MUSICAL COURIER
8
January 12, 1922
SASKATCHEWAN TO HAVE BIG MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MAY
Regina Conservatory Presents Mystery Play—“Hullo, Canada” Brought from England—A New String Trio for Regina
loska’s place on the program was taken by Virginia Rea, the young coloratura soprano, who is at present on a western tour. Miss Rea and Mr. Breeskin also appeared together at Omaha on January 8.
CANTON LIKES D’ALVAREZ
Canton, Ohio, December 19, 1921.—Marguerite D’Al-varez, the contralto, made her Canton debut on December 19, before a well filled house at the Auditorium, and that she will be thrice welcomed should she come here again there is not the slightest doubt. She delighted everyone who heard her. Her English songs were artistically sung and marked by excellent diction. Her presentation of “Seguidilla” and “Habanera” from Bizet’s “Carmen” were given with a wonderful touch of Spanish brilliancy and color, which brought to her hearers the realization of the ability of the artist. This was also true of her presentation of “A Tus Ojos,” by Fusterer, and “Mirala Bien,” by Pedrell, two of Spain’s best and most popular love songs. Mme. D’Alvarez, by special request, opened her program with the aria, “Oh Rest in the Lord,” from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” which she sang with deep feeling and fine expression.
With the diva on the program was Lyell Barber, a young American pianist. Besides accompanying the singer, Mr. Barber played a group of solo selections, displaying fine technic, ease and forcefulness. He gave his numbers that delightful coloring of lights and shades that are so keenly appreciated in a musical picture, and that ■his work was greatly enjoyed was evinced ,by the hearty applause which each of his numbers received.	R. M.
Yvonne Gall in Stockholm
Yvonne Gall, formerly of the Chicago Opera Association, is now singing with great success in Stockholm, Sweden, where she is singing all the leading roles in her repertory. She will soon return to the Opera Comique, where she will sing for a month before going to Monte Carlo, where she will appear as Elsa in “Lohengrin.” In April she will create “Les Noces Corinthiennes,” music by Georges Bus-ser to the libretto of Anatole France, who is at the present time in Stockholm, having won the Nobel prize.
Mary Davis Song Recital January 13
Mary Davis, mezzo contralto, announces her second annual recital, Princess Theater, New York, January 13, at 3 o’clock, when she will sing a program containing unusual songs. On it appear the names of Buonocini, Gasparini, Sibella, Wegener-Koopman, Debussy, Lalo, Tschaikowsky, Bemberg, and the Americans (closing group), Warford, Hageman, Salter, Forsyth and Kramer. Mr. Bos will be at the piano.
Pattiera to Sing in Louisville
Tino Pattiera, tenor of the Chicago Opera Association, has been engaged for a recital at Louisville, Ky., on February 7, under the auspices of the Woman’s Club. Mr. Pattiera will sing operatic arias and songs.
program of Christmas readings and music was rendered by Mrs. F. W. Turnbull, Mrs. Wickware, Mrs. Portnall, soloists; Miss Gott, Mrs. A. A. Weaver, Mrs. W. O. Wright and Mrs. Bridgeman, quartet; Mrs. J. A. Wright and Mr. Potts, duet; a ladies’ chorus and the club orchestra, Marion Kinne, conductor. Mrs. J. A. Wright, Mrs. McVicar and Mrs. Nash were accompanists. Mrs. Grey and Mrs. A. A. Weaver were convenors.
Euterpean Musical Trio.
