The Oregon weekly., April 20, 1908, Image 1

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VOL. IX.
EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, A PR IL
20, 1908.
A F E S T IV A L EX TR A O RD IN A RY I the part of the solo voices as well as TW O FAST GAMES ARE WON
for the chorus, and in the rendition
Musical Festival Last Tuesday and there seemed nothing wanting to make By Oregon’s Speedy Baseball Players.
W ednesday a Trium ph for Local
the effect all th at could be desired.
College Baseball Season Opened
O ratorio Society.
Mr. M iddleton’s rich bass with its re­
W ith Good Outlook.
m arkable range and volume, was most
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The clim ax of ev en ts m usical in the effective in “ Behold a New Heaven
The Intercollegiate baseball season
h isto ry of the U n iv ersity of O regon and a New E arth. Mrs. W ilson ap­ was opened in E ugene this week on
was reached on T u esd ay and W ednes­ peared to advantage in “ List, the C her­ Thursday afternoon when the O regon
day, A pril 14 and 15, when the Eugene ubic H ost," in which she took the obli­ nine crossed bats at R ecreation park
( )ratorio Society, assisted by the C hi­ gato to the chorus of women’s voices. with the snappy W hitm an college team
cago S y m phony O rch estra, gave three The difficult sustained notes were tak- from \\ alia W alla, W ashington, hi
grand co n certs in V illard H all. From en with an ease th a t proved her to be both gam es O regon was victorious.
the first m ellow chord of the opening a m aster of tone production. The On Thursday the score was, O regon
o v ertu re— “ D er F reisch u e tz ,” W eber, wealth and sym pathy of Mrs. G an­ 3, W hitm an 1; on F riday, O regon 5,
by the o rc h estra, until the last echo non's contralto were best portrayed \\ hitm an 1. Both of O re g o n ’s victories
of th at so u l-stirrin g chorus “O Beauty perhaps, in “Come Ye Blessed” ; but can be attributed to excellent team
of H oliness,'' had died aw ay, lovers of all her num bers were excellent and a work, only five errors being charged
music and art enjoyed a feast in very delight to all her hearers.
' to the Beaver players for the two
tru th .
'The work of the chorus was partic­ games.
In Thursday afternoon's gam e O re ­
N ever before has a E ugene audience ularly effective in “Thine is the K ing­
bad the privilege of listen in g to such a dom." and “ Great and M arvelous.” In gon took the lead in the second inning.
group of a rtis ts as was assem bled for these the full fortissim os rang with a Kestlev walked, stole second base, and
this occasion. P rofessor Irving M. rich volume that brought forth a scored on a three-base hit by C aptain
Glen was festival director, and the veritable storm of applause. But the H athaw ay, who scored soon after on
Sym phony O rc h e stra of sixty-four most artistic choral work of the festi­ a pretty single by Clifford. 'The third
pieces was conducted bv H e rr Rosen­ val was done by a sem i-chorus of about tally was made by Coleman in the next
becker. T h e solo p a rts were very ac­ tw enty-four unaccom panied voices in inning.
In the sixth, W hitm an sent a runner
ceptably su n g by G enevieve Clark W il­ “ The Fining Pot is for Silver."
At three o'clock W ednesday after­ across the home plate for their only
son, so p ra n o ; Rose E u tig er Gannon,
c o n tra lto ; Jo h n B. M iller, tenor, and noon Villard Hall was again filled with score. V ictor Borleske, whose work
A rth u r M iddleton, bass. 'These were eager patrons of music, this time to , at third base, in both gam es elicited so
ably su p p o rted by a chorus of a h u n ­ hear the Symphony C oncert, under much favorable com m ent, was the man
dred and sev en ty m usicians from the the direction of H err Rosenbecker. To who made the run. Brubaker was the
U niversity and city of Eugene.
In the program of instrum ental music was heaviest h itter for the visitors in this
n um bers and in individual ability the added two contralto solos by Mrs. game.
chorus far o u tsh o n e any body of local Gannon, from Pouchielli’s “ Ea G io -! D uring the gam e, llu rd , for ( )regon,
singers th at has been heard in the conda" and “ W hat the Chim ney Sang," allowed five hits while Rigsby, W h it­
city. The ch orus was well balanced the orchestration of which was by H err m an’s big all around athlete, was land­
and the ensem ble effect was excellent, Rosenbecker. Mr. Van O rd t, solo vio­ ed on safely but three times. Both
m arked by precision of attack and linist. and Mr. W agner, solo cellist, men pitched a great game. The lineup
clearness of en u n ciatio n th at bore fit­ i were heartily received and won lasting) and tabulated score follows:
a.b. r. ;II). p.o. a. e.
tin g testim o n y to the efficiency of the favor with all as did Signor Guiseppi W hitm an
train er and leader,
P rofessor Glen, Dell Aquila in his harp accom pani­ V. Borleske, 3b . . . . . 4 1 0 0 7 0
num bers S. Borleske, c . . . .. .4 0 0 3 0 0
whose in te rp re ta tio n and execution of ments. All the orchestral
were of the highest order but those Dutcher, rf ........ .. .3 0 0 1 0 0
choral m usic is indeed w onderful.
Schubert, lb . . . . . . .3 0 0 1 0 0
The o p en in g n u m b er of the 'Tuesday w orthy of particular m ention were the
Rigsby, p ............. . . .4 0 0 0 5 0
evening concert was the popular o r­ “ H ungarian Dances." B rah m s; “ Dance
Schm idt, ss........... . . .4 0 0 1 0 1
chestral selection “ D er Eriesclm etz", of the Sylphs” and “ H ungarian
M organ, cf............ . . .1 0 1 0 0 0
W eber. w hich, to the delight of the M arch." by Berlioz.
2 0 2 1 0 0
The final concert of the festival was Brubaker, cf . . . .
audience, was follow ed
by R uben­
Belt. If.................... .. .3 0 1 1 0 0
stein's “ M elody in F .” T hen came the inaugurated W ednesday evening by
2 0 0 1 2 1
Cushm an. 2b . . . .
p resen tatio n of G au l’s sacred cantata, | the O rchestra in the overture from
T otal ................. . .30 1 5 24 16 3
I he Holy C ity .’’ T he selection gives : “T annhäuser.” W agner, which in re-1
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