Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-15
Music Notes
BY Florence Bosard Lawrence


| Five seasons of practice together
| have brought the singers of the
| Orpheus club into splendid unity. Their
delivery is excellent and their voices
| blend with the results of many re-
hearsals and of continued earnest eff
fort upon the part of singers and di-
rector alike. Under the baton of
Joseph p. Dupuy the club gave it's
closing concert for the season last
night to an audience which taxed the
capacity of the great Temple audi
| torium.
! The opening songs by the club were
Hunting Song" (Pommer), Carnival
Song" (SaintSaens), "De Coppah
| Moon" (Shelley), and then Miss Bessie
Herbert Bartlett gave her beautiful
reading of AUX Italians" To the ro-
mantle lines of owen Meredith she has
arranged a musical setting taken from
Verdl's I'll Trovatore," and the musical
reading of the rhythmic lines found a
sensuous and luxuriant setting in the
| Miserere and other selections from the
we'll known opera. Madame Bertha
Vaughn sang the soprano role, and
In the Miserere scene both she and
Leroy Jepson, who sang the first tenor
part, were at especial advantage. The
sympathetic and appreciative environ
ment and the admirable selection of
SoloiSts formed an excellent atmos-
phere, and these singers. both popular
and accustomed to plaudits, We're de-
servedly overwhelmed with applause
after their numbers last night. Miss
Bartlett made a picturesque and eff
fective figure in the graceful posture
she assumed, and her work not only
in its exposition last night but in its
conception as well, showed thorough
artistic appreciation of her subject.
Roth Miss Bartlett and Mrs. Vaughn
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Ray Carpenter sang the second tenor
part in this number with nice feeling
and Mrs. Ada Marsh Chick played the
organ Accomplishments behind the
scenes. Will Garroway was at the
piano throughout the evening.
Other successful selections by the
club were 1.-The Hen and the Carp"
of Shandon" George B. Nevin), and
the "Shores of Signing" (Chafin). A
solo quartet composed of o. F. Tall
man, first tenor; A. G. Stinton, second
tenor; c. W. Hatch, baritone, and V.
A. Campbell, bass, sang "Ashes of
Roses by Hawley, and Mrs. Vaughn
gave one solo number, singing Mas
sanet's aria from LIE Cid, "Pleurez,
Pleurez mes yeux."
Mendelssohn's "Elijah" will be given
Thursday evening by the members of
the Congregational Choral club, assist
ed by these soloists: Nine. Bertha
Vaughn, soprano; Mrs. G. A. Howard,
contralto; Vernon Alfred Bettin, boy
soprano: Nathaniel Sessions, tenor;
Harry Clifford Lott, baritone; Charles
H. Demorest, organist, and Mrs. H. G.
Stratton, jianist.
The club has been organized for four
seasons, but this is its first public ap-
pearance. William Henry Lott, the able
director of the club has made a wise
cutting of the great oratorio. He has
preserved the story of the work in a
connecting form.
The story of the entire work from the
initial prophecy of Elijah" of the
draught up to the climax, the great
chorus, Thanks Be to Cod" voicing
the gratitude of the people for the rain
which came at the intercession of the
prophet.
There are too few opportunities here
to listen to these great oratorios. and
the musical folk of the city, as we'll
as of this church, are to be congratu-
lated that this work is to be presented
with such competent soloists and such
efficient direction.