Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-24
FESTIVALS NEAR.
Only Few Days Remain in Which to
Get Course Tickets,
Never Before Has a More Brilliant Ar.
ray OF Artists Been Presented Here.

Maine Music festival calls attention 10
the TACT that the chance to Secure
course tickets for the coming festival
at bangor is only open for a few DAVIS
longer IL IL scarcely necessary to
point out the advantages Of these
tickets, they give one admission to each
OF the hVe concerts of the festival,
three evenings, and two afternoons. and
are transferable. There is thus a great
pccuhlary saving in the possession of
these. as compared with the ordinary
reserved seat tickets for the single con-
certs. which would cost IS if taken
sinEly, whereas a course ticket onlv
costs So. These may now be secured
by leaving name with members of the
chorus, or at Andrews Music store,
Bangor.
Those who think that the Schu-
MANN eink night will be the only per-
iorinance OF note, are very much mis-
taken and If they act upon this i'm
preston will be gricvously disappoint-
ed. NO one, with any love for music,
can afford to miss any of the five con-
ccrts as each has attractions of it's
own, different from the others. The
first evening concert will present that
sweet singer, Nine. Charlotte Maconda
sweet alike in voice and in personality,
who has steadily improved since she
created such a favorable impression at
the festival few years ago, and who
now stands in the very front rank as
concert soprano and will take part in
miscellaneous selections, as well as in
Gaurs new oratcrio, 1.-The Holy City"
Another established Bangor favorite,
Gwilym Miles, will also appear at this
concert, as will Edward Barrow, who
has won Il well-deservcd popularity in
his appearances with the McndelssOhn
club in this city. The quartet for THE
Holy City" will be completed by Miss
Frances Drinkwater OF this city, whose
debut at these festivals will be listened
to with the deepest interest by her
many friends here. These with the
grand festival chorus and festival Or
chestra will surely furnish a feast for
the most eXacting.
The second concert, first matinee,
will be largely instrumental and will be
marked by the appearance of that dis
tinGuishcd 'ccllist. Hans kronold, who
needs no introduction to an Eastern
Maine audience.
AS to the second evening program
which will consist of the opera Carmen
| in concert form. the bare mention sure
| ly ought to be enough to ensure II
crowded house. Nine. isabelle Bouton
| who won Il high place in. our estimation
Il few years ago and who since then
| has rapidly advanced toward front
rank as Il member of the Metropolitan
Opera House company will take the
role Of Carmen, for which she is 50
cminently fitted. Then Miss MarGucr-
| tic Lemon, the recent and beautiful adj
| ditiOn to the ranks of grand opera, and
| who shared with Calve the honorS of
| the production of this opera during the
| past season, will appear in the same
part as that in which she sang and
acted so aGnificcntly i'm New York
| Boston and elsewhere. The rest of the
east is equally deserving of notice and
| altogether there is not the slightest
doubt but that Il presentation of Car
men will be given ut the Auditorium on
the evening of Friday, June Sd, to miss
| which would be a misfortune.
| The second matinee, and fourth con-
cert, is "children's day" on which Occa-
sion the children of the public schools
| Will demonstrate the advantage they
have derived from the revival Of must
cal interest in our State, which revival
has been mainly owing to these, annual
musical festivals. But it will not be
left entirely TO the children to delight
the vast audience which will doubtless
crowd the Auditorium on the afternoon
of Saturday, June A. Miss Marguerite
| Lemon will also take part in the con-
cert. and this. with the novelty and i'm
portance of the first appearance of the
children of our schools, surely furnish
cs Il program second to none in interest.
And then, the fifth and last concert
well it is to be Schumann- Heink night
and that is enough; from every throat
among the thousands who will I'M
doubtcdly listen to this peerless artistic,
will arise an acclaim that shall pro-
claim her absolutely ana indisputably
the unrivallcd Queen of Song.