Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-28
The Great Singer Meets Tumult.
uOus Reception in the Taber.
nacle Last Evening
A RARE HARPIST ALSO HEARD.
Audience Was the Finest Any Tab
ernacle Concert Has Drawn
In Years.

any concert given there I'm years The
receipts We're between $4,000 and $4,000,
not so much az the amount paid TO see
Patti but considerably more than any
recent concerts, like those OF Nordlca
or Sousa's band have drawn Tho au-
dence presented a most beautiful spec
tacle, one that IN itself would have
served as an inspiration TO a singer or
performer Added to this, the west
end Of the building was filled almost to
the ceiling with the singers Of the Tab
ernacle choir, nearly all the ladies be-
ing clothed In white, an effect which
added another charm TO the occasion
The whole body arose, when Melba
entered, a tribute that evidently great
ly pleased her.
From a musical standpoint, the pro-
gram, while It contained some disap-
pointments, was one OF the rarest in
terest, Indeed, in other communities
the presence Of such a body Of artists,
especially when their coming was
known so long In advance, would have
been made the occasion for great fes-
tival, and this might have been done
here, and the event prolonged two days.
by the employment OF our Symphony
orchestra, some OF the leading local
talent, and the assignment of some am
bilious work TO our great choral body
But let US not complain-vlsits OF ar
lists like Melba lie too few and far be-
tween not to have them appreciated
TO the fullest.
The great Australian singer was
given rare ovation, and she repeated
almost, II not quite, the triumph of her
nrst appearance on the same platform
seven years ago The Mad Scene"
! from Lucia with the flute obllgato,
I the one number 81 the evening fully
worthy Of her brilliant gifts. created a
| perfect tempest Of enthusiasm and Il
| Is evident that her marvellous trilllng
| ehdoWments are not a whit impaired
| by the passage Of time. Indeed It Ia
| doubtful whether any singer that
| the world knows could execute
with such accuracy and so much
/ birdlike ease the brilliant runs and DIFF
/ tcultrs OF this one Of Donzettis rarest
| vocal achievements I'm this number
| Melba was all herself, and fully sus-
| stained her own matChless reputation.
! II is regrcttable that she had nothing
| else on the program that could compare
with it-nothing else, II the blunt truth
| must be spoken 10 Justify a two dollar
| and half admission charge Her en-
core 10 this number, which was given
10 show OF her lower tones, did not
make a special impression. The beau
tiful "Serenata" was omitted She
| rendered the charming waltz by Arditl,
/ Rose of Sharon" responded to the en-
core with an English ballad, and con-
cluded with the Ave Maria" by Gou-
nod. Neither OF these made any great
! requirements on her voice, and the tenn
/ pest Of applause that rose at the lat
ter was due mostly to her bringing with
her Mr.. Willard Weihe, TO PLAY he vlo-
lin obligato, Prof Mcclellan 10 ac-
company her on the organ, and the
charming harpist Signorina Sassol
She was called back and heartily APP
/ plauded for her charming rendition NJ
! Comm Thro the Rye" but declined
TO give another number The ease and
graciOusncss which Melha manifested
were I'm striking contrast 20 her de-
meanor on her previous appearance,
and did much 10 thaw out the reserve
of the audience, MIR. Welhe, who had
Abll0'llA'h " pay III lllf ave MUllN
without rehearsal, was Handicapped By
having no one to turn his music, and
Meba quickly turned around and per-
formed that Office for him. Later when
she came back TO respond to a call,
she found a music stand I'm her way
and with a smile she picked il up aud
set II aside without a trace OF embar-
r8ssment After the Gounod number
she insisted on pulling Mr., Weihe back
with her TO bow TO the plaudts each
time, which yisibly embarrassed but
no less yisibly gratifed that blushing
artist.
A delightful treat was the harp play
Ing Of Signorina Sassoli, probably the
best harpist ever heard In Salt Lake.
She never appeared without being en-
cored and her execution, tone and
feeling throughout showed that she is
an undoubted mistress of an lnstru-
ment heard altogether too rarely
The tenor, Mr.. Van Hoose, Is another
fne artist HIS voice rs Of high clear
and ringing quality, thoroughly under
control. and his various numbers scored
heavily. lie sang the Aida" aria with
rare beauty, and was called back and
gave an English song with fine taste,
but rather poor articulation, THE
Summer Night one Of his other ball
lads, was rendered with special beauty
THE baritone, Mr.. Gilbert. was unable
TO appear, owing to a cold and Il was
TO this fact that the audience was IN
debted for the Interpolation Of the or
gan solo given by Prof. Mcclellan at
the request OF Meba herself, who lis
tened 20 II with most rapt attention,
led i'm the applause and insisted on an
encore. Mr. McClelan's number was
the church scene from the "Rustican-
ma" and his encore was the exquisite
ave Maria from the same number,
eXquisitely rendered.
Mr.. North the lutlst, did some beau
tul work. especially In playing the
obllgato to Melba's Lucia" number.
The choir, which FOR the first time I'm
wears. was out In full force had two
numbers. with Fun Voiced Choir Re-
sounding by Mozart, which opened the
concert and the always standard HAL
lemiah," which closed H. The FIRST.
while we'll done, did not give the big
body pTpcial chance 10 display lis
powers. and the last, beautifully REM
dered was marred by the M breeding
OF hundreds OF people who made a bolt
for the doors before II was finished
such an exhibition was IN an ways
regretabe and II must have given tho
visiting artists poor opinion OF tho
pollteness OF our audiences, u was In
terestlng also to note I'm the big as
semhlage that quite number OF peopl,
rose as soon as the number began and