Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-06
.SCHuMANN- HE|NK.
Festival Star Charms Her
Augusta Audience.
Recital at City Hall Friday
Evening Grand Success.
Audience One Of the Largest Ever
Seen In Augusta.

i ne greatest OF all musical events ol
the season, and the one to which the
musicloving people of Augusta and
other places within a radius of many
miles had been looking forward in
pleasant anticipation for the past two
months the recital by Madame Schu-
nn-Iieink, is a thing of the past.
but the memory of the pleasure that it
afforded is one that Will be everlasting
and will be cherished by everyone who
heard her. 1t was her first visit to
Augusta, although not few of our
people had heard her and come to
know her. on account of her charming
personality as we'll as her magnificent
voice as the favortc of all the great
artists of the Maine Music Festival,
but that she won to herself the great
audience which heard her last even
ing was shown by the enthusiastic
greeting which she received.
Madame Schumann-Heink came to
Augusta from Bangor. where on Thurs
dav evening She charmed al VIII" heard
her, and the same may be sad OF nef
recital at CITY hall last evening. Her
audience was by far the largest that
had ever assembled at City hall on
similar occasion. 1t embraced not ohly
a large number of the representative
people of the city but also many from
Watervillc Fairfield. SkoWhcgan, bal-
lowell. Gardiner. Winthrop, Richmond.
Brunswick and other places along inc
line of the Maine Central, and 1t is
safe to say that one and al fclt lhc'n-
selves doubly repaid for the dlSap-
pointment which had been "ccaSl"neo
bv the postponementS Of the recital
earlier in the season.
II was indeed such q musical treat
as is only at rare Intervals heard III
the city. She was in perfect voice
and those who had heard her at the
Festival say that her singing was new
or sWeeter nor more full or meiooH
than if was last evening. The pro
gram was varied, ranging from pliel
little fok-songs up to the TREMENDOUS
arias from the Italian and Frchch
operaS, and each and every huiilp'i
was received with the greatest en-
thusiasm. She was obliged to feSp"ii"
reneatedly to encorcs, which she dlo
with y charming grace. and it seemed
that the audience would never get us
en- The success of the recital was
contributed to in no small degree ny
the excellence of the accompahihlehl9
by Mrs. Katherine Hoffman
great deal of credit is due those
who wore instrumental in bringing
Madame Schumann- Heinll to Augusta
Prof. Chapman OF the Maine rc'''."''
and thc Augusta Chorus. and especial
Nv Miss Bertha Holmes, whose eii'i'
in behalf of the recital were untirlng'
and the pleasure afforded through 'li'''
efforts is one that Will not soon pe III
gotten. The program:
Ia Ai'e l'''i ~ RoSsi
In Italian) - e,l,I,lrt
ID, Du hist die Run l '''n q si,,no,t
(c) Wohin ri"''A =, ~ ,',,,.,
(d) Der Wanderer f:ahH H'n'''''
"a, W"ltrauten Scene. Act 7. Seen" j.
from the opera "Gottcrda,nmerunS
ii"''' '''' Richard Wagner
Tb, Recitativc and Arie "Adilaho' i'"''
the Opera "ki"nZl r:,hord v-,oner
IA! ne i''' List
~ Six Hungarian Gypsy Songs Cycle
/. Ho There, Gypsy!
q High and Towering stream
3 Know We When MY '"V"n
A. Loving Cod Thou IS moves.
: Art Tho1 Thinking Often NOW,
o. Roscbuds Three
six Songs (Suns in English, ,.;,
(aO The Rosary Ethelbelt NcV'h
,M @ Let Night Speak of Ne
W. G. w Chadwick
lo, Tho Dauzo G w. Chadwick
Id, MANY "a Hcautcou@ Flower
va Ella Nav Smith
10, His JmlIabv G.. j.. Bonds
10 Love in Cottage H., ..a,s
Prison Scene from the Opera ''nr"phrt"
tSung in Frerchl H'N - i, ~
"Fle@' Vino. Scfin''"''h-' "
Mrs. Katherine Hofmann. Accompanies