Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

dom'' which did not appeal to me as did
me Dream (as 1t is af~fectionately called
nere)' We also saw this man-the greatest
nght that has shone in English music skies
tor many OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES his own
suite, The Wand of Youth" at the con-
cert in the public haIl-the one secular
hour OF the entire week. The motel. 'Re-
yond These Voices There in Peace" COM
posed for this festival, was conducted by
It's composer, the cheerful, rosy-cheeked
picture Of good nature, Sir c. Hubert H.
Parry. The 'Stabat Mater Of Sir Charles
Stanford was conducted by him in person.
at rehearsal and performance. The Hymn
Of Faith" by Mr.. Ivor Atkins. was con-
Quoted by him., and he is the conductor of
the festival this year, as he is organist
OF Worcester cathedral, and each festival
is conducted by the o~rganist Of the cathe-
dral in which it is held. So Mr.. Atkins
had his hands full, for he conducted THE
Messiah" the Hymn OF Praise" Men
d~Sssohn), The Magnificat" (Bach), the
violin concerto Of Beethoven played most
intelligently by MichR Elman with orches-
tra), the dramatic c~antata, "Everyman,"
by DR.. Walford Davies, organist of the
Temple church mot City Temple(. London
He was present, however, for / saw him
after the performance. Mr.. Atkins also
conducted the beautiful Ooh, how peace
fully rich It isD symphony in C-mlnor,
Brahms. II is modern, but not "brassy"
like 30 much OF the modern music; and the
Dream OF Gerontius'' and the Elijah"
as well as the big opening service. He
conducted at the Wednesday evening con-
cert the symphonic poem, Don Juan" Of
Richard Strauss, a wonderful tone tapes
try; and other pieces, including that most
enchanting symphonic prelude OF Claude
Debussy, "L'Apres-Midi dun Faune,' an
example of the beautiful atmospheric music
OF the best French school OF today. Mr..
Bantock. one of the ''moderns' in English
writing. conducted his own fantastic
poem for orchestra" entitled THE Pierrot
of the Minute and gave It its first per-
Torrance. 1t was fantastic and fascinating.
DR.. Brewer conducted his own composition
Especially for this festival. England, My
England" I must admit that 1t pleased
me as much as Mr.. Plunket Greene's sing
ing OF t-whic 1 did not like at all. Mr..
Walter Hyde did some good work. with a
fine tenor voice. in Wagnertan scenes. Miss
GleeSon-White and Miss Edith Evans were
interesting soprano soloists In various
works. Nine. Clara Butt was the leading
contralto SolOist. her glorious real con-
tralto voice being most delightful to listen
to. Mr.. John Coates sang the Messiah"
tenor airs and recitatives with splendid art.
He and Mr.. Gervase Elmes divided the
tenor work of the festival. while the bari
tone and bass parts were shared by Mr..
Charles w. Clark, Mr.. Plunket Greene,
Mr.. William HiEley and Mr.. Robert Rad
ford.
Patrons of the Festival.
The patrons OF the festival. in addition
to the king and queen. are the prince and
princess OF Wales. the duke and duchess
of C~onnaught and the archbishop OF Can
terbury; the president is the lord bishop
OF Worcester. whose attitude towards the
festival is thus gently alluded to by that
master critic, musical chief Justice and bril-
liant writer. Mr.. Joseph Bennett OF the
London Daily Telegraph: The bishop Of
Worcester Dr. Yeatman-Biggs) announces
In the Diocesan Magazine that he will not
be present at this festival, being ordered to
a water cure. / am sure that all who are in
terested in the musical meeting regret these
causes and cannot help regarding the re-
suits as most unfortunate. the more be-
cause the occasions have been so many
on which the festival Of the Three Choirs
has had 10 do without the bishop OF the
diocese in which It is held. 1t means a
loss OF dignity TO the proceedings, and not
that alone, for I'm this age OF fault finding
many will think, II they do not say, that
the water cure is diplomatic, and its timing