The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
MAY FESTIVAL OF music
THREE GREAT CONCERTS AT ENG
LIsH's OPERA HOUSE THIS WEEK.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Big
Chorus and Many SOIOists-The
Music to Be Rendered.

The eleventh May music festival will
open tomorrow evening at English's Opera
House. Preparations for this big musical
event have been going for several
months under the direction of John II.
Stem. the promoter. and arrangements for
the series of concerts are now complete
One of the most important features of a
music festival is always the work of the
home singers who form the great choruses,
and the chorus numbers on this occasion
promise to be of unusual interest and in
terpreted in a noteworthy manner. The
programmes for this seasons festival are
not of such a classic nature as they have
been in the past, but are arranged so that
they will please all hearers, whether music
students or not. The Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, which a few weeks ago con-
cluded a successful series of concerts at
the Auditorium in Chicago, will offer many
fine orchestra numbers. This aggregation
Of high-class instrumeEtalists has just
closed festival engagements in Montreal
and Quebec, and the critics of the two Ca
madam cities wrote in terms of the warm
est praise of the excellent work of the or
chestra.
A fine orchestra, a great chorus and
many eminent soloists, all under the able
conductorship of Adolph Rosenbecker,
should prove a musical force of exceptional
power The soloists who will come to In
dianapolis from other cities to sing at the
festival will be Genevieve Clark Wilson.
soprano; Sue Harrington Furbeck contraI-
to; George Hamlin, tenor; Arthur Beres-
ford, basso; Jan Van Oordt, vioIinist;
Franz Wagner, 'cellist; Mrs. Clara Murray,
harpist. and w. c. E. Seeboeck, pianist
The indianapolis singers who will be most
prominent in the rendition of some of the
big ensembles and double quartets will be
Miss Ida Sweenie, Mrs. Leo b. Riggs, Miss
Gertrude Fugate, Miss Jessie Mae Payne,
Miss Katherine Gibson, Miss Gertrude
Hassler, Miss Litta Grimm, Frank Taylor
Homer Van VIE, w. II. Laut and ]. w.
Bussey. Professor Rosenbecker will be as
sisted in conducting the festival by Louis
Evans, who has been in Indianapolis for
several days actively engaged in perfecting
the work of the two hundred chorus sing
erS.
OPENING PROGRAMME.
The opening programme of the festival
should prove most interesting one in
every way. The orchestral numbers will
be the overture "Di Ballo' by Sullivan.
Edward Germans Gypsy Suite" and
symphony in two movements by Stanford
Haydn's beautiful Austrian hymn will
be sung by a quartet and the great
chorus, the quartet being composed of
Mrs. Wilson, Miss Furbeck, Mr. Hamlin
and Mr.. Beresford. This number which is
OF the highest order of church music. was
| one OF Haydns favarite compositions and
one of the last works that ne played on
the piano-forte before his death, 1t has
never been heard in its present form in
Indianapolis The double quartet of prom
inent indianapolis singers will render Men
delssohn's Holy, Holy, Holy" Mr.. Ber-
esford will sing Verdi's ''Infelice;" Mrs
Wilson Will give. as her solo number, the
Ave Maria" Of Bruch and Mr.. Hamlin
| will sing the recitative, Deeper Deeper
STILL from Handel's .Jephtha'
The second half OF the programme will
| be given up to the presentation of the
| first part of Haydn's wonderful Creation
| by the orchestra, chorus and all the prin-
| cipal soloists. The Creation is one of
the most interesting of musical compost
| tions and is the most popular work of it's
kind, with possibly one exception-'The
Messiah " writes Edward NJ Crawley, of
the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music
Its libretto was compiled from Millions
the use of Handel who failed TO avail him
self OF the great opportunity offered him
This work of Haydns was first performed
in private at the Schwartzenberg Palace
in 1873 and the following year was given
in public at the National Theater In Vienna
1t produced the greatest effect of any Of the
composers works and as soon as liz could
be printed IL was spread all over the music
| al world. being received everywhere as
the inspiration of genius. From the OPEN
ing strains OF the orchestra until the last