The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-03
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MUSIC FESTIVAL
|SENOWIAIMEM0RY
Brilliant Audience Applauds
Long the Efforts Of We'd
q flesday Club.
Chill DREN's CHoRU S CHARMED

Their Matinee Was One OF the
Most Delightful Events
i Of Festival.
The Music Festival OF 1906 is now q
rnsmory, but i Will be q Joy forever,
for in all respects It wasSa thing Of
beauty. a
Tho death OF General Lee had cast a
gloom over the entire city andneces-i
sarlly marred the enjoyment, but even
that sad event made d beautiful and im-'
prcssive feature of last nights pro-.
gramme, when the chorus sang. as "a
tribute to the dead hero, two selections
from Memberships ''st. Paul"
4 The chlldrens chorus. under the dlrcc-l.
4 ton OF Mr.. Walter c. Mercer. delighted
large audience yesterday afternoon. and
at night the Academy was taxed to It's
full seating capacity.
The work last night of chorus, orchek-
ira and soloists was we'll nigh perfect,
and enthusiasm was unbounded. The
only criticism OF the chorus IA that In
the matter OF rising and sitting It is
A lacking somewhat In precision OF attack
and concert Of action, Il
Last nights programme began with the.
overture Coekniguc, by Elgar. Edward
Z Elgnr was born near Warrenton about
forty-eight years ago. and Is one OF the
most popular Of the English composers.
Indeed, a recent critic says OF him that
Sthe enthusiasm which hts orntoria,
Dream OF Gcrontius," did more than
n any other factor has done to interest the
English people In English music. HIS
& Coekaigue overture is later produce
ton, following Gerontlus with the "Coro-
4 nation Ode, 'Pomp and circumstance
and some minor ctlons, and proceed
Ing The Apostles. which came as late
Il as 1863. The orchestra laHt ght inter
preted the IL r former r. superbly, and so
delighted was the audience that there
Il was, round after round Of applause, which,
Mr. Mullenliauer's stately bows could
/, not suppress. and IN encore was de-
mandcd. NH 34f
Ovation to Nine. B1auvelt.
~ Tho appearance OF Nine. Lillian Blau-
welt, al, old ncuuaintance and ,favorite,
vas the signal for n popular denionstra-f
ton, and she had captured the audience
with her smiles before even she opened
\ her pretty mouth to sing. She sang tho
Spinning Song by Lehman, and II there
was n flaw in her tone. in her execution
or In the phraslnE and expression. this
amateur critic was unable to detect IT.
and if ono may Judge by the applause
which followed, the audience. took the
same view. In yairindid she bow and
smile. The audience must have another
song and she responded graciously and
brilliantly with Yerdi's Les VepI cs
Eicilcnne.' III "a S Ell ~ II. II. 81
Mr.. Ellison Van Hose followed Nine.
Blauvelt with yoir Grisel idis.s by Mas s.,
sellet. He Showed a heroic tenor voice.
pure and full OF timbre. although In this
number his breathing was strained and
dctracted somewhat from t he effect. But.
tho audience liked his voice and his sing
ing So well that an encore was demanded
end he responded with Verdi.s Celeste
Aida. = y issSSs
G This vas followed by aria and chorus.
"Our Home Shall Be on This Bright
Isle from "Briste OF Dunkcrron." by
Smart; Nine Blauvelt, ladies chorus aud
orchestra.
The work OF the chorus In this NUM-
Der was admirable, and after what has
already been said OF Nine. Blauvelt. 1t
sts not necessary to repeat that she sang
her part most acceptably.
Had to be Repeated.
THE orchestra then rendered LISTS
famous Hungarian Ria pBodie, No 2, q
( Composition which oil the musicians in the
audience We're familiar, and they enjoy
ed It so heartily that Mr.. Mollenhoucr
had to repeat 1t. u,
st Next came the tribute to Lee "a me-
mortal choral and chorus. the prelude to
which was arranged for the orchestra by
Mr. Fred c. Hair. OF Richmond, After
the prelude the audience stood while the
home chorus sang the choral TO Thec.
z O Lord. I Yield Ny Spirit, and the
chorus, 8 appy and Blest Are TRcy w no
Have Endured = from the orntorio, 'St.
Paul" by Mendelssohn. II was a most
Impressive scene and the music wa 8 rell-@
dered in spirit OF affection and rever-
jence. Il 3s
the RrSsra@mSs gss x,h
Welt, Nine. lisa belle Boqt1n Nj !, h aISo
, TSts ae eaniats Is iull q sentiment. and
the part sung by Mr. Van Hoose was pa
HEALTH eartly into SaRs spirit 81 the music
Il Ia ia said that Nine. Bouton is not q con;
soprano. il that be true, she must have g
wondrouss range Of voice, FOR. sho s sE
the contralto part in this number ont y With
tia audience failed to discover It,, She
Is an artist Of merit. and her voice Is
both well trained and melodious. Mr..
but lis piace % was naYs s S Sss Flint
Of Boston and netting was q . last bY the
G oM netes and Ss sang
the part we'll. The chorus did Its best
work in this cantataG and came IN for. It's
81 enaea fho a iPanstysi q 1905 was
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