Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-10
MUSIC FESTIVAL MAKES
A BRILLIANT CLOSING

Salt Lakes long advertised music
festival went out In a blaze OF glory
at the Tabernacle LAST night. The
audience was almost as large, and In
places even more demonstTatiye than
that which attended the opening 1t
had been feared by many people that
work 50 long and serious as the
Messiah might not appeal to the
tastes of a public like ours which has
so long been strangers 10 musical en-
tertainments OF the sOberer sort--a pub
de- which. as one musician put II, had
been so thoroughly inoculated with the
virus OF musical trash, but the bril-
most reveTsntiaI way in which the
grand rendition Of The Messiah was
followed from the llbrettos, showed that
there is SELL a big contingent of people
anxious to hear the works OF the mas
tiers, especially when interpreted In the
admirable way that the messiah" was
presented last evening The rendition
lasted exactly two hours. from s.S0 to
1880, and there were only few peopla
who left their seats before the finish
The applause after the great notable
mum beTs 81 the evening was OF the most
enthusiastic sort. and when the noble
rendition Of the 'HalleluJah'' had
closed although IL WAS then 10 O'Clock,
the audience paid the performers the
rare tribute OF thunderously demanding
an encore, immediately the quartet OF
solo singers whispered 10 Prof. Steph-
ems, who announced to the audience
that II they would arise the number
st4sa ha f.aA hole .nsN
Brega ton then stood upon it's feet and
the glorious 'Hallelu1ah' was heard
once more. 1t may be said in passing
that for more than $50 years In England
and Germany it has been the custom OF
audiences to stand during the rendition
of the "Hallelujah,' as punctiliously
as they do when the national anthem is
sung.
From first to last the program was a
triumph for all concerned, 1t Is n mat
ter of pride to say. and to be able to
say II with mpartiality--that the hon.
ors OF the evening We're carried OFT
again by the chorus. While Professor
Stephens has waved his baton over
larger bodies, il is doubtful II he ever
conducted one made up OF so many I'M
dlvIdual points OF excellence, where at
tack. precision shading and volume OF
tone Were so beautifully observed The
able In the numbers And the Glory OF
the Lord" Behold the Lamb ot God
Lift Up Your Heads" 'Hallelujah'
and the closing number. Worthy Is
The Lamb This selection, the one
with which the tabernacle choir won
its $1,000 dollar prize in the famous
competition AT Chica go in 1898, aroused
a host of memories in the audience and
lis reception was almost equal To thar
accorded the '1Iallelujah.' special
word OF praise ought to be said for the
male voices, which did noble work. es-
peclally IN the "Hallelujah' chorus,
where their 'fKlns OF Kings" unison
passage WAS most effective. Prof Me-
Clellan's organ work was superb from
first 10 last
The orchestra again distinguished
itself for the beauty of It's accompani-
ments, and II was at its very best In
the exquisite Pastoral symph Ony OF
the quartet of sOlolsts, Madam Zlm-
Terman, the soprano. again bore off
the palm, She Is undoubtedly an art
list, and her bell Hike, ringing tones
were heard to beautiful advantage.
The contralto Madam De Sellem, was
an her best In the beautiful Ito Shall
Feed Ills Flock" her other solos were