The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15
DRESIDENT HEN, of the st.
Paul Choral club, and Director

PauI CHORAL club, and Director
NorRington had a conference
last week in regard to the works which
the Choral club will present next sea-
son. 1t is very probable that one of
Cigars compositions, either 1.-THE
Dream of Gerontius" or king Olaf"
viii be produced, but no decision can
be reached until a conference has
been held with the Minneapolis clubs.
AS has been it's custom heretofore,
the st. Paul club will endeavor to ar
range the dates of the concerts so
that it will be possible to engage the
same singers, that the clubs in the
other city engage. This musical CO.
operation between the two towns
makes the expense of importing sing
ers very much less. Saint Saens'
'Samson.sand DeliIah' is also being
considered for next season. 1t is not
unlikely that the concert course which
the, Choral club will offer for the
winter of 19045 will consist of one
Of Cigars works-one of the two, al
ready mentioned-Saint Saens' master
piece and one of the standard orator.
los. 1t is not settled yet whether the
Messiah Will be sung at Christmas
time. When the club announced last
year that 1t would give this oratorio
every Christmas eve, it believed that
the attendance last Christmas eve
would justify the announcement. But,
unfortunately, that attendance was not
e4esrge and the members of the club feel
now that it would not be wise to
keep to their original plan. Whether
the Messiah will be sung by the.
club this winter VIII depend very
much on the interest sEseegEEn- By the
public. If there is no demand made
for it, 1t will not be presented.
A students recital may reveal adj
mirable. student qualities and still not
be interesting; there must be talent to
hold the respectful attention of the au-
dience. In the song recital given
Wednesday night at Mozart hall by
a group of five singers who are study
ing with Mr.. Lewis Shave talent as
well as admirable student qualities
were tconspicuously displayed and the
audience, made up largely of society
folk who are also musical folk, showed
by its, close attention and its enthusi-
asm the enjoyment it obtained from
the programme. The singers pre-
d.
Judith Dousman, Miss Zillah Harris.
Mr. Strickland and Mr.. Stewart. OF
these Mrs. O'Meara is the most ad-
vanced in vocal study. She has a
contralto voice of fine timbre, even in
scale, and colored by that richness
of tone which makes the value of the
alto voice. She sang two groups of
songs, Spirit Song" by Haydn. and
IN Sr1er rott h.
phic Ode" Brahms; 'Fruhlingsnacht,"
Schumann, and der Tod und das
Madchen," Schubert. The second group
was the more successful; nervousness
; preventing the singer from doing her
self justice in the Hadyn and Becker
numbers. The Schubert song re-
Vealed the full beauty of her voice, its
supple strength and its color. The
three songs of this last group were ex-
cepuonally well sung. Miss Dousman
sang an aria that makes tempera-
mental as we'll as vocal demands, the
Jewel Song" from Gounod's Faust"
She Is very young student so that
1t was not to be expected that she
would get out of the famous aria all
that there-is in 1t. But it served to
reveal the beautiful quality of her
coloratura soprano, its surprising elias
ITCHY and its smoothness of tone. Her
natural naivete aided her in the ex-
preston of the song, which was sung
with delightful accent. Miss Zillah.
who possesses a dramatic soprano.
sang the aria from "Tannhauser. ;"
20 Hall of Song 1 Give Thee Greeting"
and, later in the programme, where
Blooms the Rose" Johns; and Spring
Song" by Oscar Well. Her voice
showed much promise. Mr.. Strickland
was one of the singers whose singing
revealed pronounced talent. He has
line baritone voice with especially
good lower tones and he sings with
ease and excellent expression, He
sang two sacred songs written by Pc
ter Cornelius, "Das sind Goldne Him
melspfade," and Der Du i'm Field die
Voeglein Nahrst;" Mozart's 20. Isis
und Osiris" and Hawley's "Ah. IT'S q
Dream" Mr.. Stewart was most hannv
In his choice of songs, the two roll
licking cavalier songs by Stanford
king Charles" and Boot, Saddle n
Horse and Away" being admirably
suited to his robust bass.
Mr.. @Rosenberger, who was at the
piano. gave admirable support to all
the voices.