Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-09-19
TgE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
re TENTa~-ANNUaL AT BAN
aoR OCT. 4, 5 AND 8.
.r,x.SS- HEINK THE BRIGHT, PAR
OCULAR srAR-oTHER ARTisrs-A
MUSICAL FEAST.

animal Maine music festival will be
- ssr,y in October the 9TH, 9Th and
= Bangor; the sth, 9th and 10Th in
.,.,d Unusual interest is being mani
..,sd in this years festival, 1t being the
~ year since they were begun.
War by year the festivals have increased
,,tsrest and Importance. The an
.ncsment of the artists and programmes
~ .enth annual festival has aroused
enthusiasm than ever before. Per-
ans il is because the great singer,
L,,a.g,e schumann- Heink, Is to be heard
in and that the glorious oratorio, ''The
So - il to be repeated with such solo
80. Madame Rider Kelsey, who estab-
80 herself as a festival favorite last
....on. Edward p. johnson, the tenor
who has sung in three Maine festivals,
.,d GuiIym Miles, who has sung Mt six
,.,,iv.ls. his glorious voice particularly
.rIted TO the part of Elijah.
Ms Driukwater- Anderson will sing the
,,,tr.lto role in Bangor, and Miss Martha
: Halves in Portland. Mrs. A. b. lay
Il, in Bangor, and Mrs. @. NJ. Barney, in
po,,land, will take the part OF 'The
yon,hr. and a select semi-chorns of solo
n, from, each city viii sing the concerted
musc.
OF the new singers, Clifford Wiley, of
Ssw York. comes to give pleasure to his
hearers with his delightful baritone voice.
A trio Of Italian artists will sing, aud
among them is the great European ia
| Write. Mile. Duce, whose success has been
| nbenon,ena! in opera. She has tempera-
usns as we'll as beauty, and marvellous
yolce, and will be al once favorite with
the Maine paolic. Signor Barile, tenor,
and slgn0r Campans, baritone, are both
famous Italian singers, though little
known in this country. They will sing
Italian opera music in mastery style.
IRE ORCHESTRA,
The orchestra will be an innovation, and
will recall the frs, year OF the festival
and the wonderful musicians from New
YORK who came then. Mr.. Chapman will
bring his entire New York orchestra, COM
posed Of the best players from the Metro
politsn opera house and the New York
Philharmonic society orchestrss.
The chogases are larger and in better
form than ever before. The seating ca
pacty Of both stages will be taxed to the
utmost. some choruses VIII be sung for
the first time; others are represented on
the roll Of honor list, wnicn includes the
members who have sung at all the tesii-
walls.
1t Is the intention OF the managers to
commemorate in some fitting manner this
tenth festival, and appropriate souvenirs
will be given those who have been present
at every festival.
THE SOUVENIR PROGRAMMES
will contain the full llbretto OF the
"Eiiiah' all the words OF the miscoiia-
neous numbers, the usual half-tope cuts
and sketches OF the lives OF the promi-
nent soloists, the cuts OF the presidents
and conductors, and tire alphabetically ar
hanged recapitulation OF all the works
given at he festivals and the artists who
sang them
W. +. Leonard at Palmer shoe company,
Portland, has charge OF the book this
year, and copies can be obtained from him
or from festival headquarters, or from the
secretaries of each chorus.
SYNOPSIS OF PROGRAMMES.
The opening concert on Thursday even
ing Oct 1, at Bangor MONDAY, Oct. S, at
Portlsnd) will present a grand operate
programme. The soioists will be Mile.
Dnee, and signors BeriIe and Campana.
There will be numbers by the chorus and
orchestra.
Friday afternoon, Oct. TUESDAY, Oct.
y, in Portland) orchestral programme,
Mr. Wiley, soloist; chorus and orchestra.
Friday evening TUESDAY in Portland)-
Aehdelssohn's elijah, Nine. Rider
Kelsey, Messrs. johnson and Miles, Mrs.
Observation-Disclosures and Mrs. Taylor.
Saturday afternoon, Oct. 8, in Bangor
"wednesday, Oct. 10, in Portlandl -popu-
lar programme; Signors Campana and I
berile, soioists; chorus and orchestra.
Saturday evening "Wednesday in Port
iandl grand opera night; Nine. Schu-
mann Heink, Mile Duce and Campans,
soloIsts; chorus and orchestra.
The afternoon concerts will begin
promptly at 2.3O and the evening concerts