Musiktidning May 1936

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Vol. XXVI. Chicago, 111., Maj, 1936. No. 252.
Uerdandi i Prouidence, haller sin 4l:sta drliga konsert
Chefsdirigenten Oscar Ekeberg hollas
Verdandi holl sin 41sta, arliga kon-sert,
den 26tc april i Plantation Audi-torium,
atfoljd av ell finare middag,
given som en hyllning till ledaren, hr.
Oscar Ekeberg.
Rorande konscrten och solisten sko-la
vi inle ga i nagra dctaljer, utan
skola anballa till var aradc redaktor
att godhetsfullt infora re kommcntari-er
som vara aradc muslkkritikcr ha
skrivit i var press, saval engelska som
svenska. Vi ha ju into varit sa fliti-ga
att skriva i Musiktidning <le sista
manaderna, sa om vi begara lile mcra
utrymme vid det liar tillfallct sa far
det ursaktas.
Av de fcstmi<l<!agar som hallits i
vart klubbhus, yar derma sakcrligen
den mest storslagna. V! skola aven
har atergiva vad var tira.dc lokalrc-daktor
for Svca, hade att saga om
bankettcn. Om Oscar Ekeberg skulle
*tit allt det vackra som sadcs om
honom och till honom och alia de
brev och telegram ga till huvudet, da
skulle han behovt kopa sig en plug-hatl
sa stor som en av skorstcnarna
"Queen Mary", men "swell-head"
|et har han aldrig haft out av sa
-, jag vet, och eftcr att hava lart
mna honom vcta vi att det mindre
an sager Qm honom vjd dylika tin_
yj "; dcsto battrc kanncr han sig.
rf "na oss myckct tacksamma till
forra,Sai1garbr6dcr Pa vart stora fait,
ct mtrcssc de togo uti att hylia
var ledarc.
konserten skriver dr W. Louis
1 Providence Journal foljan-
The Verdandi Chorus gave its 41st
anniversary concert in Plantations
Auditorium yesterday afternoon.
The concerts of this singing society
are always welcome and admirable and
at this hearing it seemed that its usu-
Oscar Ekeberg.
al qualities were of more than their
usual interest and musical impression.
Never before has the work been so
musical and satisfying, accent more
acute, tonal contrasts more effective
and dramatic, the tenors more clear,
basses more richly resonant and vi-brant,
or the presentation more sin-cere
and convincing.
Oscar Ekeberg is one 'who achieves
musical success by painstaking and
thoughtful rehearsal without seeking
to impress with waving of arms, tip-toe
attitudes or butterfly figures in
the air. He lets the music speak for
the men, who are so well trained that
they observe shadings, tonal gradua-tions
and precision of attack without
conductorial gymnastics and showman-ship.
The results he gets are excel-lent.
Diction is clear and crisp, the
chorus sings in tune and there are
many praiseworthy phrases where the
air receives melodic prominence over
a very beautiful choral accompaniment.
The verve of the marching songs, the
acuity of musical expression of Alfred
Berg's "The Sea," the reposeful pianis-simo
effects of "The Diamond on the
March Snow," by Gjerstrom, and the
musical expression of Kerling's "Saga
on the Viking Mound" were conspicu-ous.
Solos in Abt's "Ave Maria" were
sung by E. Erichson and H. Carlson.
This song was so cordially received
that it was repeated, and the chorus
gave encore numbers after each group.
One of ihcsc, "My Grandsire," was
composed by Carl Syborn of New
York, who was present in the audi-ence
and was very warmly applauded.
The chorus was assisted by Doro-thea
Hcrmanson Dcrwick, soprano.
She sings delightfully. Her diction in
Italian, German, Swedish and English
was good, she sings in tune, is sen-sitive
to the artistic and musical de-mands
of her songs and reaches dra-matic
heights wilhout effort. She made
a very favorable impression. Edith Gyl-lenbcrg-
Waxberg played artistic ac-companiment
with discerning sympa-thy.
It was an afternoon of beautiful
music delightfully sung.
The nrogram:
"Langtan till Landet" ("Spring Song")
Lindblad
"Saga pa Kampcns Hog" ("Saga on
the Viking's Mound") Korling
"Sommarfrid i Solelid" (Summer
Idyll") ; Wideen
Chorus
Aria, "Pace, Pace, Mio Dio," from
"La Eorza del Destino" Verdi
Mrs. Derwik
"Glorious. Forever" Rachmaninoff