The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
CHOIR ACCUSED
Of BAD FAITH
Tabernacle Organization Fails,
it Is Said. to Fulfill its
Contract.
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
REFUSES TO Go ON
Music Festival Turns Out
Rather Badly: Good After
noon Programme.

As the hands Of The clocks at the
tabernacle pointed 10 9:15 Tuesday
evening. one hour later than the time
scheduled for rhe third aud last per.
formancc of the music festival aud
when extreme rcstirssncss was mani
! fest in The audience OF several thou
! sand people, Manager Fred Graham sud
| denly stepped 10 the front of the stage
and startled his hearers with the an
| uGuuccmcnt that. because the people
Of the city had failed TO patrouize this
| third music festival as they should,
| there were Insufficient funds 10 guar
antcc The payment III full CT the Chi
! caGo symphony orchestra, and they colt
| scqucntly refused To render their SerY-
ircS for the evening, Mr.. Graham
asked the audience II they would bc
/ willing 10 take what he could give
! them in IN impromptu concert fur.
nisbrd by local talent. and cries of
J "Gcs, GcS!' arose from all over the
house hcfor" he could finish the alter
native statement he had started to 10
make. som" fer" hystcricaJ persons
cried. Put them out, - "Serd them
home but the majority of The audi
cncc calmly accepted the situation with
| quiet acquicsccucc i'll Mr.. Graham s of
| fer.
Prof, stephens's Statement
Prof Evan Stephens then made a
hiiIe speech regretting the matter and
! stating plainly that ne wished II dis
tinctly understood that he had had
nohing TO dc with the financial part Of
tho situation. but that his business in
| tic affair had been 10 direct the taber-
nacie choir, and that alone. He also
! said his dealings With tho members of
the symphony orchestra bad been very
pleasant, and he had found them AT ali
times courteous. After a few prclimi.
nari"s. Mr.. stephens announced the
following programme:
Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhauscr..
| Professor j. j. Mcclellan. UCEanist
| Ave Maria .................. Marchctti
Ladies' Chorus and choral So
cletr, j. i. Mcclellan, conduc-
If With All Your Hearts. From the Elijah
John Summerhays Tenor.
! (a) We're ] n Bird ...,..s....s....
! io) When Cupid Comes. ............
| ic) Chinese Love Song .............
Edna Evans,
rabeTnacIe choir. first ana thrd d.
chorus; Professor stephens. con-
cal,in Gne'or' Go,,ooa
Last chorus-Ladiesf Chorus and
Choral Society; Miss Alice Bclden.
| soloist.
nc Lost tlOrQ ........-. frll!ilN6&n
Professor Charles Kent
Last Judgment ........,..........S Spohr
First and las, part of last chorus:
Professor stephens: conductor.
THIS proved = very interesting pro
gramme, rejecting credit upon every
one participating.
From Orchestra Standpoint
Manager Beach of the Chicago SYM
phouy orchestra called on The Tribune
! after mi:iniphr and spi1s
.'Wc feel that we have been badly
treated. Our contract Is with tho Tab
crnaclc choir and is signed hv its off
GERS, ono of whom is George 6. Smith,
son of tho president Of the Mormon
church. The contract called for set
tlemcnt in full Tuesday morning, Tues
day morning we wore paid less than
half the amount due us. and consented
10 wait until later in tho day for the
balance After the afternoon perform
ance VIC we're paid an additional
! amount which brought the total pad
us mp to about half the suul named
in onr contract We then offered to
wait until "Wednesday, or even longer
than that, if some responsible persons
would agree in writing TO sec that the
balance due us was paid.
LAT this stage the persons represent
ing the choir absolutely refused 10 do
anything further. saying II was lmpos-
siblc for them to raise the money
! themselves and that the church would
not help them. After this Dat refusal
there was nothing left for rs except to
do what We did It is the first time in
the history Of our organization that
ANYTHING OF that kind ever occurred
and it is n breach of n plain business
contract that We ar" ~ q loss TO m
derstand. To rs, with an expensive
organization 20OO miles from home. a
contract means something, We expect
TO place the matter in legal hands. 2
The Matinee Performance.
The second performance of thc Salt
Lake music festival was given al the
tabernacle Tuesday afternoon by the
Chicago symphony orchestra. Adolph
Roscnbccker. conductor; Myrtle Elryu.
pianist. Frank \. Ercisch, basso: Guy
| Woodward, violinist.
The programme opened With Men
delssohn IS overture 10 - y Midsummer
! Nioht s Dream, - and in this tho or
chcstral work brought out all Of the be
wiichiug bcauty and lovely imaginings
Of the composer. The second number
WIS of especial interest 10 Salt Lake
mE. ir LOVERS who have been antlcipat-
ing with the kccucYt pleasure the ap-
pcararce of the charming young vir-
tuoso, Miss MYRTLE Elyvn. Several Of
orr best known musicians. includin9
-hHTN NllNf bldl' .td'Ai' ''N'ih ~ 'h9
! and Edward Kimbal. remember her
when only few wears ago wipsome,
beautiful girl, she made her debut in
Berlin having studied with Godowsky.
Al that time her teachers and friends
predicted most brilliant future for
her and shc is now proving their claims
For her To have bccu thoroughly iusti-
fled ln her rendition of the List
concerto She displayed 1echuica! Ger
taintv iu mastering nj difficulties and
fairly captivaicd her bearers rs her
! skijlful fingers infused emotion into the
music. recognizing every value OF tone,
phrase or climax 10 the tremendous APP
I plausc which greeted this number. Sbc
I graciouslv responded with Godowsky's
! Of tha E1un Danuho