Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-19
Music


May Festival at the Brandeis.
The first concert Of the Omaha MAY
Music Festival Of 1910 was given last night
at the Brandeis theater It was practically
the curtain raiser OF the festival, as the
Mil neapolis symphony orchestra and Mr..
Oberhoffer will not make their bow until
this afternoon.
As curtain raiser and without the or.
chtstra, 1t offered very interesting pro.
gram Of choral and solo numbers
The chorus, consisting Of between seventy
and eighty voices, gave a good account
OF itself and showed plainly the hard work
which the members had done under the
erection Of Mr.. J. II. Simms. who made
his first appearance as conductor of the
society incidentally, the sopranos and con-
traltos added much to the general appear
ance by the red rose and green leafed stem
carelcssly laid against the white back
| ground of each gown.
In the Hymn to Music" most ap.
propriate opening number n choral ode.
with music by the late lamented Dudley
Buck, the chorus sang with frmness and
precision, obeyed carefully the baton Of
/ Mr.. Simms, who left nothing insure, and
gave very welcome presentation of the
music. This was also true in the Hunting
sighting" by Grieg Mr. Haverstock offer
ing a nice bit Of singing in the baritone
solo incidental to the last named number.
In each number there seemed to be a very
well balanced choral effect even where the
parts divided. Mr. Simms received a huge
bunch OF roses and he is to be congratu-
lated on this concert, which is surely only
foretaste Of the big work. king Olaf"
| Mr.. Czerwonky was applauded TO the
echo over and over again and responded
to encores after playing groups OF violin
solos, inclining very decidedly to sweet
ness longdrawn-out but pcrchance our
young genius hath fallen in love since his
| last visit here. But one can forgive the
sentimental in consideration of other
| things that he did with breadth and skill.
| Madame Langendorff did not come up to
expectations. 1t is a mistake to herald
second Schumann-ITeinks" unless one
really has them Madame Langendorff has
splendid voice, which she uses well In
the lower and middle parts and in the
upper portion when she sings very softly,
but only then. 1t is a pity, because Madame
Langendorff has an appealing. very APP
pealing manner, and she is full Of tenn
permanent. The best work she did was in
the ''Cry of Rachel" wherein she did some
remarkable dramatic work, but not beauti-
full singing
! The accompaniment were taken care of
by Mr.. Martin Bush and Madame Borgum
the former playing for the chorus and for
the violinist and the latter for Madame
Langendortf. Is.
The following program will be given this
afternoon at 2:30:
Minneapolis symphony orchestra, Emil
Oberhoffer, conductor Soloists, Mrs. Lucille
Tewksbury, David d. Duggan and Richard
Czerwonky
IL. Overture Observation-Disclosures, Mozart
& surprise symphony ................ Haydn
(a) Adagio-allegro, OBJ theme and vari-
atoms (c) minuetto, (d) allegro di
motto.
3. You Flaunt Your Beauty from
Golden Threshold. $500. Liza Lehman
- vase .SlbeltuS
s. Gypsy Airs. Sarasate
Mr.. Czerwonky.
g. I'm the Mountain Village" ...........
:.;..''''' ...'..............- lppolitON-lWanOV
Viola, Jean Koch; English horn
Gustav Boehle.
a. Praeludum ...................,Fa ernefeldt
s. Ave Maria from Gross of Fire" .Bruch
Mrs. Tewksbury.
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