Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-20
CHORAL UNION CONCERTS
SUCCESSFUL RENDERING OF
SOME HIGH CLASS MUSIC.
Good Audience at the Auditorium
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings.
Local and Out-of Town Musicians
Unite in Pleasing Programs.

A large audience listened with evil
dent enjoyment To the opening con-
cert IN the auditorium Tuesday even
! ing. Of the music festival given this
week by the Brattleboro Choral un-
lon. II was a great musical triumph
for Brattleboro-an achievement
along worthy lines Mr.. Collins skill
as n leader was shown I'm the quick
and sympathetic response given his
interpretations by the large assem-
blage of musicians and much Of the
success of the Choral unions accom-
plishments during the past winter is
doubtless due to his management
The chorus performed its part in the
beautiful Erl-King's Daughter most
credtahly and its singing was one of
the most enjoyable features of the
evening. Mr. Miller's rich and power
ful voice and perfect enunciation were
we'll employed in the part of Sir
Oluf; his rendering of the final lines
of the part being especially effective.
He sang with more than usual pow
er and mastery of expression In his
solo selections in the second part and |
received hearty encore. Miss
Roche, who took the mothers part in /
the cantata captured the audience I
later by her rendering of Ave Maria /
and Mavourneen. In grand or pas
sionate themes like these. her voice I
takes one irreslstibly in fancy to 1
great cathedrals or TO free, open 1
spaces on the hills where there is
room for the glory of music. In n 1
wholly different way Mrs. Kilduff /
charmed her hearers by her tender
and delightful Interpretation of the
love song with which she responded
to an encore. Mrs. Kilduff has both
gift and art in expression of delicate
shades The work of the orchestra
was excellent and the selections
rendered by the string orchestra met
favor. A strong number of
the program which follows was the
closing selection Unfold, Ye Portals,
from Gounod's Redemption:
PART ONE
Ballad, "Erl- Kings Daughter" Gade
Mrs. Kilduff, Miss Roche, Mr.. Miller,
Chorus and Orchestra
PART TWO.
overture, Nv iHlam Tel, ROsslhl
Orchestra
Lallah," yanderstucken il,
Mrs. Kilduff
Andante Cantabile, Tschaikowsky /
String Orchestra I
'a) Dreams" Strelezki !,
Id Invocation" Guy D. Hardelot ,
Mr. Miller h
With cello obligato by Mr.. Carl Behr Il
Ave Maria" Mascheroni I
Miss Roche [
With violin obligato by Mr.. Dugan 4
Unfold, Ye Portals" from 'Redemp- /
tion," Gounod |
Chorus and Orchestra Z
The Wednesday evening concert I
vas attended by about the same i
lumber of people The program was n
aried by placing the choral work,
iaul's Holy City, after the orchestra II
nd solo numbers. The soloists We're $
by the addition of Clarence f
3. Shirley of Boston, one of the {
aading tenors of New England, who v
endered the tenor parts Of the Holy i
,ity with fine discrimination and ex- d
client voice and sang a triple num- i
er of dainty songs in the first part II
which were heartily encored, Mr.. a
satchelder of the orchestra played Z
ute solo showing remarkable execu- c
ion and clear tones, the effect of /
7hich was somewhat marred by his $
tage manner, but which met with q
he sincere approval of the audience. G
The orchestra under Mr. Clint Du- p
an left little to be desired either in n
he way of its concert number from
'armen or in accompanying the SOLO
sts and chorus The chorus work in
he Holy City was even better than a
1 the Erl- Kings Daughter. The h
losing chorus. Great and Marvellous il
re Thy Works, was rendered with Is
reat power considering the num- d
er of voices. n
The program follows: il
PART ONE. ri
election from Carmen" Bizet il
Orchestra a
o Don Fatale," from Don Carlos a.
Verdi b
Miss Roche W
- Thy Beaming Eyes" Mcdowell II
b) 20 Let Night Speak of Me" n
Chadwick al
y The Lark Now Leaves His el
Wat'ry Nest H. w. Parker m
Mr.. Shirley
lutte Solo ~
Nr. Leon C. Batchelder
Needham W
Mrs. Kilduff p'
PART TWO.
acred Cantata, THE Holy City or
Gaul h,
RS. Kilduff, Miss Roche, Mr.. Shirley f.,
Mr.. Miller, Chorus and Orchestra ro
ther Solo Passages were taken by hs
Miss Gregg and Miss Lett ct
singer of the Chorus WI
Musical Director Nelson p. Coffin he
Newport, n. H., has reason to feel lii
at the success which al
IS crowned his efforts during the U.
inter as evidenced by the work of fu
e chorus and by the appreciation of ch