The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
DREsIDENT HEN, of the St.

Paul Choral club, and Director
- Normington 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
Elgar's compositions, either "The
Dream Of Gerontius" or king Olaf"
will 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
'sss-aS the expense of importing sing
eIS wSzeSsEss much less. Saint saens'
Samson and DeHlah" is also beina
considered for next season. 1t is not
unlikely. that the concert course which
the Choral club will offer for the
winter of 1904-5 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
large 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 will depend very
much on the interest shown by the
publHcf NIfs there is no demand made
Tor 1t, it will not be presented.
"A students recital may reveal ad-
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
We're conspicuously 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-
sented were Mrs. Frank O'Meara, Miss
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
contra4tOh 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
Fruhllngszett," by Becker; and Sap
phlc 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 we'll 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 q very young student, so that
IL 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 elas-
uclty 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 +"
% 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 3
f1ne 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 90 Isis
und Osiris" and Hawley's "Ah, 'Tis a
Dream" Mr.. Stewart was most hannv
In his choice of songs, the two roll
licking cavalier songs by Stanford.
King Charles" and Boot, Saddle. to
Horse and Away" being admiraOnlv
suited to his robust bass.
rAIni Rosenberger, who was at the
piano, gave admirable support to all
the voices.
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