The evening world., 1911-03-27
Tinel'S OrQfOriO
Performed by The
Catholic Society
Francis of Assist"
Well Sung by Nine.
Selma Kronoid's WE'LL
Trained Band of Fresh
Voiced n oristerS-
Archbishop Farley
Present.
BY SYL RI WING.

THE Catholic Oratorio Society at
Carnegie Hall last night present.
ed Edgar Tlnel's "St. Francis OF
Assist" before a large and ap~preciativo
audience. The performance was under
the patronage OF Archbishop Farley.
upon whose entrance TO his fag-decor-
ated box the audience rose. while the
choir sans tho "Ecce Sacredos.' The
writer often has pointed out In this coll
umn New York's weakness in the mat
ter OF really good choral singing.
Nine. Selma Kronold. the directress OF
this organization. has done not a little
toward removing the reproach. She
has found a number OF fresh and intet-
esting voices, both OF women and men.
and has trained tho possessors OF them
to sing artistically. with nne balance
and good. sonorous tone; but the
chorus should be two or three times
bigger. as. probably. no one o bet
ter than herself. At any rate. Nine.
kronold and her singers are to be con-
graduated most sincerely for what they
have accomplished during the seven
years of their efforts. The greatest
present need Is OF better enunciation.
Even In such stirring choruses as tho
"Hurrahl Hurrah!' and the "All Hail!
All HALL" much was lacking in proper
diction.
"St. Francis of Assist" II . very
melodious composition. It's author evil
IDENTIFY Is a student OF the masters. He
Is often reminiscent. particularly OF
Wagner and especially of "Parsifal,"
but the writer will not quarrel with
him for that. But the oratorio Is too
loag. Without the address OF Monsignor
Lavelle. which was appropriate. It
would have been after II o'clock when
It was finished. Yet nearly everybody
stayed until the end. n ~applsuded
most enthusiastically the final triumph
ant chorus. GLORY to God" The
sololsts were Caroline Hudson Alex
ander. soprano; Charles Kitchell, tenor;
Bertram Sylvan. baritone. and w.
T.. ShclNe, bass. Hans Kronod con
Quoted vigorously and the efficient or
chestra was recruited from Walter
Damrosch's symphony Society.
There was a large audience n the
nineteenth Sunday concert at tho
Metropolitan opera House last night.
at which Louise Homer tang the leau-
tiful "Chefaro" from Gluck's "Orpheus
and Eurydice' and tho Noble Sig
more from M~eyerbeer's Les Hugue-
nots." The other s~olois,s were Berenice
de Pasquali. Jane OSBORN Hannah,
lnga Oerner. Salvatore Sc!arett, WILL
lam Hinshaw. Herbert Witherspoon
aid Basil Ruysdnel. R%ossinis will
lam Tell" overture. Bizet's "L'Arle-
sienne" suite and Tschaikowsky's
"Marche Slave were played by the
orchestra under tho direction OF Josef
Pasternack.
r. Y. Arers led the Peoples Sym
phony Orchestra through an all Wag-
ner programme at Carnegie Hall yes
terday afternoon that included the prel-
ude to Die Me!stersinger" and the fare
we'll march from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the latter played IN commoration OF j.
Hampton Rob5. the first president o,
the society. The Mcdowell chorus
under Kurt SCHNEIDER sang the Message
of Peace from "Rienzi' and the Spin
ming song from The Flying Dutch
man" Mr.. Doenscs OF the orchestra
played the Meistersinger Prize Song
ms a violin solo and Gertrude Rennyson
sang tho "Dich theure halle" from