Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

osch 81 made Il a rule never TO give
girl false encouragement. Even now
at my home, they write, wanting 10
come and have me hear them sing, anu
ell them what l think of their voices
| always tell them Just plainly my
opinion Of their prospects, II would De
cruel to lead girl to believe she was
fitted for the concert or operate stage
when her talents lie In another dlrec-
ton. Perhaps not one In a thousand OF
our girls who go TO Europe for study
are ever heard Of Many voices are
spoiled in the making, and others give
the teacher no foundation, You cannot
become an artist by following set rules,
though ! have met many ladies' VINO
seemed to think all they needed was
formula or recipe. They apparently
wanted to make a career for themselves
as they would a mine pie"
The coming Of the noted organist, Mr..
Lemare on June J. Is to be red letter
day In the local musical world, ana his
playing is looked forward 20 with In
tense interest. II Is not often that great
organists from other parts visit TINS
city. once in a while only Frederick
Archer. a Clarence Eddy or DIR. WAL
ters comes this way, and their appear
ance here is always an event to be not
ed. As to Mr.. Lemare's playing, Phllp
Hale, Of Boston, one OF the recognized
musical critics of the country, says
MIR Lemare has studied assiduously
his chosen art. and he gives pleasure
even when his art 10 some may seem
meretricious. He has great facility
fine sense of color. a cool head, mod
est and dignihed bearing. He plays
with authority Nor Is It to be denied
that he gains at times surprising effects
as the result OF his experiments In reg
istration He Is not unduy sensational,
he is not slave 10 eXaggeration
Louis G. Elson. another noted critic,
remarks OF the organist That MT.
Lemare Is a phenomenal organist must
be at once conceded. he must have a
long fingered hand to produce some OF
the manual effects heard last night In
symphony hall, and MS pedalling Is
certainly remarkable. Still more sur
prislng was his brilliant registration
and his audaclous yet thoroughly ef-
fective Improvisation. His two Bach
fugues were fairly ablaze with virtuo-
sity Altogether a brilliant concert and
a phenomenal organ virtuoso'
We note with surprise, that the pro-
gram OF Mr. Lemare's recital does not
contain his own Andantlno CTo my
wife), heard here so often from MIR. Nc
Clellan. The desire to hear how the
author interprets his own composition
Is sure TO be a general one. and the
committee ought TO induce him TO sub
stitute II for one OF the other numbers.
He is down for II selections, two OF
them being original
Prof. ]. J. Mcclellan is IN receipt from
friend at Bethlehem, Pa OF a pro-
gram OF the Third Bach festival, which
has Just been concluded In the well
known manufacturing town. The pro-
gram is s. pages long, giving In full the
events Of the six days festival, dis
tinguished by the presence OF five not
ed sopranos, three contraltos four ten
ors and two basses from Philadelphia
and New York, a Bach choir OF lis
adult voices, organized In 1895; a boys
choir OF 80 voices a trombone choir OF
lS instruments and an orchestra OF 81
performers. This fine aggregation gave
remarkable presentation Of number
OF John Sebastian Bach's greatest Choir
al compositions.
FIFTEEN hundred people were present
az each performance, and the little city
OF Bethlehem. Of 1900 inhabitants, was
az its wits end 10 entertain the large
number OF strangers within It's gates.
In fact worshipers OF Bach were forced
TO put up" in adjoining towns. An
eastern newspaper critic says OF the
performance: 1T is doubtful II the
great Passion music was ever rendered
more intelligently and with a more
purely devotional spirit In spite OF
some adverse criticism Of the choir's
work during the early part Of the week.
due largely TO the fact that the critics
themselves were treading on unfamil-
lar ground. 4, must fairly be admitted
that Bach's inspired music IS sung here
in a manner that would have received
the approval Of the great master him