The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-02

Depicting through the enhancing
strains of its beautiful melody the scene
at the wedding feast of Hiawatha, with
ITS transitions from. the gayer measures
OF the wedding dance to the exquisite
touches of sadness in the romance of the
lovers. the Wedding Feast from 1.-The
Song of Hiawatha' as sung by the fes-
tfval chorus, accompanied by the Chi
cago symphony orchestra, at the taber-
nscle tells pretty story of contentment
and happiness.
From the instruments of the orchestra
and the threats of 150 singers comes the
we are told the story of the feast pre-
pared by old Nokomis, the wedding feast
of the redskins. The assembling of the
guests in wedding garb, robes of fur and
belts of wampum, with paint and plum
age. beads and tassels, and the serving of
the feast is told in rythmic notes with a
touch of pompousness in them.
When the feast is over PauPuk-
Keewis, the handsome and idle Lo-
thario, beloved by the women. scorned
by the braves. gives his beggars' dance.
First his dance is slow and the music
is soft, floating lightly on the happy air,
though beneath it there is still the strain
of romance, still the subdued happiness
moves the dancer, louder and louder sound
the tOm-tOmS and the bells till at last i'm
a glorious climax he moves like the
whirlwind, throwing sand and leaves
The gentle Chibiabos, sweetest singer of
the tribe. then sings of the love of the
forest and prairie. of the wild flower and
the bird. With just a note of sadness.
the plea of the lover is sung to the ac-
compartment of music that thrills with
the spirit of spring, that paints the pic
ture of the wild, yet simple life of the
wood and the field.
Then Iagoo. the vain old boaster. won
drous story teller, tells the stories of
strange adventure. of fairies and magic
ians and great Indians who had gone be
fore. Then the guests depart at nightfall
leaving Hiawatha alone with his bride
Minnehaha.
Never was a story set to music better
told than was the romantic wedding feast
by the festival choir and the symphony
Orchestra. Evan Stephens was the con-
ductor of the festival chorus, every voice
of which responded to the leaders ba-
ton in almost perfect harmony. The or
chestra accompanied the choir in close
sympathy with the moduiations of the
voices of the singers.
'SThe Wedding Feast was the second
part of an excellent program given by
the Chicago symphony Orchestra. Miss
Genevfeve Clark Wilson the soprano So
loist with the orchestra, was suffering
from a. severe cold last evening. and was
unable to sing although she braVeiy ap-
peared and attempted to sing her num-
ber "Michaela" from Carmen" She
had scarcely begun to sing when she dis
covered that her voice was in such &
condition from the effect of the cold that
to attempt to sing would be useless. She
stopped I'm the midst of her solo and re-
quested Adolph Rosenbecker to ask the
audience to excuse her from singing.
John b. Miller, the tenor sOlOist. ap-
peared later on the program in an eN-
ira number and sang the Aria from Car
men,. Mr.. MilleTs solo was given IN
lieu of the solo that Miss Wilson was
unable 10 sing and was greatly apprecr-
ated by the audience, which called him
back several times Mr.. Miller has voice
of excellent melodic quality and of such
volume that he easily filled the taber-
nacle. In the second part of the pro-
gram he sang the love song of Chibiabos
in the Wedding Feast" with much grace
and expression.
of the orchestra selections the En-
trance of the Gods Into Walhalf' from
Wagner's ''GOtterdammerrung," was the
most difficult and at the same time the
most satisfying All of the parts were
well handled and the piece was played SC
superbly that 1t seemed that the con-
ductor of the orchestra was playing and
that each of the player was but a key