Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-07-05
State Musical Convention.

w. an impromptu affair; but perhaps was none
IL the worse on that account It opened with
some sacred hymns and anthems, OF moder
ate merit, from the d" Church Bell, whicl
were sung by the chorus IN way which
showed them to be equal to more elaborate
music. Alr. Cobb ot Boston then sang The
- winds that watt my sighs to thee" and was
70 followed by Mrs. Smith, who gave The Swiss
boy, with variations. Mrs Smith Is dcserv-
f edly favorite with our Burlington audi
= ences. She always sings acceptatl7 The
II variations exhibited to excellent advantage
d her well cultivated voice, and sic was very
e heardly encored, singing in response. Light
: OF my soul, awake"
T Mr. james Whitney, Of Boston, sang
j Where are the Friends Of my You,h."
Tins gentleman las a finc-sraincJ tenor
voice, and made a very favorable impression.
On an encore lie sang The Farmers
daughter"
= Miss Keycs, of Boston, saag I've
nothing else to 10, which commonly
'' takes when heard for the first time, and
on an encore gave Sc Within a mile Of Edm-
blro town."
The chorus sang .' Sweet val, Of Rest,
with soprano oblisato by Mrs. Hall Of Bls-
ton. This needed a little more Practice, for
pcrice; rendering; but was a nice thing,
and went very well, Mrs. Halls fine fresh
voice showing nicely against the background
Of the chorus
Mr.. Perkins sang, very well, the bass .
song, My soul TO God, my heart t. tiee, .
and Mr.. Wyman Of Keene, baritone, gave
very acccTtably " o loving heart, trust on. 90
Tic hest thing Of the evening W., the
trio, from one Of Ycrii's operas We bciicYe.
E. Madre del Somuo." by Mrs. Hall ANA
Me-sr. Whitney and Perkins It is fine
piece, and was admirably sung.
Mrs. la sang .. Il Bacio '' 10 hearty ap-
proyal and applause.
Nr. Cobb convulsed the audience with the
dramatic song, "Alonz3 the Brave and the
Fair Imoscue" Mr. Cobb is "a whole
team and dog under the wagon on come
songs In this be Tcnorated hero, l-.-
lady, ancient parient. and baron, with ghost
transformations, traU-loor dcsccuts and all,
ami showed himself 60 De am entire comTa-
ny, IN one, with stage machinery thrown in.
The laughter and applause was universal,
aud on being called out NJ Cobb az
olo-iz,d for not singing gain on account Of
har-cucss, and instead told an amusing
story showing the trials of a Frcuchman
with our language
Two or three cLorusc-. the last Of which
was .' Jerusalem my glorious home, "a
rather curious Iieoe of composition for the
words, with rorrauo otlsato by Mrs. Hall,
closed the entertainment.
FOURTH DAY.
At the matinee Thursday afternoon, solos
were sung by Mr.. Smith. Mrs. Hall. Miss
Alice A;hcrtan, Of Waterbury Messrs j.
E. Perkins and j. Whitney, Of Boston
Mr. Ingalls,, of Brandon Mr. Wyman. of
Kccnc. and Mr. Cobb
Mrs Hal and Miss KeyCs sang a duet,
" The two Cousins
At tic concert IN thc evening there was o
much larger audience dian at any previous
time Many lad come IN from the neigh
boring towns, and more OF our own town
people were present.
Tie Convention sang several pieces Of
church music, and tie Mcntelssohn Quintette
Club played an overture, after which Mr.
j. T. Perkins saus q. The Exile and Mrs.
Hall d" Salyc Maria. We did no; hear
either Of these pieces and can only say, from
heirsay, that they were finely sung.
Nr Edward Hciudl. Of the Mcndel-s1hrs.
then played a mos, beautiful solo on the
flute, 20 carrying away the audience that
their applause could LY DO means wait lor
the close Of ,tcpieoc. Being iuriously en-
cored Mr Hcirdl played Sweet Home. 90
lie s We think the bes, flute player that has
been in this city for long time.
Mr.. Wyman sarg The Storm Wind 80
very well, and the chorus sang glec o
3. IluIrah :or the Land Of New England. o
Miss Keyes sang very Trct;ily Coming
thr5' the clover"
Tie gem Of the evening WIS the "Gratias a
Aglmus dc Guglielmi, by Mrs Smith, C
with accompaniment by the Quntettc Club,
and clarioret oblisato by Mr.. Ryan. The \
sweetness Of both voice and instrument, the I
facility Of execution and thc pcricetress of
accord IN the trills and catcrzrs, made This d
aue piece ouc Of tic nlst delightful It q
has been cur good fortune to listen to in
many day. On encore Mrs Smith sang h
The star Of Glongary." a
After a sbo-, iutcrmi-si1u, Mr. Whitney !
sang ..If with all your hearts from '..-l ilh''
with feeling, marred somewhat, however, by
excessive tremol5. o. encore Mr.. Wlitaey
sang "John Anderson, without acclmpan- !
inent.
Mr.. Schultze IF tie Quintet,e Club played
an initiative piece '.Tlo bird On tree"
with much kill. This gentleman has been
away from the Club for some little time, and
was heartily welcomed again by the audi
auce, who had not forgotten his Playing Of S
former time. We may say here that the chief
long time favorites with Vermont audi q
ances, with the addition-yery valuable ,
last evening with go heavy chorus behind ]
them-of double bass) fully sustained their
reputation as careful, able and scientific AZ !
fists.
Mr.. ingalls, Of Brandon, sang PRO Pee t
cats" from Stsbat Mater, which for some I
reason did no. seem to take with the audi
ence
\ quartette composed by Nh Proctor, Of
this city, .'Father, breathe en evening blca-- .