Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-24

aoiS the efcheStral triumph OF tie even
ing. 1t was beautifully rendered.
The Goldmsrk number was well done;
il has qualities 10 appeal to the senses
! in allurement. and its beauties are not
easily missed when presented as Mr..
stock has deserted them. So il is also
Of the HumperdinCk suite, The Koenigs-
kinder" Here the contrasts, though not
so violent as in the Dvorak number. are
much in evidence. and are handled with
such skin as gives virility TO the score
The work of the orchestra last night will
whet interest for the matinee this after
noon. when Weber, Tscnaikowski. Stock
and Rimsky- korsakow will be represented
on the program by their greatest and
most Characteristic works.
Triumph for the Orchestra.
And what of the MendelSsohn Choir
No one of Omaha who was at the Audi
forum last night but felt proud Of that
splendid organization. 1t is a mild state
ment TO say that the work OF the singers
was superb; no superlative could over
state the excellence Of the choral music
they furnished. Mr. Kelly introduced
bis songbirds without the support Of the
orchestra. 1t was the Mendelssohn Choir
alone that sang two Mendelssohn songs
with such tenderness Of tone that IL
seemed almost like listening to dream
music: 1t was the Mendelssohn Choir thar
took up the Gounod arrangement Of
Psalm cxxxvii, and gave with rare ex-
pressiveness. Its first part. by the
Waters Of Babylon" was the most ap-
pealing in the Renaissance Of despair,
and then came the elimination OF that
despair in the defiance of captors and
the pledge Of fealty to Jerusalem, a
mighty erescendo. swelling upward, until
the volume OF sound fairly crashed out
upon the audience Ii was a tremendous
effect. most successfully produced. And
closing with the prophecy OF destruction
to Babylon, no less decisive in spirit, but
graver in tone, the choir sang with the
thought Of pslamist and composer. till It
seemed as II 1t had sent something of
audience, and the song was ended amid
the most enthusiastic applause OF the
evening. Both conductor and choir we're
fairly stormed. and bowed again and
again TO the people who were paying the
most unstinted tribute to deserving
ability.
The Auditorium held an audience Of
200 or more last night. and these people.
while not at any time showing riotous
tendencies in their applause, went
great deal farther than the self-con-
tanned Omaha audiences usually do. At
times the audiby expressed appreciation
fairly verged on enthusiasm. and II was
always such as would leave no doubt |
as to the sentiments Of the listeners.
Last Nights Program.
The program last night was:
Soloists:
Miss Florence Hinkle. soprano. !
Nine Nevada Van der Veer, Contralto. |
Mr. Reed Miller, Tenor.
MIR. Frederick Weld Basso.
Overture, ''Husitska." ....,........ Dvorak
The Theodore Thomas Orchestra.
Choral Musie-( Unhccompanied).
(al Departure" and The Nightingale
CFrom open-Air Music. .Mendelssohn
(b) Motel, Psalm C&xNVIl..,......
........................... Charles Gounod
Vor Chorus in six Parts)
The Mendelssohn Choir.
Aria, "Depuis lie Jour-" from Louise"
Miss H.akIe.
,horal Ballad. THE Sands o. Dee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. oliver King
Choir and Orchestra
lutte, Die koenigsknGer .Humperdlnck
Born September /. 1854.
(aD Prelude.
ID Chlldren's Dance.