The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-10-06
A MUSICAL TREAT
FOR MOSCOW PEOPLE
MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY Or
CHESTRA WILL BE AT UNI
VERSITY AUDITORIUM.
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The Minneapolis Symphony orches-
ira OF IS pieces, which plays at the
University of Idaho auditorium to-
morrow (Thursday) afternoon COM
mencing at 2 o'clock, is receiving the
highest praise possible from all lead
ing musical critics of Seattle, Port
land, Tacoma and other coast cities
where this world famed organization
has played
Miss Florence Macbeth, lyric So
prano, has been unusually well re-
ceived, even for women of her note,
everywhere in the west "The great
est triumph of the evening was Flor
ence MacBeth's" says the Seattle
Times, revealing a fresh voice with
a range uncommon even for colora-
turas. She sang two of the most diff
fucult arlas in opera, The Bell Song
from Iakme" and the brilliant
"Chaumont Oiseau" from the pearl
of BRAZIL which have been essayed
only by the few truly great colora-
turas of the concert stage. Her love
ly tones, limpid, colorful and sweet,
were best revealed in the "Thou Bril-
liant Bird" number from the "Pearl
of Brazil" but the east with which
she complished the pyrotechnics of
the bell song also brought storm of
applause"
Making up the personnel of the
orchestra" says the Musical Courier,
is a body of men who will compare
favorably as to character, man for
man, with any other similar organiza-
tion in America. For the most part
these musicians are substantial citi-
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neapolis by the personality of the
leader, Emil Oberhoffer, who has
been the director since the orchestra
was first organized in 1902
Mr.. Oberhoffer is one of the very
few leaders of a truly great orchestra
who successfully leads his men with |
out following musical score This
is tremendous task, as he must |
learn intimately the part played by
each of his 85 musicians and the cues
For each
although the seat sale has been
unusually brisk" said Prof Edward I
D. Bangs, head of the department of /
music, under whose influence this
marvellous organization is brought to
he university and to Moscow" it is
paramount that the few tickets left
)e sold to prevent our sustaining
oss. Those who have not yet re-
served their seats should do so at
,nce. Students have been unusually
to this unusual privilege
PRESENTED to them and but very few
# the admissions reserved for them
emain unSold.
1T is possible that the unexcelled
Iuality of this organization is not ap-
'reciated by some. It is composed of
5 musicians of the highest rank, ap-
earring under the baton of one of
americas very best leaders, and with '
! comes Miss Florence Macbeth, lyric y
oprano, who until recently appeared {
s star with the Chicago Opera
Western critics have been {
Miss Macbeth almost as
luch as the orchestra itself, owing {
} the fact that it is only on rare oc- I
asions that people of her rank ven ]
Ire this far from the eastern music
centers." r
Although the stage in the auditori- e
m is one of the largest in northern Q
laho, to accommodate this vast or I
it has been necessary, in c
ddition to removing part of the |
emery and moving the balance as i
ar as possible, to construct an ex- Q
,nsion platform in front giving an p
lditional stage space Of $50 square t
,et.