The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-09
HANDEI1s MESSIAH. s
All Arrangements for the Grand Per
 formance Completed,

tOrUlAnc0 COnpIEEe0s
 All the arrangements are completed, and only the final polishing Is left to be done in preparation for the grand performance of Handel's Messiah in Woolsey hall on Thursday night by tho combined forces of the New Haven Oratcrio society and the Derby Choral club. This is as a matter of record. the most ambitious musical production New Haven has attempted Counting the augmented orchestra and the solo- tsts. close onto 600 persons will rise to Drl Horatio Parker's baton on Thursday night, and such volume Of sound as haa never been heard in th8 vast auditorium Of Woolsey hall ssss ring through it's rafters The immortal oratorio of Handel will be sung as has never been before, because each indi- vidual singer in the great chorus Is determined to take upon his or her shoulders share of the responsible ity toward making the concert sso- cess, and when such spirit Is rampant in chorus there is never deubk about the end
 The greatest conductors in the world have repeatedly said thisi A leader Ia as much inspired by his chorus as 1t is. by him who wields the stick from the front of the stage
 There is much interest among musi- clans all over the state as to the tonal effect of the new seating arrangement. With the tenors and basses ranged on either side of the balcony they will really be on level with the topnosA rows of the altos and sopranos on the stage. The stage will be built out Into the auditorium far enough to allow the conductor to face those singers seated in the balcony, 80 that every thing is favorable toward sattsfac~ tory end. Then, too. these seetlens of the balcony directly ovefhang the stage, which fact will held to con- centrate the sound
 There Is no doubt that the quartet of soloists is one of the best, irdt- vidually, as quartet, that hes ever taken part in an oratoFio performance.
 The singers are Marie sstOddart, se- prano; Edith Fisher, contralte; Dan Beddos. tenor, and Tom Daniels. bass Their voices are big. flrHa. resonant young and fresh, and each was choaen for his or her skill and fame in tAln particular work
 Fine as the vocal part oe the csaeegA will be, the orchestra will Do In keepr ing. Picked mon from the Ey7nphoAy orchestra will play, augmented by < number of New York PAilharrnenio players. Among these will he T7ArmAn Dutschke, the first horn player In ths Philharmonic, and noted as not enly the finest horn player in America but the best in the world.
 The other assisting players wiA be Herman Riedigcr. second bassen; Paul l Rieshel first bassor, ana Herman Riet- gel, first oboe of the New York Phll- hormonio. Professor Harry B. Jepaon with tho great Newberry organ will also assist
 The demand for seaAs promises ts be enormous Already hundreds of applI- cations are pouring in from Ansonls, Derby, Naugatuok, Meriden and Bridgeport. The sale will begin at the Weelsey hall box office to-rnox9ow morning at 10 o'clock, continuing Wed~ nesday and Thursday until the hour st the concert. There is httle doubt bat | that the demad will exceed the supply and that in avery way tho pgoauciipn will be the biggest success in sile his- tory of oratorto in this city.
 Two rehearsals of the two societies will be held this week in Wo0ssey hail, one Wednesday night and the other Thursday afternoon.