The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-07

4 h&<tD1. - anu .&N 4ts an tnt hnN4G NO8uATN
No words can convey an idea Of the scene whici
followed. At first all were struck silent wIth sur
prise. IL seemed impossible that when We had =
utterly spoiled the English song, they could hav'
the good grace and mAgnanimity 20 rendo So graBdll
or national air ghe mas % Ter a few Seconds va
los, and drowned by the usnsHltuous mars u deligh
and applause. Women cried al6nt with Intensity 0
emotion, and men were red-faced aud fearful from
shouting and urtering al sorts OF wild words Blu
the most bewildering scene, WAS the waving Of thu
thousands upon thousands Of white handkerchiefs
Ii was a wonderful sight. The aoor, aud particularly
the chorus seats, seemed rocking snd rellinE fron
the vast quantity Of waving white. Afer rendering
the "Star SpangleJ Banner" the band retired
but were detained and DISTRACTED by the excitement
They were a wonder struck and bewilderei set o.
nIen when they were finally safe and separate m thS
baud rooms below. Then followed q scene Illustrative
Of an American trait Of character, but decidedly
laughable. The ladies of the chorus hocked about
the leading members Of the hand. especially tht
leader. in ranks tan or twenty deep, holding up cards
and pencils, begging for autographs, which were
laughingly given az first. but with dismay finally. al
the evident immensely Of the job opening before
them. HE day was very long. owing to the pro
longed music OF the band and about half Of the
chorus snd audience cleared oat before the closing
piece, which was the Missionary Hymn poorly
sung. rt srrya -aHa
THE GERMAN DAY.
"Wednesday concert was named as above. anda as
far as the numbers of the audience was concerned.
was the most successful yet; but the music was not
as well rendered as on the two preceding days-I
mean the vocal QuSiC u lla VI luC DAtlu WaS TX
quisite. The opening hymn was the well known.
grand choral (Luther's Hymn. a Strong Castle Is
Our Lord. . we'll rendered by the chorus Of o,000.
Then followed an overture from Tannhauser, which
was the finest yet of the orchestral music, being
rendered with much expression. The music of the
chorus gradually deteriorated in tone and quality.
lacking force and precision, yet producing at times
a grind volume of sound. Madame Leutner again
aroused q storm of enthusiasm, singing IL possible
even finer than the Grst time, an Aria g varie. by
Proch. Strauss again covered himself with glory,
pleasing all by his vivacity and life, yet causing a
smile on the faces OF the grave bostonians by the
manner in which he sawed at his little violin now
and then. the meanwhile beating time with one foot
and wheeling round in a circle-now face TO the
audience, now back. But as yesterday, the feature
of the day was the appearance of the band, or the
programmes, entitled Band Of Kaiser Franz Gren-
adler Regiment by special permission Of Emperor
William ]. of Germany" Their appearance was
greeted with the same tremendous applause which
the day before greeted the English band, yet hay
ing q certain indefnable difference. As 9 company
of men they presented the finest appearance ofany
of the bands, the leader, Herr Heinrich Saro, being
n tall powerful fellow, overlapping almost every
body in the building. or in fact almost anywhere. In
regard to uniform, they were net as snowy as the
English band. The first piece given was a "Fanta-
STA on Themes from Aeyerbeer's lie Prophetic"
To institute comparisons with the English band
would seem ungracious and liable to misconstruc-
lion, yet IL Is safe to say that there was q certain
lightness and softness possessed by the latter which
the German band did not have, but for spirit, fire
and precision they were unsurpassed, and were
highly applauded. Then followed the overture to
Weber's "Oberon - a scene from Meyerbeer's
"L'Africaine - the Kellers "German Union Hymn
was rendered by all the music combined, enthusi-
astically encored and responded to by the band
with "Hail Columbia Yankee DOODLE and
finally "Die Yacht an Rhein." Franz Abt con-
Quoted the great chorus through his own, when
the Swallows Homeward Fly" but his styleo OF con-
Quoting was SO very different from the popular man
ner of singing the piece that it was almost a failure.
The music of the Emperor Williams "Cornet Quar-
tette' was very beautiful and artistic. but hardly
appreciated by the audience, aside from the fact
that the building was too immense to admit OF hear
ing all of the 6ner passages. The Anvil Chorus was
shouted, hammered and banged through without
creating much excitement, the most patent result
unearthly, and certainly not heavenly, sounds, that
he took to his heels and smashed up the hack be-
hind him. Aud thus ended the German Day
THE FRENCH DAY
Was the most successful on many accounts of all the
jubilee series, and never to be forgotten by any one
present. 1t seems as if no language could describe
the various wonders and the marvellous passages.
First the audience was the largest and perhaps most
appreciative 80 far. At any rate. the most demon
~strative. Probably no single scene equaled the won
derful sight displayed, when the English Band on
Tuesday rendered the "Star Spangled Banner"
after the failure in singing q God save the Queen
But the whole of this day was excitement and fever
ish expectation and applause. The singing Of the
chorus on the whole was the best yet, though bad ut
times, and the band was unequaled. The 'Gloria"
from Mozart's /" 18th Mass. - was fine, and its in
spring strains prepared the audience for anything.
Madame Rudersdorf recovered her seemingly OBJ
scured laurels in a solo, where she was accompanied
Nights - Strauss simply added to an already bright
record; the chorus did itself honor in giving "The
Heavens are Telling - from the 81 Creation" Part
second was opened with q performance by the French
Band. known as the " Band of the Garde Republi-
caine' Of Paris. Though in a plain uniform, and
not as fine looking a set of men as either the English
or German Bands. yet their lively appearance and
brisk martial air as they entered. attracted general
attention and immense applause, subsiding for an
instant, while probably, like an electric shock, che
thought ran through the whole assembly that here
was the actual representative Of the crushed and
almost ruined nation, once the proudest in Europe
then swelling to such a burst and wildness as never
before greeted the ear of mortal. A handkerchief
waved, then a hundred, then ten thousand; people
jumped to their feet-upon the seats-then shout
after shout rent the air, making the building tremble
and rock as if in a gale. Everybody seemed in n
frenzy of uncomfortable delight; the band seemed over
powered and bewildered, but gradually the excite
ment quieted down, and soon it became evident that
the applause had not been for nothing. Silence such
rs had not been known from the first day, reigned
throughout the whole building, as the splendid
strains of the overture " to william TELL"
foated through the air. Such a finish, such delicecy
in tone, precision, power and perfection, had not
been dreamed of. Neither the finest flute notes OF
the English Band, nor the heavy martial roll OF the
Germans. equaled this. The ''overture - is one exceed
ingly difficult Of production by a band, it seeming TO
need the greater power of expression of an orchestra,
and so very many regarded with apprehension the
choice of this as an Introductory piece. But nothing
better could have been taken, as the result has
proved, for the band rendered the piece perfectly,
and so captured at once the first place in public
esteem. No passage required ouch ~softness and
delicacy in touch and tone but that it was perfectly
given, and then as all would seem entranced with the
dulcet sounds, a sudden burst would startle aud
vivify. Nothing but praise can be given Of the
whole performance and all of the series given by
them. The " Marseillaise was well sung and re-
peated, and then the enthusiasm was 80 great that
several minutes elapsed before the programme could
be resumed. The " Soldiers Chorus from Faust
was perhaps the better rendered of any Of the re-
naming pieces, and night settled down upon thou
sands of weary, well nigh worn out singers and
audience.
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