Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-10-02
FESTIVAL OPENS TOMORROW.
Eleventh Annual Maine Music Fes-
tival.


Eleventh Annual Maine Music Fes-
tival.
The music festival season opens at Ban
gor to- morrow evening, and will continue
through Friday and Saturday in Bangor;
and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
OF next week the programmes viii be re-
peated in Portland with the same artists
and orchestra, but with different chorus.
This years festival promises to out
shine in interest and enthusiasm and at
tendance all of its predecessors, barring
possibly the first festival in 1897, when
Nordioa was the star. This year the peer
less Caive is to sing, and galaxy OF ar
lists, new to Maine, but famous the
country over.
The souvenir programmes for this year s
festival are out; they are gotten up on
most artistic and pleasing Lines. The
covers show real Spanish red and yellow,
as sort OF sCarmen. compliment, the
combination being strikingly attractive.
The book is larger than ever, including
among other important matter the entire
libretto Of the opera of Samson and
Delilsh. As this opera has never been
given in Maine, it will add greatly to the
pleasure of all who intend to listen to it's
rendition at the festival concert II they
read it before going to the auditorium.
A fine picture OF Saint-Saens and part OF
his great Grafton on Gounod will be found
on one page.
Other interesting features are . sketch
and photo Of Henry T. Finck, the talented
musical-editor OF the New York Erening
Poet, q page OF Chapman family sketches,
the recspitulation OF ten years Of work,
the words Of all songs and explanation Of
the works to be rendered, together with
photos OF the prominent composers.
The book is replete with matter OF de-
cided interest to all music towers, whether
festival devotees or not; it is on sale
at Andrews music store, Bangor.
That readers of THE AMERICAN may
know the character and scope of this
years music, the programmes OF the five
concerts are gwen as follows:
FIRST NIGHT-THURsDAY.o OCT. s.
PART FIRST.
i wagner overture. hteDri
Festival orchestra
Handel: Halielujah Chorus. Messiah
Festival Chorus
8 ta) Brown--....-.--..------. -Mers Fit Vita
(b) Halle .-.... Autumn
Mr. Clifford Wiley
Sa) Meyer-Heimund.. Under the
Blossoming Branches
tbl sullivan: We Sail the Ocean Blue
Pinafore
Festival Chorus
s Won Weber. Aria. Ocean. Thou Mighty
Mcnster..........-.. -........... .oberon
Mrs Virgins Wilson
Verdi: Recit and Aria, Df Provenra.
Mr. Clifford Wiley
PART SECOND.
/ Puccipi: Fantastic Boheme
Festival Orchestra
tal williby....--....-.... Winged Wishes
(bl Kerbay. on to the Front
Mr. Clifford Wiley
Mrs Virginia Wilson
Festival Chorus and Orchestra
SECOND NIGHT-FRIDAY, OCT. T.
Ssens-
Opera in Acts. English version by NJ J
Barnett. Music by G saint-saens.
Dramatis Personae.
Deiilah. Janet Spencer, contralto
Samson..-.-..... Daniel Beddoe, tenor
The High Priest of Dsgon.
Cecil Tanning, baritone
Abimelech, satrap of GAIA,
Willard Bowden, LIST bass
An Old Hebrew-.--.-....-. B Eustis, ID bass
Philistine Messenger,
Francis MacNichols, tenor
First Phflistine. Thomas Henderson. tenor
Second Palestine. ..--..---.H Eustis, bass
THIRD NIGHT IS SATURDAY, OCT. s.
PART FIRST.
Bret: overture............... Carmen
Festival Orchestra
Verdi: Pilgrims chcrus.......I lombard
Festival Chorus
8 Gounod: Aria. ..--...-...La Refine de Saba
Madame Emma Calve
(a) GiIchrist. What is More Gentle
(b) Verdi: Drinking Chorus, la Trnviata
Festival Chorus
Pianist
10 David Felicien: Aria. ..-..-....Le Myself
Flute obiigato by Paul Heuhcberg, first flutist
Manhattan Opera House
Madame Calve
Ia Saint-Saers-.. Henry the VIII, Dances
Festival Orchestra
PART SECOND
i (a) Bolto, Hear Thou the Prayers,
Mafistofele
%, Verdi: HaiIus, o Free.......- Ernani
Festival Chorus
Violinist
8 Bixet: Habeneia. .......-........... Carmen
Madame Calye
4 Mendelssohn: Priests March. .Athalie
Festival Orchestra
FIRST MATINEE--FRIDAY,o OCT. 4.
PART ELECTROMAGNETIC PROGRAMME.
/ Dvorak. symphony fr,m New World
LIST Movement, Adsgio, Allegro, Motto
and Movement, Largo
3rd Movement, Seherzo
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