Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-19
FLOCK TO THE sAENeERFEsT
Fifteen Thousand Persons share
rare Musical Treat nt
So. LOuis.

ST. LOUIS, Junei1S.-LonR before twiiEh'
throngs of people began arriving at the
Liberal Arts building. the vanguard OF an
other immense audience which tonight MS
tened to the second concert Of the Ma
tional Saengerfest The success OF last
night served 10 increase the attendance to-
night and the massive Structure was COM
pletely filled. people even standing in the
| aisles, although the seating capacity is To- %
900.
Tonight the national male chorus Of 1900
voices which has been in training IN
various cities for months under Saengerfest
instructors, contributed the numbers, as
sisted by the orchestra of 200 pieces and
Nine Katharine Fleischer-Ddel, the So
prano. One number was contributed by
the United Singers OF Cincinnati.
| Promptly. at S:15 a sudden nelodious fan
fare of trumpets and tromocnes announced
the hour set for beginning. At $50 the
crowd was stlll pouring in and 1t was not
until the orchestra director. Alfred Ernst,
reached the conductors stand and raised
his baton that the audience became in some
degree quiet.
Then the great orchestra thundered forth
Wagners Die Meistersinger." The great
festival orchestra, consisting OF the Theo-
dore Thomas orchestra, the entire Festival
orchestra OF Cincinnati and the complete
/ Choral -Symphonyl orehestrat OF ST. Louis
tmade truly wonderf,d showing and helC
1.-THE audience spellbound. -
But greater things were to come. Th,
next number, Rheinberger's lode t.
Music" by the National Male chorus, as
sisted by the orchestra. carried the audience
by storm. While at times there was some
thing Of a lack of voice balance, this wa
but family noticeable. The choral onse
was singularly aggressive and satisfying
and the magnificent volume and fnasculin
strength, harmoniously carried along by tn
orchestra, will not soon be forgotten
The United Singers of Cincinnati. unde
the leadership Of Louis Ehrgott, came next
showing rare development and careful
training.
For an interval the male voices reste
while the program was continued by tn
orchestra, and then once more Wagner hel
the audience with "siegfried's Death" a..
The National Male chorus by this tim
thoroughly blending In accentuation and 1
perfect balance, sung Attenhofers "IIoli
day Eve" which was one of the mos
beautiful numbers of the evening. Thi
led up to the only feminine voice on tn
program IN Awake by Baldamus, sun
by the National Male chorus, supported b
the orchestra, and the whole accompany
-'b fiSiSNhCirtsuel. Inc famous SC
prano soloist was in splendid voice and he
tones, sweet and clear, scared above tn
deep harmony that swept along in rythmi
volume, moving the audience to rapturou
) applause
Two more numbers were rendered by III
National Male chorus, the second simpl
carrying away the audience by it's swee
l melodious simplicity--"My Old Kentuck
Home" Softly, and yet distinctly III
! grand chorus carried along the well know
: southern melody. and then, with powerf,
3 resonance the refrain echoed and reve,
oerated even across the Worlds faI
grounds and away into the distance, whll
; the chorus, under splendid leadership. graz
= ually diminished In sound until It In Itse
E became an echo and finally. dying awe,
: left the audience momentarily awaiting 70
a continuation, not, realizing that the son
had ceased. .a-sC., -. u
} The final item OF the evening was III
chorus from athe 'opera, "Jessonda," h
spohr. This was given by the Nation,
Male chorus and the orchestra oA :,
Tomorrow AFTERNOON the third conce,
: will be given and tomorrow nights concer
Will eoneludesfhe sSeheerfest.