Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
Musical

Before an audience filling every seat
in Simpson auditorium Tuesday night
the Ellis club presented program of
so high an average that the organiza-
tion has set a mark for excellence that
1t will find 1t difficult to top. The big
number of the program was Felicien
David's symphonic ode, 1.-THE Desert"
although Bizet's saint John of Pat
mos" was also notable number
The club was assisted by Mrs. Beat
rice Hubbell Plummer, soprano; Jo-
seph Pierre Dupuy, tenor; Hobart
Bosworth, reader; the Euterpean quar-
tet and orchestra, Arnold Krauss,
leader, and Miss Mary l.. O'Don-
oughue, accompanist.
The numbers mentioned were pre-
ceded by a program, enjoyable, but
rather lengthy as a prelude.
Mrs. Plummer delighted her friends
with an a and b number, "Ah, Love
but Day (Beach), "Die Nome" (Von
Fielitz), and the choral numbers were:
A lullaby, by Brahms; Strike, Strike
the Lyre," by Cooke; II Love Thee"
by Isenmann; Gounod's cleverly writ
ten 1.-THE Grasshopper and the Ant"
and saint John of Patmos," by Bizet.
A pleasant feature of "The Desert"
was Hobart Bosworth's rendering of
the recitative, while the incidental
tenor solos rendered by Joseph Dupuy.
especially the chant of the Muezzin,
which he rendered in the original
tongue, were exquisite examples of
vocal art and revealed Mr.. Dupuy's
tenor voice in its purity.
"The Desert" Is tonal poem of un-
usual interest and was presented Fri
day night by Director Poulin and his
men in manner distinctly satisfac-
tory and creditable. The Ellis club has
made great advance since the opening
aarf in, fI.a fol nd hi t1xy
hold a place among the foremost mu-
sical organizations of the city.
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The Lott-Krauss season of chamber
concerts closed Thursday night with
a program which in many respects was
one of the most delightful of the
season.
Two old-time favorites with concert
goers were the opening number, Men
dessohns quartet, op. IL, No. l, and
the Kreutzer sonata; the first an ar
rangement for strings and the second
give'' nv Mr.. Krauss with Mrs. Lott
at ffie piano. These were eminently
two artists always.
A group of songs by German COM
posers, given by Mrs. Lott, called for
an encore.
The interest of the evening centered
in Dalhousie Young's "Five Baga-
telles," string quintet in which the
composer played third violin. The
bagatelles comprise group of light
sonnets-fantastic conceits that inter-
est and entertain and that might we'll
have been gathered by elves and fays
in the dark of the moon to weave the
fabric of spell for mortal ears. Each
of the five movements was distinct
delight and Mr.. Young is to be con-
graduated upon his exceedingly inter-
esting and original composition.
s.
"St Petersburg and Moscow" will be
the subject of the Baumgardt lecture
tonight to be given in Symphony hall,
Blanchard building During his last stay
in the land of the czar, Mr.. Baumgardt
was fortunate in gaining admission to
many of the palaces, art galleries and
museums in and around st. Petersburg,
as we'll as to the cathedrais and mon
asteries of the Kremlin in the city OF
Moscow, that "holy of holies" for 140,-
10000 human beings of Russian birth.
Interviews with prominent officials en-
abled Mr.. Baumgardt to gain a vast
amount of valuable information, which,
with the aid of the camera in securing
lantern slides for pictorial projection,
makes this lecture one of the most In
teresting and timely in Mr.. Baum
gardt'S lectures
The lecture for Sunday April %, will
be Sweden and the Midnight Sum-"
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The twilight recital given by Nine.
Genevra Johnstone- Bishop Friday at
the Alexandria was one of the brilliant
affairs of the week both from artistic
and social standpoints, and the pro-
gram was enjoyed by an audience of
friends and musicians which made de-
mands upon even the generous seating
capacity provided.
Mime. Bishops we'll earned reputation