Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-10

All eyes are now on the Nordica event
FOR wednesday night next at the Tab
ornacle. The sale at the Daynes Music
Store has been going on for three days,
and up to last night II was estimated
that the places reserved amounted to
over 81 900. With three more days he
forc the, event, II Is probable that a
ono audience will be worked up. The
main interest, OF course, centers In the
evenings performance, when Nordica
sings three times, but the reduced
nrlces at the matinee, running from 80
cents TO 81, ought TO insure strong at
tendance for the afternoon event, even
without Nordca. Nine. Fiske. the con-
,rano; Mr.. Frankie, the violinist, and
the big Metropolitan Opera House or
chestra win appear In the matinee. The
"piece de resistance of the night pro-
gram viii. no doubt be the rendition
Of the Marvellous Work" from the
"Cration." by Nine Nordica, and the
fll choir of 800 voices, Music lovers
viii Of course insist on an encore for
his grand number, and II they do. It Is
10 he hoped that Nordlca and the choir
will have THE lnnammatus" in re-
serve.
Nordica will also be heard in THE
Polannaise," from Mgnon, and the
Hungarian Aria from Laslos. The
big orchestra is down for several num-
bers principal among which Will be u
selection from the now much talked OF
"Parsfal by Wagner, and Tschaikow-
skys famous overture, lisp" COM
mtmorative Of Napoleon's invasion of
Russia. and his retreat from Moscow.
Mime. Flske, the contralto, and FrankU,
the violinist, do not appear in the
evening program.
The German missionaries held
musical reunion last Wednesday even
ing In the Twenty-fourth ward meet
inghouse The reunion was largely
attended and enjoyed, and the following
program was successfully carried out;
German recitation. Percy Goddard
Piano solo,. d, ...Agnes Dahlquist
Address, German Society in Og-
den,".. =. .o..,.Alvln Scoyllle
Piano SOLO. :. :. spencer Clawson, Jr
Address go, go. ...A. II. Schultess
Plano solo ..... =, $50. Clara Cluff
Banoneon selection, friedrich Buhner
Song Grand Air du Frelschutz...
.........,... ..... Emma Ramsey
Accompanst, Prof. j. j. Mcclellan
The piano solo by Miss Dahlquist
showed the performer to be possessed
Of unusual musical ability; and the
same thing may be said Of Mr.. Claw
son, whose special talents have attract
ed so much favorable attention. Miss
Ramsey was Of course the star of the
evening and her rendering of the grand
aria from Der Freischutz' was charm-
ing.
Prof, j. j Mcclellan was Miss Ram
seys accompanist, and performed In his
usual happy style, Refreshments We're
served after the program, after which
the evening was closed with dancing.
Prof John NJ. f. Snodgrass, the
music teacher, in going to Arizona to
spend the winter on account of throat
troubles, Mrs. Snodgrass, however, win
remain, and teach in her husbands
place
Robert Hurd Of Thatcher, Idaho, aged
II, has what Is considered a remarkable
soprano voice; but as he is on the
threshold Of his change in life" there
Is no telling what his present fine voice
VIII change into. We VIII all hope for
tenor.
The piano market has been unusually
lively this past week, and shipments
out OF town frequent. one dealer alone
Us receiving three cars of Instruments
one OF the cars containing 10 pianos
People seem to have money to buy pia-
nos with, and collections are reported
as very fair
Frol. Mcclellan gave special organ
recital early last evening. for Mrs. IL.
NJ Gable wife of the president of one
OF Chlcagos big plano manufacturing
nrms who was In town on a visit. Mrs,
cable was delighted with the perform
ance, and said 1t was better than any
she had ever listened TO in Chicago,
Prot, Radcilff gave a special organ
fecltal last Sunday evening, in the First
CONGREGATIONAL church. for Mr. Robert
y Grant and party. A choice program
was artistically given,
MISS Helen Shepard win be the solo,
lst al Held's concert tomorrow evening.
walter Poulton who has for the last
Two years, been valued clerk I'm CAL
yer music store, gives up his clerical
luues tonight, and viii devote his en-
ure time TO plano and organ practise
under Prof, Mcclellan. Mr.. Poulton is
Iusarded as student OF unusual prom
se' ana his many friends predict a fine