The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-05-13
Programme.

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Essay" Music's Magic Power"
....... ............... Miss O'Connel
Florence, Grande Valse Brilliante,
op. u. ....:.... ...-......... .Liebline
Allegro, Adagio, from OPP. 49,. Beethover
False E. Dur, op. 81. No. l.. Maszowsk
! (a) Ethelinda, OPP. IA, No. 2. Sherwood
! CD Berceuse. op. Chopin
! (c) Bauertanz. Op. 4. No. 8. Aus der Ohe
LIE Rossignol. .............. ....... List
Staccato Etude. op. %, No. .. Rubinstein
Sidney Lanier, the poet, once wrote:
! Music is love in search of a word y
| Not fruitlesS was the quest of this
heaven-born maid last Friday evening
when, at Sacred Heart academy. this
excellent programme was artistically
rendered, and Miss O'Connen reached
the goal to which for years past she
has been so earnestly tending The
early morning hours saw her kneeling
TO receive the God of Inspiration, the
whisperings of whose harmonious love
she was that evening to echo. First
Friday, May. and music! What sweet
memories, what enchanting melodies
these words recall to those who were so
fortunate as to attend the recital
At 1870 an appreciative audience filed
the capacious hall of Sacred Heart
academy. many of them from Miss
whence they came to do honor to the
daughter of their mayor, and to be en-
tertained by one whom they had known
since her childhood. The stage was
artistically and appropriately decorated,
pictures of St Cecilia. patroneSS of the
art divine, and of some of the masters
Haydn, Mozart, List and Chopin
smiling on their youthful votary. while
palms and a profusion of. choice flow
or. t1lFy al
lection and esteem, formed a fitting
background and surroundings for the
gracious young pianist, who with smil-
ing countenance and maidenly modesty
made her appearance, and was well
coined with universal applause
After voicing her sentiments on the
art sublime in her well-deliVered and
comprehensive essay, in which she
caught the true motive power of mu-
sizes charms, Miss O'Connell proceeded
to the first number of the programme,
prefacing it by a few sprightly words
on the composer and his style. This
charming mode of Introduction was
given to each number, and certainly
added much to the rendition of the
programme.
Her first decided touch intimated
what a treat the evening insured the
audience. Brilliancy, grace, delicate
DnrdSlilR,
all combined to render the selection one
of unusual artistic excellence and pave
the way to the hearts of her listeners
who were held spellbound by her force
full rendering of the great Beethoven's
ever famous Sonata, On. 49, From the
brilliant measures of the allegro she
passed to the adagiu, in which all the
minor sadness of the masters great
soul is heard
That Miss O'Connell caught the pa
thetic spirit of this movement. no one
who heard her will deny, and true mu-
sic-iovers felt that sweet sadness which
IS known only to the artistic tempera-
ment.
MoszkowSkfs ever-pOpular Valse i'm
u followed, and the marked applause
which greeted its rendition was testi-
mony of its excellence. Modern clas-
steal composers were not forgotten and
daintily perfect was Sherwood's little
lyric Ethlinda. Even this May maiden
whom we might well picture crowned
With spring-tim blossoms was charmed
and lulled to dreamland by Chopin's
Berceuse, every note of
which seemed TO have soul. In marked !
contrast was the next number. Adele |
Aus der Ohe's Rustic Dance. which re-
vealed the style of this popular pianist |
and composer
The great List was next interpreted. |
and so perfectly was The nightingale |
played that we feel sure could the |
Abbe's speak, he would say to Miss |
o'Connell, as he did on a former occa- |
sion 10 a young American who sought |
him for instruction, and who diffident- |
y rendered for his criticism one of his |
own compositions We'll you can
olay!" This was praise from the err |
attic genius, but praise such as we |
eel sure Miss O'Connell merits All !
Ter art seemed combined in her last |
number. Rubinstein's Staccato Etude, |
| fit elimination for display of skill.
'hrasing. force and delicacy. The swell
ng staccato treble beautifully empha- |
lzing the dream-melody of the bass.