Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
ADH AlDE 0K|ElIl.
CIYESRECTAL
OF L Il
Wesley Conservatory Artists
Gives Wonderful Lee
ture-Recital.
lRy Gohe a. BensonaI

by Go098o a.. He0S0n.1S ~
Miss Adelaide sDkell. Of. the Wesley
Conservatory ot Music. last
night gave leftlre-recital OF
Lohengrin, Wagner;s wonderful opera.
at the home Of Mr.. ana Mrs. NJ. g.
Olson. lOl Reeves avenue. Miss
Okell was presented by the members
Of Sigma Alpha Iota, the musical
sorority OF thesconservatory. who en-.
tertained In honor or the members of
the Thursday Musicale club. F.
In Miss Okell. Grand Forks. long
recognised as the musical center OF
North Dakota. has another claim. and
q convincing one. to that distinction.
She has made but two public appear
ances. and both to limited audiences,
but hereafter there will be many de-
mands upon her art. Her coming has
greatly enhanced the local musical
circle, has strengthened it and given
it more distinction.
In these trying days, when folk too
often turn to shat curious music
which leaps and plunges in the most
bewildering fashion," it is a pleasure
to hear Wagner adequately and artis-
tically, unexpectedly agner who years
ago knocked 80 long at Great Britain's
doors and had to be championed by
such a fearless critic CAS- Bernard
Shaw. Today, Wagner still is knock
not let him in intellectually and
understandinglysTo many OF us, he is
known simply as the composer Of that
much played and mistreated bridal
chorus from Lohengrin. 1t Ia some
thing. of course. to know who wrote
that chorus, but if somewhere In h
mountains there is a jade godaof mu-
sic, we In going to be called to the
heights, some day, and that little
knowledge will do us no good when
the accounting comes. We, in Grand
Miss Okell has come our way. and, as
Wesley conservatory, artists so gra
ciously. so thoroughly do. she will
help to set house n order. and,
then, when the little jade god comes,
we can laugh and dance. a..
Miss Okelr knows her Wagner; she
is passionately fond of him. and, be
ing a creative artist herself, she can
communicate hts s little theories, his
hunnors. HIS drar4as ettol those who
But Miss okeiTT is more than a stu
dent of Wagner, more than a pianiste.
else she would have her little day and
the falling leaves would ehroud her
secret. Her work has the power Of
survival, and therein lies the soul Of
her art. One does not AVE to COM
pose to have ones rmusicianship. live.
for the real musician passes his art
along. This is what Miss Okell Is
doing. She studied with that grand
resa Carreno. ;sCarreno's piano now
1 is, s,,sF Il s sSs ri sftl az : 1l Ike ;o ( Il
one who has heard Carreno never
can forget her wonderful touch. and
Years with such geniIs Never can
get that touch and tone out of ones
interpretations. One does not want
e. SO last night, more than any 9TH
er feature. Miss .okelrs touch end
tone stood out-a touch delightful.
en-. inspiring. These are the legacies
Carreno left her, and these are" the
legacies that she u passing on to the
splendid. young people Of North Da-
kota.
Her m~usicianship is supreme. She
has the technical equipment, OF
course, but who can speak OF tech
nique when such ~inspirational inter-
pretations are givens She understands
the DRAMA the poetry Of music, and
they are never absent. Her music mas
NlTlutys llAc, AuiIh1tAnS0
| Her lecture-recftal Of Lohengrin 10
"a delightful thing. The trecitative'
given in a happy, INFORMAL manner
provides the atm osphere that is lack
ing when the music is performed on
the piano alone. Her reading OF
many Of the lines, the while she plays
! those wonderful passages from the
opera, is artistic In the recital, she
gives all the important features OF the
opera. The prelude 10 played In II
entirety, played with spiritual beauty
Then. there are Lohengrin's farewell
a poignant bit Of work, indeed; tn.
and third acts; the beautiful brida
chorus, and those. glorious motifs tina
give the opera It's strange. mystical
I. powerful beauty.i ~. . {
Taken, all. in all. it Is a recital tina
viii, stand. the test. of many repett