The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15
MUSIC

Among the best things that this
country has to offer unsteady is I'M
doubtedly the Theodore Thomas or
chestra. Chicago possesses 1t, but
America owns It. National apprec1a-
ton has earned the latter this right OF
ownership. st. Paul will hear the or
chestra in three programmes this week
at the Peoples church, on Thursday
evening, on Friday evening and on
Saturday afternoon. Musiclanly meth
DDS and a rigid adherence to the mgh-
est ideals have made the orchestra
what 1T is today, an organlzauon Oh
artists under the leadership OF Vlr-
tuoso. The Thomas orchestra mas al
ways given its entire attention and full
strength to the one great arustlc
achieyement-the finest possible read
ing of the great masters in their great
est harmonies. 1t has never fallen be-
low its own standard; it's leader has
never permitted his musicians to lose
sight of the ideal toward which he
has been striving. Because of this,
without being popular in the modern
sense, it has won the appreciation and
the affection of the people.
Frederick A. Stock will WELD the
baton during the ST. Paul engagement.
He is a conductor new to the North
west, but he has aroused enthusiasm
in Chicago, which is the best proof
that could be given, perhaps, Of his
ability. ChicagOanS familiar With
Thomas leadership would hardly have
any liberation for one who fell below
the Thomas standard. The programmes
that nave been arranged for thursday
and Friday nights and for Saturday
afternoon are the most melodious that
the orchestra has ever given heres
There are imposing names on the pro-
grammes, names connected with great
compositions, but the music that will
be played Will be enjoyed by those who
have no especial knowledge of music,
but who love concord of sweet
sounds
The soloists include Miss Jenny Os-
born, lyric soprano; Steindel, the
'cellist. and Kramer the violinist, who
will play Mozart's great concerto.
The st. Paul Choral club has most
wisely decided to give the "Hora No
vissima" in the original Latin text.
This much-praised work of Horatio W.
Parker is built upon the Latin hymn,
and in the eXemplification of the theme
1t has lost nothing of its hymnal quail
ity. Like the singing by the Choral
club of last year of Verdis requiem,
the 1Ora NOVlSSlnla Will mean some
thing new to the majority of the au-
dience, for this work of Mr.. Parker's
has not been produced west of Chi
cago. The sehearsals are progressing
most satisfactorily, SO the concert,
which will be given Tuesday evening,
Nov. "a, in the Peoples church, prom
Uses to be brilliant one Besides the
''Hora Novissima," "The Swan and the
Skylark," a cantata that fits in most
satisfactorily with the Parker produc-
ton, will be given. The concert will
be given with full orchestral accom-
paninent, and with the following So
Ioists: Miss Gordon, soprano; Mrs.
Eleanor Kirkham, Chicago, contralto;
Edward Strong, recently Of Mortified,
tenor, and William Rowland, director
Of music at Ann Arbor, baritone. The
Choral club Is DESTROYS of adding to
Its list of associate members in order
that the organization may rest upon
firm financial basis and permanency
be assured 1t.
After several years absence Mrs. Jes-
steal De Wolf will make her first ap-
pearance before a st. Paul audience in
a recital that will be given in the Park