Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-03

rificing the quality of tone. The at
tack in the Initiative passages clearly
distinct The G sharp by the tenors,
page II, correct. Fine effects In the
con forza" Motto maestoso" again
too fast. There was decided accel-
erandp made which we, could not adj
miro. Thou art Il God, too was
given with rich tonal quality. The
.allegando" very effective, with splcn-
did quality Of tone.
OGDEN. TABERNACLE CHOIR. @
"Sylva''-A choir OF fine voices, ball
ancing and blending well. Clear enun
citation and taking lots of care in eN-
pressing details The tempo III the first
page was IL little slow, making the.
singing lack somewhat in lightness of.
touch. The part singing was very
clear and the climates We're reached
in good style. There was a little ten,
dency to force some of the crescendos.
but the singing on the whole was very
good. Pitch not maintained.
"Challenge of Thorn-The first move
mont. was started with a splendid eff
feet end the attack on the word "thun-s
dercr'. was full of vigor. The tempo
in resolute theme far too fast. making
the effect lose i'll resoluteneSs. The
unison on the words this is my ham
mcr." given With broad effect. The inn
itatlve passages on page 10 attacked
WlCIs precision. lUSle WAS IL lelluelltS
in the forte passages to sacrifice purity
to power. The c sharp by the tenors
on page II incorrect The con forza was
given with splendid rigor and the
climax on the word Earthquake" was
thrilling. The inoto maestoso was far
too fast and lacked the dignity Of
s"rulers" '"Thou art Il God, too,' WAS
given with fine effect. Tho allcgandc
on the last page was hurried too much,
but the Here i defy thee" was given
/ with glorious effect.
PROVO CHORAL SOCIETY.
"Sylvia'-A choir@of good Voices, but
the balancing parts not so good. as
! the altos were far too prominent, and
they had tendency to use too much
of the chest voice, making the tone a
little coarse. The sopranos were of
pleasing quality, as We're the male
voices. The tempo was correct and fair
care was taken In the attention to de-
tail of expression. The part singing
was fairly clear. but more delicacy and
lightness could have been displayed
Tho singing could have been more
schaste and finished in style. There
We're some breaks in che ryhthm which
we could not admire. AT the bottom
of page s. and also at the close of the
first line in page 9 the ending was not
effective. The pitch was not main
tanned.
"Challenge of Thor"--Good tempo, but
altos again too prominent. The forte
on the word "thunderer'' made like a
tmezZo forte and the tone increased. TO
strike the forte at once would have
given us n better effect The tempo
In the risoluto was a little slow and
when the theme this is my hammer
was given the singing dragged a little.
There was fine tone, however, by the
male voices. The attacks We're given
with splendid precision, but the tona
quality was marred by the continued
open tones of the altos. The C sharp
of the tenors, third bar. page II. was
5out of tune. The tonai body was a
little indistinct at the bottom of page
Is. There was a thrilling effect on the
word "eartlquake." The moto nlaestoso
was taken at too rapid a tempo. net
contrasting and making the part sing
ing little blurred. The unison, Thou
art a God, too. very effective. The
tone was pure and the last page was
we'll sung.
During the evening by request Mr.,
Stephens conducted his choir in a SUI
perb rendition of his own God Of
Israeli the quartet parts being reil-
dered by Lizzie Thomas Edward, Edna
Dwyer, w. D. Phillips and Horace S,
Ensigf. which too was immensely APP
plauded by the visiting musicians,
At the end, the contestants united in
congratulating the Denver people and
in acknowledging the justice of the
adjudication. Prof Lund was not slow
to say that he awarded the palm to
the Salt Lake singers in the rendition
of sylvia" which many in the audi
ence thought was done with more grace
and delicacy. even than the Denver