Regina has a trio of high class artists, composed of three popular and talented society ladies who are doing a great deal to advance the appreciation and understanding of string music in western Canada. Such an organization was made possible through the efforts of Luella Coffin Morrison, a young American cellist who is creating intense interest in cello playing through her success not only as soloist but also teacher in the capital city of Saskatchewan. Associated with her is Marion Kinne, also an American, who is a talented violinist, and Alma Word, qualified pianist and teacher. The excellency of music produced by the Euter-pean Trio, its splendid rendition of difficult masterpieces and compositions of worldwide fame, is attracting not only theater and music loving people, but attention of western Canadian people in general who admit of the importance of the work as an educational factor. Indeed, scarcely anything^ would have been known about cello music here, or the combination of violin and piano with it, had it not been for Luella Coffin Morrison. Each artist has personally a large circle of musical friends who know how stringent and exacting has been their training for such accomplishment. Luella C. Morrison studied with Axel Simson, of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, and Carlo Fisher, of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Marion B. Kinne for many years was a pupil of Carl Venth, of Brooklyn, and later studied with Hans Sitt, of Leipsic, Germany. At the informal opening of Parliament which took place in Regina at the Parliament buildings, this trio scored another great success when its music was listened to by the numerous guests who had assembled for the occasion. The Euterpean Trio has frequently played before such personages as the Duke and Duchess of Devonsire, the Lieutenant Governor, Miss Newlands and other dignitaries.	R. G. B.
Claire Dux Sings at Waldorf
Claire Dux, soprano of the Chicago Opera Association, was one of the soloists at a morning musicale at the Waldorf-Astoria Hote' on January 9. Miss Dux sang several operatic arias and a group of songs in English.
Rea Substitutes for Pavloska
Owing to a shift in the plans of the Chicago Opera Association, Irene Pavloska, mezzo soprano of that company, was unable to appear in joint recital with Elias Breeskin at Gothenburg, Neb., on January 6. Miss Pav-
Regina, Saskatchewan, December 27, 1921.—Saskatchewan is. to have a big music festival, which will be held in Regina from May 23 to 25, inclusive. Efficient judges, who will come from a distance, have been selected for the event. Among others whose names are prominent is noted that of T. Tertius Noble, of New York City, also Dr. Albert Ham and Frank S. Welman, of Toronto. A syllabus of the festival is now ready, and it is noted that the judging of bands will also be an important feature of the program. Capt. R. Hayward, bandmaster of the “Queen’s Own Rifles,” Toronto, will undertake that duty.
There are about seventy items on the program. A request is being made for lower railway fares during the festival, and A. B. Cook, secretary of the Regina Board of Trade, is taking up the subject. Various provincial boards of trade, working in co-operation with the desire of Saskatchewan’s Musical Association, are also making a plea and asking that excursion rates be arranged. A deputation of members of the Musical Association will shortly travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba, to have a personal interview with the Canadian Passenger Association at its headquarters there. A satisfactory arrangement is expected.
Marie Lohr Making Canadian Tour.
Marie Lohr, cousin of Hermann Lohr, English composer, who wrote such successful ballads as “My Little Grey Home in the West” and “Where My Caravan Has Rested,” is making a Canadian tour. Miss Lohr is a clever actress, and her appearance in Regina recently was enthusiastically received.
A Medieval Mystery Play.”
A “Medieval Mystery Play” was attempted for the first time in this city by the Regina Conservatory of Music at the commencement of the Yuletide season. It was a musical offering similar to those given in all large university and leading cathedral cities of Europe, and has been performed by the Toronto Conservatory of Music annually for quite a number of years past. Music for the “Mystery Play” here was composed especially for the Regina Conservatory by Dr. Healey Willan, of Toronto, and was still in manuscript form when the play was given. String orchestral music was played behind the scene supposed to be a fourteenth century church. Carols and choruses were also sung with dramatic impressiveness.
A Musical Success.
Recently there was brought to the Canadian Northwest from England by Mr. De Courville what was known as his first celebrated Canadian revue, entitled “Hullo, Canada.” It was presented at the Regina Opera House, and from a spectacular and musical standpoint was regarded as a success. It is said that Mr. De Courville had a company of seventy members with him and a shipload of scenery.
A Unique Christmas Concert.
A unique and interesting Christmas concert was given in El Rose Hall by the musical ladies of our city, when a