The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25
H0HDnLU TtUTlt IN
PLATFORM COLLAPSED WITH
SINGERS OF CHORUS AS. THE
OPENING FEATURE OF
FESTIVAL CONCERT.

SINGERS OF CHORUS AZ HI
OPENING FEATURE OF
i FESTIVAL CONCERT.
What might have terminated in o
very serious accident at the final
Iconcert Of tire May Music Festival in
the Gale theatre, very fortunately
resulted lightly for all concerned.
Thursday evening the young ladies
and gentlemen comprising the chorus
of the choral club took their posi-
tions on the raised platform on the
stage, ready to begin their work.
The nearly one hundred people had
hardly become seated on the chais
when they felt the platform giving
away, and in a moment IL went
down with a crash, amidst the
screams of tie young ladies, who were
seated on the higher tiers, possibly
eight or ten feet from the floor.
!! When the young ladies had been
picked out of the wreckage and they
had a few moments to calm down, it
was learned that zone OF them had
been injured, except possibly a
slight bruise or two in n or two
cases, a few dresses torn. The
men, who were lower down escaped
without inquiry. The lumber was re-
moved from the stage and to get
themselves in view the young ladies
stood on the chairs when the chorus
was presented.
It was a very unfortunate circum-
. stance and had some effect on the
singing, although it was hardly no
ticeable. The platform had been
used in the morning at the rehear-
sal and it was supposed to be entire
ly safe, having been built on the
/. same lines of former years.
Cantata Comes First.
There was a splendid audience in
attendance at the final concert of
the Festival, nearly every seat on
the lower floor and in the balcony
being occupied. The chorus and or
|chestra responded to the enthusiasm
of the big audience and barring the
accident the evening was one of
great success.
The chorus was scheduled to come
midway on the program. but it was
decided to present it first, owing to
1.-THE late start. The selection present.
ed was Brahms Requiem" the
words are taken from the bible, the
opening selection appearing in the
fifth chapter of Matthew, the period
covered the temptation of Christ and
the time he commenced to preach.
When Director Hobson appeared
on the stage he and his chorus were
greeted with great applause, and
with the uplift of his baton the or
chestra played the brief introduce
tive strain to the cantata. 1t took
nearly an hour for its presentation,
but every moment of the grand mu-
sic was enjoyed most thoroughly.
The greatest part of the work is for
the chorus, and but three solos are
given, two for the bass and n for
the soprano. The bass selections
We're presented by Marcus Keller
mann, who sang them with fine effect
and good voice. Mrs. Lucille Tewks-
bury carried the soprano solo to the
fine satisfaction of her hearers, and
her singing was indeed very pleas
uyable.
The music of the Requiem is very
beautiful all the way through, and
is easily appreciated by a general
audience, for the reason that it is
has beautiful harmony and less of
the classical tinge of other canta-
tas, and the dignity of the words
were enhanced by the grandeur Of
the music-and the whole was fin
ished by the presentation of the
choral club. There are seven num-
bers in the cantata, and all of them
require a very careful and close
sEES
reading to bring into display the
thought of the words, and to pre-
sent the beautiful Inspiration of the
music. Mr. Hobson's Interpretation
of the music could not we'll have
been improved upon, and he put in
to his singers that spirit of enthus-
iasm which made the chorus move
along the most harmonious lines.
Each section of the chorus was re-
cruited in fine shape. and they bal
anced and harmonized to a fine de-
gree. The work of the soprona sec
Ition was marked, by the closeness of
tone, and the same can be said Of
the contraltos, tenors and BASES. 1t
was perhaps the strongest chorus
that has been presented in several
years. At the conclusion OF the
work, the audience gave a fine appre-