Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-30
THE SYMPHONY CONCERT

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Symphony orchestra; and the first ui,-
| was given yesterday afternoon at the
| Colonial theater. The event was viewed
| as considerable of an experiment for
several reasons: First, 1t was the first
time that a Sunday afternoon concert
had been tried In the city; second
many OF the friends of the organization
| had dcplored the necessity OF any Sum
| day performance whatever; third, the
concert was announced for house Civ
| en- over 80 the popular grade of attrac-
l&tinns: and fourth, the new conductor
was to stand comparison With his gifted
lapfedecessor. Mr.. Shepherd, in the ham
ding of his luen and the makeup OF
his program.
The verdict rendered at the close was
an erlthuSiastico one. The turnout was
lone Of the largestgand most brilliant to
which the orchestra ever played, and
the expressions Disqualification were
general and genuine, Mr. Mcclellan
rnized his baton oyer e. musicians,
most5of them trained mon but Quite
q number of advanced students. The
usual effect of SO many ladies In the
string sections was specially pleasing.
rnent, 8nnti Prof. Mcclellan is entitled to
credit for having trained them espec ial-
f lys IN precision and attack; the work
of the strings was thoroughly notice
able in this regard. He held his players
under good control throughout, and
they worked with care and taste, and In
general. with excellent effect The
audience, too. showed that 1t appreciat-
( ed the popuiarizing. of the program, and
THE applause accorded The Rosary"
was among the5strongest of the after
5nooil Indeed 1t WAS something of
disappointment not to have 1t
given again Another feature
which was greatly appreciated
was the length OF the entertainment.
Which lasted just an hour ana
half, and sent the audience away
wishing for more instead OF wearled
with what 1t had had.
The principal interest OF the after
noon was probably bestowed on the
young pianist Mr., Spencer tClawson
Jr. who is Just home after an ex-
tended course OF study In VIENNA
under the renoned Leschetszlky. he
rendered the first movement Of the
Emperor Concerto" by Beethoven,
In d fashion which showed his entire
mastery of his instrument. The NUM-
Der required 20 minutes in rendering
nut Il as, given entirely from memory.
Mr. Clawson's playing Is distinguished
by an ease and dclicacy simply as
the difficult work, when
the two hands seemed to be running
away from each other in opposite
directions was admirable, while the
difficult runs and thrills were dashed
off as II they were so many trifies,
the entire number, Mr..
3Clawson held his audience with
tension which showed how thoroughly
his work was understood and appre-
;ciated He was called back twice
and made to yield an encore, an eX-&
.uuisitc waltz by the Russian COM
poser Sopellnikoff, which was also
listened to with breathless attention
and vociferously applauded,. In ac-@
orchestra again did beautiful work n
OF the other numbers as a whole,
it is difficult to specialize, all were
so evenly good The work of the
strings in the eight parts of the
i..Lohengrinr Prelude was simply ex-
quisite, even though there was \
Slight quavering in the gossanaer&
like notes at the finish. The Madam
Butterfly selection WAS effectively
rendered. the brasses doing good
work, and the jar of only one false
note being noticeable in the entire
rendition.
The aTrauncrei." though very familiar
was exquisite as ever. Some musicians
We're inclined to think the movement n
little slow, a. others thought the march
from ,rannhauser a little rapid, but
there are always differences of inter-
probation on the part Of conductors,
The Mendelssohn movement from the
italian syInphony3Vas charmngly done.
Among the lighter numbers "Thc Ro-8
;sary'' struck the fancy OF the audience
most strongly, even though there WAS
occasionally q lack of proper balance.
in the parts. The encore accorded by
Mr. Mcclellan to satisfy the applause
here, was dainty Spanish serenade by
L.acome, entitled Los Toros. very
|.charmingly rendered.
Mrs. futile presided at the harp in
her usual artistic fashion. and made her
l.lnst appearance with the orchestra for
the present, as she and her husband
are about to leave on tour OF the
far east. 1t is to be hoped she will
resume her place next season.
|, Manager Spencer was greatly graft
fed at the size OF the audience; though
|. the receipts were hardly equal to the
expenses, owing to the tremendous OUT
lay for rehearsals and he3paying OF 50
many men, yet the loss Will be con-
slderably less than 1t has been in the
past.
THE analytical notes prepared by
Prof. Lund and Prof. Bl'ines made an
| appreciated feature.
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