Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-27

Legends tell of the love of St
Francis for music. and his sermon
to the birds is a classic. 1t is said
of him that he was so joyous and
sunny that despite poverty and af-
Fiction he went through life singing.
1t was quite fitting, therefore, that
the st. Francis auditorium of the
new Museum, with it's magnificent
St. Francis murals, was the place for
the popular concert given on Wednes-
day evening by the Liberty chorus,
the Liberty orchestra and the Santa
Fe band. St. Francis, no doubt, would
have rejoiced exceedingly had he
been present at the sight and sounds
that were such a contrast to the rain
and thunderstorm raging without.
On the platform directly under the
impressive picture of the Apotheosis
of st. Francis were seated the thirty
members of the chorus, most of the
young women in white and the men in
evening dress. In front of them, also
on the platform, sat the sixteen red
coated members of the Santa Fe band
to one side. and on the other side sat
the sixteen members of the orchestra,
total of more than sixty massed
lOS6luGI lot chorus ELECTS. An duul-
ence of several hundred had braved
| the down pouring rain and thoroughly
enjoyed the program. The Santa Fe
band played several preliminary Sc
lections, leading up to the Star
! Spangled Banner" in which the
chorus and orchestra joined with in
spring effect The first number by
the chorus was Donizetti's incompar-
! able Italia" The chorus left nothing
to be desired IN their rendition of this
| superb song. There was thunderous
and prolonged applause in conclu-
sion. The Liberty orchestra followed
with the concert waltz. Wedding of
the Winds" The orchestra is a new
institution for Santa Fe. and IS well
| balanced in instruments. D'Harde-
lots exquisite and dainty Il Know a
| Lovely Garden" and Nevin's quaint
and melodious ''Wynken, Blynken ana
| Nod" formed Il double number rem
dered by the wOmen's chorus with
| Mrs. X. NJ. Henderson taking the
soprano obligato. Artistically it was
! the finest rendition of the evening"
! program. The Liberty orchestra,
which followed with Bartlett's Love
Song" a warm, sensuous, alluring
composition, and Iljinsky's "Berceuse"
!
/ cradle song-deserved the applause
which followed and which continued
! in the vain hope of an encore.
Then came trio of ever popular
songs by the Liberty chorus Barnby's
Sweet and Low comparatively old
and fashioned; America the
! Beautiful quite new but which has
somewhat of the overDoWering grand
eur of Donizett's Italia" and when
You and | Were Young, Maggie sung
with warmth and dramatic power.
Most ambitious of the orchestra's
renditions was a series of Moszkowski
selections, but the talent was equal to
! the task and could not escape a re-
/ call.
Till We Meet Again" was soul
! fully sung by Robert l.. Ormsbee,
accompanied by violins and sopranos,
| 1t IS a lovely, haunting melody and
| again there was no escaping an en-
core. The Santa. Fe band pleased
with the final selections and it, too,
was encored. Mrs. r. M. Henderson,
| the director, who organized the chorus
| and the orchestra, was congratulated
on every side Mrs. George II. Van
Stone and Miss Evelyn Mcbride ac-
companied on the piano and that sue
cessfully.
| The chorus consists of the follow
| ing:
Sopranos-Mesdame Josephine Lo-
! witzki. John Martin, Ernest O'Byrne,
! Frank II, Burton, Lille C. owen, John
A. Lowe, F. A. Reider, Misses Jessie
p Carroll, Claribel Fischer Anna
| Kaune, Rosina Bergere, Dorothy
Walter, Carolyn Ten Eyck, Vita War
! kup, Nora Henderson.
Altos-Mesdame Nora e. Sum
mers. r. c. Ten Eyck. Ralph E.
Twitchell, George w. Prichard. Reed
Holloman, Rupert F. Asplund. Misses
! Ruth Stafford and Dolores Bergere.
| Tenors-A. j. Teare, Rev. Walter l..
Trowbridge, Rev. j. w. Hamblin.