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Musical Courier 1926-04-22: Vol 92 Iss 16, 1926
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1MUSICAL COURIER
2LINDSBORG'S FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL PROVES AN ARTISTIC DELIGHT
3(Continued from page 5)
5(Photos by Lundquist Studio)
6SNAPSHOTS FROM THE LINDSBORG (KANSAS) FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL.
7(1) A group of those active in the festival: Left to right, first row, Hagbard Brase (director), Carleton Cummings, Mrs. Raymond Havens, Dr. Ernst F. Pihlblad (president), Agnes Clark-Glaister, Sigurd Nilssen, Oscar Thor- sen; second row, John Selby (Kansas City Star), Arthur Uhe (concertmaster), Arvid Wallin (organist), Hjalmar Wetterstrom (director of orchestra), Lennard Gunnerson, Arthur Byler; third row, Walter Brown, Mrs. Brown, Oscar Lofgren (dean, School of Fine Arts), Mrs. John Selby, Ellen Strom.
9(2) Five visiting artists: Carleton Cummings, Agnes Clark-Glaister, Hagbard Brase, Mrs. Raymond Havens, Sigurd Nilssen.
11(3) The Flonzaley Quartet, which opened the festival.
13(4) Molly Bernstein, Daniel Mayer (Miss Giannini's manager), and Dusolina Giannini.
15(5) Claire Dux, a festival star, with her accompanist, Victor Mermont.
17ment of talented students. Mr. Uhe is also a Victor artist and his compositions are published. Mr. Wetterstrom has done good work with both the band and the orchestra. Schubert's Rosamunde overture was given a fine performance, and the accompaniment to Beethoven's E flat major piano concerto was beautifully done. Arthur Byler played the Adagio with good taste and expression while the Rondo showed technical finish with due regard for the composer's ideas. Sigurd Nilssen proved to be a lieder singer of more than ordinary ability. His is a voice of wide range and beautiful quality. The interpretations of Aufenthalt, by Schubert, and Wiegennied, Herzberg, were most interesting. Mr. Nilssen was well received and responded with encores.
19CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL
20The recital by the Bethany Instrumental Trio was a strong feature of the week. Arthur Uhe, Arvid Wallin and Hjalmar Wetterstrom make up the personnel of this organization. They have played together many years, which accounts for the superior work presented. They are in demand over the state, having filled many important engagements.
22The program Thursday afternoon consisted entirely of chamber music beginning with the trio, opus 70, No. 1, by Beethoven rendered with fine musicianship. Schubert's Quintet comprised the second part of the program and was played in a finished and artistic manner. Mrs. Walter Brown played the viola part and Lennard Gunnerson the string bass part. The audience showed its appreciation by hearty applause.
24GLAISTER-HAVENS RECITAL
25One of the high lights of the week was the joint recital by Mrs. Agnes Clark-Glaister and Mrs. Raymond Havens. Mrs. Havens has appeared here in recital and with the Bethany Oratorio Society at different times, and she is a favorite with Lindsborg audiences. Her charming personality, wealth of vocal resources and interesting presentations are always duly appreciated. She starred in Alleluja (Mozart), Adieu forêt from Jeanne d'Arc (Tchaikowsky), and Christ Went up Into the Hills (Hageman), receiving hearty applause and responding with encores. Mrs. Glaister possesses a voice of brilliancy and power, well adapted to dramatic roles. She was commanding in the aria, More Regal in His Low Estate, from the Queen of Sheba (Gounod), and also interpreted her other numbers with fine discrimination. Mrs. Glaister also gave encores. Miss Chase of Denver accompanied excellently.
27CLAIRE DUX RECITAL
28Friday afternoon has come to rank almost equally in importance with the two gala days, Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Artists of national reputation feature the program and the venture has proven a success. Claire Dux, a soprano internationally known, was chosen for this year. She excels as a lieder singer. Her work is artistic and refined, full of mezzo-tints and delicate shadings. Especially beautiful were the Schubert and Schumann songs. She was well received and added several extra numbers. Victor Mermont was a capable accompanist.
