The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
SALE EOFSEATSFOR
 MUSIC FESTIVAL

Next Wednesday, February g, the seat sale for the Midwinter Festival of Music will begin. the "All-Star Concerts" pre- senting Luisa Tetrazzini, the queen of song and her company, including Max Francesca Longo, pianist. in pro- gramme Friday evening" February H.,
 and the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra with Emil Oberh offer, conductor, and | Englebert Roentgen, cellist, on Satur- day February F. matinee and evening, at the Jefferson theatre.
 ! Of these splendid attractions. promi- ment music lovers of Birmingham have 1 expressed themselves as follows: 1 August Hirsch '1 heard Madame let razzini at the great Hippodrome in New ] York at Sunday afternoon concert, when the house was packed to the doors
 and hundreds Of seats on the stage, and 1 frankly confess that l have never heard more beautiful concert. Madame l Tetrazzini's voice is superb and she $ graciousness and kindness itself anu ] sings encore after encore.'
 I M Lou Tellegen (during his recent visit here Luisa Tetrazzni is one of the ' greatest artist in the world. Her wore
 has that peculiar God-given quality hhe 1 Caruso's. which cannot be duplicated, 1 When sue sings a high c it is the h'sh- ] est .,' in the world, because the quality
 o1 her voice is that kind. She is SUI i perb artst.'
 l Fritz Kreisier Cwnen he appeared here
 January 8: "Of the Minneapolis orches-
 tra i unhesitatngly say that it is mag
 nlflcent organization, and MT oOer- 1 hoffer one of the most competent ana | able conductors of the day, No other
 orchestra is better than the MihneapoAs 1 orchestra"
 1 "I am pleased that Birmingham is 1 going to have the pleasure of near l ing the Minneapolis orchestra, ana 1 that I can again revel in their won derfful music said r. $. Shaw. l have Leard them frequently, especially dur ! ing my residence in Minneapolis, when l I spent all my Sunday afternoons In ! listening to them. | am particularly 1 fond of orchestral music, anyway. My | father was first violinist with one of l the great London orchestras and l, myself, play the flute. Emil Ooerhof- lfer director of the Minnea polls. has no Nsuperior as director, and he has one
  1 treat is in store for every person who hears them here on February F" q regard the Minneapolis orchestra as second to only one of Americas great orchestras, and that one is the l Philadelphia" said Mrs W. J. Adams. q would say as second only to the Chicago" remarked Mrs. Gordon 1 Erickson Well, at any rate,' re- piled Mrs Adams. "it is marvellous | organization and Emil Oberhoffer 3 1 personality and a director unsurpassed and l do not expect to miss either of the two performances here on Feb lruary 12."
 Mrs. Kaufman Alice FaIlon) has
 written her sister. Mrs. Thomas
 O'Byrne: By all means don't miss
 the Minneapolis engagement in Bir-
 mingham. We had them with us on
 their last tour and they are magnih-
 cent"
 '"rhe Minneapolis orchestra is easily one of the nations greatest orches.ras
 In fact it is one of the worlds great orchestras and OberhoYer one of the
 worlds greatest conductors" said MT R. A. Thomson, one of Birmingham prominent violin teachers and player
 T wouldn't miss their engagement hero
 for anything I consider 1t one of the
 best of delightful winters series of iconcerts."
 T don't think I ever enjoyed any. thing more than the Minneapolis or chestra under the baton of Emil Ober-
 hoffer," said Hill Ferguson. Tt is 2 great orchestra and I am sure will at-
 tract seating capacity to the Jefferson
 when they appear here"