Prelude in G. Smart
choir-Anthem, THE King of Love
My Shepherd Is" ................. Shelly
Organ--Offertory in d fiat. .Guilmant
Choir-Anthem. 81 VIII Magnify Thee"
Reed
organ-Postluie i'll u major. Gladstone
ELM Park Choir-Mrs. Ezra Conncll.
soprano: Mrs. Ienore Thomson. contral-
to: Mrs. Alfred Wooler. tenor; Mr.. Philip
Warren, bass.
Mr. Pennington will play the following
programme in his pianoforte "Interpreta-
ton Lesson which will be given this
morning to students in ST. Luke's Par
Isl, house:
Twelve Variations on Russian Theme
Beethoven
Impromptu in A minor Op. 7s No. /.
Philip Scharwenka
Nocturne in G minor. op. II. No. 3,
Chopin
Silhouette. Op. s. No. 12......... .Dvorak
Valse Impromptu. OPP. 90. No. 2.
Bruno Oscar Klein
Il i i
The following musical selections will he
used at tomorrow's worship in the Sec
ond Presbyterian church:
MORNING.
At the morning worship the Thanksgiv- |
ing music will be repeated.
Organ Prelude ......................Fau .Faulkes |
Solo-"Praise Ye the Lord o My Soul
Holden
Mr. Ralph Williams.
Ofrertory-Anthem, "Blessed Is He
That Considereth the Poor" Gladstone
Miss Garagan and Choir.
EVENING.
Choir Response-'Holy, Holy, Holy"
Cambidge |
Anthem-"I.et Your Light So Shine"
Monk |
Father" .Gregorian
Ofrertory-Duet, "Oh Send Out Thy
Light" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Selected
Miss Garagan and Miss Williams.
Organ Postlude-Allegro from Sonata
in D MINOR. rant
Mr. ]. NJ. Chance, organist and direc-
tor.
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A twilight rectal' will be given at
the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church,
Green Ridge. Saturday, Dec. 8. at p.
n. by Charles II. Doers;irn, organist. and
Miss Eleanor Payne Reynolds. contralto.
This programme Will be rendered:
and Fugue III T..
minor .......................... hach
the Lord Is Mindful OF
His Own" est. Paul ..Mendelssohn
OrEan-
ta) "Offertoirc" ....,Ambrosc Thomas
% "Abcndlicl" Robert Schumann
transcribed by Alex. Guilmant.
(c) "Fiat Lux. Theodore Dubo!se
Publican. IVAN der Water
Organ
(b) "lntermezzo' tSiXth Sonata).
(c) Coronation March" .,'Svendsen