30STUDENTS' RECITALS
31The Children's Department, under the direction of Ellen Strom, presented a recital Tuesday morning. Pupils taking part represented the classes of Miss Strom, Mrs. Walter Brown, Winifred Lorimor and Hildegard Lindberg, consisting of piano, violin and expression. The work showed good training. The following appeared on the program: Jeanette Goodholm, Velma Berggren, Ruth Gibson, Estred Johnson, Virginia Bjorn, Lenora Hawkinson, Jean Zimmerman, Marian Gibson, Lu Ruth Anderson, George Johnson, Bernard Malm, Thelma Olson, Sonja Brase, Gladys Elving, Ruth Thorstenberg, Astrid Lundquist, Helen Jenkins, Malena Jane Berglund, Margaret Wright.
33Wednesday afternoon advanced students of the School of Fine Arts appeared in recital as follows: Wilma Batchelor, Johanna Curtis, Paul Allen, Hjalmar Wimblad, Wessel Anderson, Carl Melander, Bereniece Bone, Warren Reitz, Edmond Jarvis, Georgia Buck, Edith Gottfried, Helen Smith, Laurin Frost, Dorothy Cowles, Adria Slabach, Gladys Dunkelberger, Winifred Lorimor, Maybelle Leonard, Irene Rahm.
35MID-WEST MUSIC CONTEST
36The Sixth Annual Mid-West Music Contest represented talent from Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Elimination contests were held Monday and Saturday. Full and half scholarships were awarded first and second places in piano, violin, voice and expression. The following won first and second places: piano—Leith Stevens, Kansas City, Mo., and Evelyn McConchie, Salina, Kansas; violin—Virginia Drane, Kansas City, Mo., and Evelyn Scott, Ottawa, Kansas; voice—Richard Traver, McPherson, Kans., and Kathryn Langedade, Oberlin, Kans.; expression—Leda Floyd, Ness City, Kans., and Alice Fontron, Hutchinson, Kans.; girls' glee club—McPherson, $50 cash, Solomon, $30 cash. The following Teachers of the School of Fine Arts judged the contests: Oscar Thorsen, Arvid Wallin, Arthur Byler, Hildegard Lindberg, Arthur Uhe, Hjalmar Wetterstrom, Mrs. Walter Brown, Thure Jaderborg, Benjamin Tilberg, Irene Houdek, Hagbard Brase, Geneva Smith, Annie Swensson, Winifred Lorimor.
38ACCOMPANISTS
39Oscar Thorsen, Arthur Byler, Arvid Wallin, Oscar Lofgren, of the Fine Arts faculty, served as accompanists for the soloists during the week and did their part efficiently.
41ART EXHIBITION
42The twenty-seventh annual art exhibition, held in connection with the festival, included works by many famous artists. Birger Sandzen, whose canvases of the great southwest have received much favorable comment in eastern exhibits, is head of the art department and sponsor for the exhibits. Through his influence a finer appreciation of art has been fostered in the middle-west. A recent survey showed that residents of Lindsborg owned twenty-three hundred paintings, lithographs and etchings, more than one work of art to each person in the village. This year a Mid-West Art Contest was instituted for grade and high schools, offering scholarships and prizes. In the individual contest, Ruth Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo., won first place, and Loretta Moore, Oklahoma City, Okla., second place. In the group contest, Pawhuska, Okla., first, and Abilene, Kans., second.
44GIANNINI RECITAL
45A fitting climax to the musical activities of the week took place on the afternoon of Easter Sunday, when Dusolina Giannini appeared in recital. Lindsborg expected much from the young singer who has flashed across the musical horizon with meteor-like rapidity. Two years ago she was comparatively unknown and today she steps into the ranks of the acknowledged great. A forceful personality, great voice, and a musical temperament which sweeps everything before it! A thrill went over the audience from the very beginning of the program and terminated in an ovation with the last group of Italian folksongs. Miss Giannini was recalled innumerable times and in return gave freely, adding a long list of encores. Molly Bernstein played artistic accompaniments.
47Artistically the festival was all that could be desired. Unfavorable weather conditions reduced the attendance considerably; however, Dr. Pihlblad and Jens Stensaas, who bear the responsibility of the festival, report that there will be no deficit.
49O. L.
51Florence Irene Jones Conducts Orchestra
52Goldilocks, an operetta in two acts, was presented at the Wanamaker Auditorium, New York, on April 10. Florence Irene Jones conducted the orchestra.
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