The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-05-09
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC.
Theodore Thomas Orchestra to Ap.
near I'm Big Event at Sioux City, In. 1

great preparations for its annual mu-
sic festival, and an extensive array or
artists has been engaged for this
| event
The series as arranged is to include
three grand concerts, to be given at
the New Grand theater, May % and
"a, and as an aid to this plan, the we'll
known Theodore Thomas Orchestra
has been secured for concert work at
each Of the three programs. The
mere name of the Thomas orchestra
| is, in itself, a guarantee of the very
finest along orchestral lines, and Will
undoubtedly prove to be a great at
traction to hundreds Of music lovers
| throughout this section of the country.
The organization, in its appearance
| In the Sioux City festival, will be COM
prised of fifty-fiye players, the same
membership as in the Chicago con-,
certs, and each man an artist in his
particular line. Frederick A. Stock,
the regular conductor Of the orches-
ira, will lead at this time, and hes
reputation of the past few years has
placed him among the best leaders Of
the country.
The choral union Is, in this partic-
ular case, especially happy in It's
term, as it is a union of the music
forces of college and city circles,I
forming a festival chorus of over zoo
voices, and the largest organization.
of it's kind in the state OF Iowa. This
club was organized two years ago by
Prof. J. W. Mather, director Of music
at Morningside College, and the orig
inator of the festival idea In Sioux
oiaI xB
Nas given with great success by the
chorus, and arrangements were at
once made by Prof. Mather looking
toward greater and even more at
tractive program for this year. The
series includes two symphony concerts
by the orchestra and soloists on the
evening of May 20 and afternoon of
May "a. In the evening Of the oath,
Mendelssohn's great oratorio of
elijah" will be given by the choral
union Of over 200 voices, assisted by
the entire Thomas orchestra and SOLO
lists. The chorus. has been doing mag
nificent work this year, and this con-
cert promises to be one of the greatest
ever given in the northwest. Mr.. Stock
will lead the orchestra concert, while
Mr. Mather will conduct at the ELI
jah" performance
The soloists are as follows: Madame
Charlotte Msconda, soprano, New
York; Mrs Hannah Butler, soprano,
Chicago; Miss Grace Munson, contral-
to, New York; Mr.. Glenn Hall, tenor.
Chicago; Mr.. Herbert Witherspoon,
basso, New York; Mr.. Leopold Kra-
mer, violinist, Chicago; Mr.. Bruno
Steindell. 'cellist, Chicago; Mr.. Brahm.
Vandenburg, pianist, Cincinnati. Such
an array Of artists is seldom found
outside Of the larger music centers of
this country, and the musicians Of the
state are to be congratulated on this
opportunity of hearing them so near
home.
Madame Maconda Is one of the
leading sopranos in New York and a
singer of brilliant attachments. For
years she has been the principal solo
ist at the Maine festivals under the
direction Of Mr.. VIM. r. Chapman.
Mrs. Butler has just returned from
an extended concert tour in England
and Germany, and met with much
success in her work there.
Miss Munson has one Of the leading
church positions in New York and is
/ n.
Mr. Hall has appeared as soloist
with many Of the large choral societies
of this country, including the Handel
and Haydn of Boston, Philharmonic
of New York, Worcester festivals,
Apollo Club Of Chicago, Cincinnati
Chorus, and the Ann Arbor festival.
Mr.. Herbert Witherspoon, basso
cantante, has within the last few years
created for himself a reputation sec-
ond to no other bass In this country.
The principal solo part In the oratorio
of Elijah" is that given to the bass,
and for this work Mr.. Witherspoon is
especially fitted.
Mr. vandenburg received much of
his piano training in his home country,
Belgium. Later he came to Cincin-
natl and has since made for himself a
reputation for brilliant musicianiy
playing and is an artist in the true
sense Of the word
The names of Mr.. Kramer. violinist,
concert master OF the orchestra, and
Mr.. Steindell, cello seioist. are closely
associated with the musical activities
of the Thomas orchestra for the past
twelve years, as prominent members
Of the same, and musicians of recog-
nized ability.
The orchestra will give at this festi-
val, for their larger works, Beetho-
ven's Symphony No. in c minor;
Symphonic Poem (Les Preludes)
Liszt, and three Wagnerian numbers,
The Vorspeil to Lohengrin. Ride of
the valkyries. and Overture to Tam
hauser, and Dvorak's brilliant Carni-
val Overture and new overture by
George Schumann entitled 'Liebes-
fruhling." Also parts OF the Symphony
No. S by the great Russian writer,
Tschaikowsky.
In the arrangement of a music fes-
tival of such magnitude Prof Mather
has been greatly aided by the Sioux
City Commercial Club and L. L. Ness,