The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-25
THE PAULUs CONCERT

The Morse mems Musical league gave a
! warm welcome for their countryman, OLAF
Paulus, in the concert given at Plymouth
church last evening, and large audience
expressed it's approval by its attendance
and it's hearty appreciation of the pro-
gram presented. Herr Paulus is one of
the leading organists of Norway, occupy
ing the position OF organist and musical
director at the cathedral at Stavanger.
He IS In Minneapolis not as a musician,
tunity afforded last evening of judging of
his merits was all the more enjoyable for
The program, which was much too long,
was devoted" almost exclusively to the
compositions Of Herr 'Paulus, consisting Of
a: missions, Cs9tata,'' group, Of .Ro-
nfances," two orchestral "Festpreludier'
Tor Good Friday and Easter, and COM
position "Vestanveir.'' musical descrip-
ton Of Norwegian life near the sea for
male, chorus The, other numbers pre-
sented were a.I"Potponrri of Norwegian
National Airs for the orchestra by Alfred
Andersen, and Grieg's :''Hyldingsmarsch.'
for the orchestra, ando"sigurd Jorsalfar',
for male chorus. -t.l& u :. a.,
music were markedly: noticeable in the
works OF Herr Paulus presented last even
Ing. There was the same paucity of me-
lodic invention, the same tendency to in
tricate minor harmonics, ! the same in
clination to- the sonlber and mournful in
music. It seems as tho the angry sea,
the ever present ice bound peaks and the
deep and rocky fjords were constantly
acting as an inspirat 1on for the music Of
Norway, as tho life was too much Of a
struggle to permit Of the lighter, warmer
and more graceful effects These features
We're most marked in the cantata and the
two orchestral numbers. while the "vest-
anveir' showed moro rollicking abandon
in places. The "Romances" were delicate
and graceful. Herr Paulus' merits as a
composer and director quite overshadowed
his work on the organ.l .2z
) OF the soloists Miss Sigfe Dal@e was re-
markedly good. She" has rich mezzo
voice Of excellent quality and volume
which was very enjoyable While not
| quite at her ease at the inception Of her
solo, she gathered confidence as she went
on and acquitted herself with great credit
Knut Ekman, whose voice is heard much
too seldom in Minneapolis, took the barry
tone solo in the ''vestanveir' and sang
with fine effect. His voice possesses q
rarely symrathic timbre, and is of wide
range and fine quality. Jacob L. Hort
sang the group of "Romances' but fairly.
His voice Is, however, purely tenor, and
greater familiarity with the music might
have added to the result. Arthur Berg
played q violin solo, which, tho much
too long for such program, was well
given. His bowling is clean and good, al
tho his tone is yet small. He was greatly
assisted by superbly played accompan:-
ment. Professor Gunnerson was not a
success as an organ accompanist and once
or twice the chorus nearly came to grief
because Of poor support. a.
The choral works were sung by a, mixed
chorus Of about sixty voices and selected
male chorus, all Of the singers being of
Herr Paulus' American countrymen. The
choir loft. Of Plymouth church does not
lend itself readily to the placing of SO
large a chorus, and if a portion of the
male chorus could have been utilized in
the mixed chorus it would have saved
considerable confusion. The work Of both
choruses was unusually good under tha
circumstances, and the ladies' voices were
really remarkable. DAM orchestra MIA ved
with it's old time form and scored a, dis
t1nct success. Herr Pau1us personally di-
rected MS own compositions played by the
orchestra. .-.-- -,
-. :, r Howard Boardman,
Ladies' Fine tailoring Dept.
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