Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-22
Omaha Musical Notes

The benefit organ recital Of D. Kenneth
Widenor will take place Tuesday evening,
April "a, at s 80 p. m. Mt the First Baptist
church, Park avenue and Harvey streets.
Mr.. Widenor hopes by this recital to in
crease his funds for further study in his
chosen branch Of music next season In New
York. He is an earnest student and has
held several church positions In Omaha in
the past few seasons. His program is
well planned one, and will furnish interest,"
ing listening, containing as 1t does many
strictly organ numbers which are seldom
played in church, being more particularly
concert organ numbers. Mr. Widenor will
be assisted by Howard steberg. tenor. Fol-
lowing is the program in, full: M
Sonata in minor .......... Mendelssohn
Aria for the G string ............ Bach
Fugue in G minor ............... Bach
Fear Ye Not, o Israeli ........... Buck
Mr.. Steberg.
Nocturne ........'......''. ferrata
Gavotte NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Dethier
Evening Song ................. Bairstow
Beloved, 1t Is Morn ........... Alyard
A Spirit Flower ......... Campbell-Tipton
Mr.. Steberg.
Elfentanz johnson
Xmas in Sicily Yon
Kol Nidrei Hebrew melody ....... .Bruch
Fanfare d. Cirque .............. Shelley
This afternoon the Queen Esther can
tata by Bradbury will be staged at the Boyd
theater by the Young Mems Hebrew asso-
citation and the Young Womens Hebrew as
ISOLATION, the former organization in exist
ence hardly six months. The Choral So
ciety consists Of sixty members from both
organizations, and Is under the direction of
Miss Jessie Kruger of the Y. w. H. A., a
patient, earnest worker and member Of
the Omaha Mendelssohn choir. There will
be tableaux in costume and Hungarian and
Spanish dancing between the three-act can
tata. Hugo Nordin's full orchestra will ac-
| company the singers and dancers. The peo-
pie having solo parts in the cantata will be
Mr.. Harry Disbrow, Mr.. Gustav Swanson
(these two being non-members and taking
the parts of non-Jewsh persons in the can
tata). Miss Jeanette SPECIAL. as Queen
Esther. and Misses Mollie GLAND. Sadie Hol-
land. Messrs. Dave Greenberg. Abner Kali
man and Paul Sievers. The dancing will be
under the supervision Of Miss Dorette
Arnold
We were quite astounded the other eve
ming at the Menoma chorus concert to learn
from Carmen was composed by Rossini. We
had always understood that it was by Bizet,
who wrote the rest of the opera. Could it
be an arrangement by Rossini7 Hardly,
when he died before Carmen was produced.
However, we enjoyed It Just the same, for
"Toreador" song Of Bizet's by any other
name would thrill as much.
An interesting little leaflet. "Along
Broadway" from Rouse's Edison parlors,
contains besides its advertising matter
many little points Of musical interest about
various composers. music In general. and
many brief and apt musical quotations by
| famous people.
| Sunday, April 20, at 4 p. m. the Omaha
Musk Verein will present comic opera,
Sylvester" by its author. Theodore Rud
Reese. The opera will be performed in or
atorio style. This will be without doubt
the greatest musical event in the German
American circles this season. The opera
] centers around the mad pranks Of young