The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-21
ADJUSTMENTS.

Once or possibly twice in a music
lovers lifetime he VIII unwittingly
strike a concert that is an unadulter-
ated pleasure from the first note to the
last. Mime. Games and the exceptions
ally talented artists who completed her
programme AT the tabernacle last even
ing furnished such an occasion; and
now that Judgment is recorded, one
may note that the perfection OF the
whole evening was as unexpected as ii
was satisfactory.
Usually the hardened concert goer
expects 10 suffer at intervals for the
privilege of hearing the stars numbers.
Nine. Eames' support was so marked
an exception to the regulation concert
troupe that il deserves TO rank in mu-
steal history as an unprecedented COM
olnation-a really great artist with ad-
eduate cOllaborators.
In programme covering two hours,
there was hardly a moment OF COM
mOnplace music-certainly there was
no inartistic instant; and If it were not
Tor the restraint of cold type the whole
affair would call for unlimited enthus-
iasm.
Mr. Mcclellan led off with the 'I.o-
hensrin" prelude on the organ. itself a
number to elicit praise. Then came
Mr.. Holman and Mr.. Weber with
Handefs senate in G, for the cello and
piano, with the grave, allegro. largo and
allegro movements Mr.. Hollman's
cello work is as nearly perfect as one
could wish to hear. An eXquisitely
pure tone. unlimited power phrasing
and shading such as a few only car
command, combined to make his num-
bers a delight to be remembered al
ways. In the largo of the first number.
with its magnificent simplicity OF
theme and breadth of movement, the
musician of intelligence was Swallowed
forth. and in the symphonic variations
OF Boellman and his own andante and
Spinning Wheel later the poet in
him was expressed most perfectly. one
might suspect him Of playing on his
audience with occasional little diver
sions as dear old Remenyi did. but the
diversions, even, We're forgivable H. a
man who could make such music as
his.
Emilio de Gogorza the baritone. was,
like Mr.. Holman. a surprise. a stun
ming surprise, such as one does not eX-
pect with a prima dOnna's troupe He
has voice of splendid dramatic quail
lty, ample volume, rarely sympathetic
sweetness, and with il he has most
unusual gift of emotional interpreta-
ton. The range of his powers may ba
the intensely dramatic prologue from
'Pagliacci" and for encore Ben JON
sons Drink to Me Only With Thine
Eyes" both with such fine apprecia7
ton of their significance that both were
equally and overwhelmingly effective
Another encore, apparently new here,
was the when Thou Art Near" which
brought out the climax of a progress
sive demonstration that occurred when
ever he appeared.
or Nine. Games nothing could be
truthfully said that would not seem
exaggerated 10 those who did not hear
her She began with the Aida" aria a
tremendously brilliant feature. oriental
in movement and full of climaXeS, and
was more than equal to all its trying
requirements. For an encore she sang
Henschels Spring Song, one of the
daintiest Of ballads. redOlent of the
springtime, Of singing birds and flow
ers and growing trees, and made the
picture come true in song. Her obli-
cato solo, with Mr.. Holman at the
cello. marked the high-Water mark of
beauty in things musical here. The
Massenet "Elegy' was particularly
fine, and the little German ''Mein Glsu-
biges Herr, by Bach, was a pure de-
light. The evening closed with the
"lniiammatus, the choir and organ ac-
cOmpanying. After hearing Nordica
sing it twice. under the same COndi-
tiOns. one hesitates to compare. but it
Is quite within bounds TO say that the
immense power, the absolute purity,
the sense of command in a voice pitted
against an overwhelming background
of accompanying sound was neveB
more perfectly achieved. Nor can one
forget such a triumph as Games
achieved i'm that closing number.
IT would be unfair to close a neces-
sarily brief comment without a tribute
to Mr.. Weber, both for his unfailing-
ly satisfactory accompaniment and
the finish of his solo numbers, which
were enCOred.
Take it all in all. no concert ever
given here was ever quite so complete
~ satisfactory in every number and
every detail.