Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18

.-r-~ HE performance of the First
christmas" cantata in the og-
den tabernacle last Tuesday
night, is the talk of the town
,bcrc. and of all the Salt Lakers
who attended as it is considered gem
lr,llv the finest performance of the
kind ever given in ogden. Salt Lake
Mas particularly interested because the
,rranist was Prof j. j. Mcclellan, the
baritone was Horace Ensign, and the
Tenor Fred G. Graham all of this city.
The soprano and contralto. Miss Myrtle
Balmger and Mrs. a. II. G. Smith, are
off ogden. Prof. Joseph Ballantync,
'bo director. Is given great credit for
the way he handled his choir. and the
new organ was appreciated more than
ever Prof. Mcclellan says II is one
or the best organs In the country. The
choir sooistS, orEanist and director
AIN entered so heartily and so intelli-
gently into the performance of the can
tata that no one believes 1T could have
teen given better. There is Il call for
IFS repetition.
NIr. Willard Andeln, the well known
singer, who was under contract to re-
mort in Germany for professional on
raec,nent on June t. has just received
word that his engagement has been
uostpoued several months. This viii
defer his departure from Utah until
the end of June, or beginning of July.
He and his wife, Aryilla Clark Andelin,
will spend the intervening time study
ing i'm Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Ande-
lin have been giving a series of con-
ccrts in the towns south of Provo and
meeting with gratifying success
Mr. and Mrs Harold Eldredge lanc-
ed in New York Thursday en- route to
salt Lake, Mr. Eldredse, who has
been studying music in Germany eX-
poets to remain here during the sum
mer visiting his relatives.
Thomas Ashworth has been on q
short concert tour in the southern part
of the state. He sang for the eighth
and ninth grades of the public schools
q we'll attended vocal recital at Castle
Dale.
Miss Agnes Ryan made a very good
impression last Sunday morning, by
her solo in the Catholic church.
Mr. Phileas Gouet viii sing Rose
wigs ave Maria, at tomorow's mass
I'm the Catholic church.
]. l.. Cotter of the Ifimball Organ
company, Chicago, is spending few
days in this city.
The new band stand at Liberty park
viii be ready for occupancy in two
weeks. 1t is an 1SX25 IT, shell, with
Ieristyle or colonnades on either side,
just like the great music stand in Col
den Gate park. San Francisco. The
musicians who are TO play in it con-
slider the band stand just the thing,
Bandmaster Held has arranged a fine
program for tomorrow afternoons band
concert In Liberty park. The principal
numbers on the program will be LISTS
Second Hungarian Rhapsody" the
overture TO "MaXimilian Robespicrre,"
by Litolff, Hearts and Flowers" the
Flower Song" and Scharwenka's
Second Polish Dance" There was an
immense crowd out last Sunday. and
with fair weather on the morrow,
there will he another large attendance.
Mr.. Held has now the finest clarinet
section his band ever had, i'm Messrs.
Sims Erickson, Harbach Kelson, Mat
thews Morris, Woodruff. Bendixeu,
Enudsen. Nichols, Brewer and Berry.
NIessrs, Nichols and Knudsen play
bass clarinets.
Local music houses report n steady
ttadc this week in all classes of
musical instruments. The sheet music
trade is taking a fresh squirt, but pur-
chasers are as eager as ever for rag
time" The public taste in this mat
Ter does not seem to improve.
Manager Fred Graham of the
musical festival has sent to Chicago