The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
NelDs Of the Musical World

and propose to do things this season
The "trY7outs = for the club member
ships occurred last Tuesday and all
parts are filled and with fully as good
1T not better. material than they had
last season. The Glee club was espe-
clally fortunate in finding a new first
tenor in the person of Archie Potter,
whose voice is exceptionally good. The
glee club ID limited to four voicesEs on
a part, with Paul Bunce, the president
OF the club, as tenor soloist. Qrriman
S. Ely is director
The Mandolin club will consist of
SIX first mandolins. six second manolo-
Inns, SIX guitars, three violins, two.
eellos, fiute, mandola and drums. Jack
Haynes is the violin soloist, and Cliff,
ford e. Champine, the business man
ager of the club, is the mandolin solo
lst. Ray knight will direct, as last
Year.
The clubs are laying out a busy
years work. The first concert will be
glven, Dec; 8, while concerts are pro-
lected at the Agricultural college, Still
water, St. Cloud and Monticello be-
fore the, holidays. A trip is being ar.
ranged for February to include Brain
erd, Fargo, Grand Forks, Crookston
and Winnipeg, where two concerts will
be given. 4 special car will be char
tered for this trip.
Symphony Orchestra Plans.
Mr.. Oberhoffer has returned from a
six weeks trip east, part of which time
was spent in the interest of the Philhar-
monte club and the Symphony orchestra,
of which he is conductor. The orches-
ira will remain largely intact, all the
best players here-and that means the
best lnstrumentalists in the northwest
having signed for the Forthcoming sea-
son.. The string section will be strength
ened, particularly the 'cellos, and few
important changes in the woodwind sec.
ton are contemplated. Mr.. Oberhoffer
has secured a number of novelties for
the orchestra, notably the score of
- Das Hexenlied,' by Ernst Won Will
denbruch, with music by Schilling, a
famous new composer of the Strauss
school. nDas Hexenlied,' or "The
Wltch s Song" requires dramatic
reader and the full modern orchestra for
It's presentation, and its effect is as
den Another powerful novelty un-
! derllned for an early presentation is
Salnt-Saens' great symphony in C mi,
qor, which, in addition to the orchestra
requires the great organ ando two pia.
nos, and was written in memory OF
List. Perhaps never in the history OF
the Ph1lharmonic club has so interest
| inS anu aHDlClOus program Deen out
lined. Gounod's immortal love lyric
the opera "Faust,' will have concert
rendition with brilliant cast of solo
artists, and Cigars much discussed ora
torlo, Dream of Gerontius,'' will have
It's tlrst presentation west of Chicago.
There are probably not more than hall
a dozen choral societies in the country
who could attempt this famous work
which, in it's solemn beauty, is not un
like Wagner's "Parsifal, - since. in ad
dition to the difficult choral parts, thu
work needs trained symphony orches
tro of at least sixty players to do i
Justice. Mr.. Oberhoffer has brough
back number Of scores of the newes
orchestral works and intends to devot
at least one concert to works Of Wagne
alone and one to Beethoven. . :. =.
Great Norwegian Barytone Coming.
The great Norwegian barytone, AL
lis duringthe latter part of October
} He will make a short tour of tn,
J northwest, after which he will agai1
return to his engagements in New
y ork, Boston and other eastern cities
/ Arveschoug has asvoice of phenomena
range, stretching from low Ito higl
4 u, and of remarkable volume. It i
IN perfect control and he can sing thu
sweet ballads Of England and the DOW
erful and imposing national airs of tn,
Norsemen equally well. Sinding's 'sJee
wi mig ct Land, som er fretst og frit, ;