St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-08-28

Master and pupil capitally done by
Mrs. Dow and Mr.. Perkins, ard several
anther's ard glees by the chorus, made
up very loug program. and completed
the evenings entertainment.
AT the Friday afternoon matinee, be-
sides songs by Mrs. Dow, Mrs. Porter
and Mr.. j. E. Perkins, Miss Emma
Trainor of this place played Il piano
forte solO,-a MiscIcre-and Misses Ba-
con and Abby Hawkins each gave Il
song.
The first hour of the Friday evening
concert was occupied by the chorus and
SoloiStS in giving portion of the great
oIItorio of Hay dn-the Creation. Such
stretch of music is necessarily tedious
to many, yet most of the audience were
more than satisfied with it: and GER
tairly the chorus acquitted itself with
much honor. The second part of the
concert was made up by the solosts,
like the evening before, with il notable
addition. Mr.. Perkins of London was
accompanied tn this place by his bride,
and she favored the audience with Sev-
eral songs during the evening, which
were enthusiastically cncored Mrs
Perkins is French lady, Il leading
soplauo in the Queens opera house.
London. In her songs Friday evening
she showed IL voice of great purity and
power, perfect case and grace on the
stage. and an arlor in rendering the
music which WAS quite fascinating. All
the Soloists We're warmly received The
swcctly rendered question:, "WiH he
come !" 10y demanding that she should
appear again-a favor which was giant
ed.
OF the artists who contributed So
much t" the enjoyment of the large
audiences Thursday and Friday even
lnSS, we will simply say that ST. Johns
bury has renewed reason To he proud
of her home talent Noted as she has
been III the past for musical ability and
culture. We think the future is still
brighter. Miss Sergeant had not ap
| rcArcd i'll public in this place before
since her study of the art in Boston e:
ana III" audience WAS taken by surprise
at the admirable manner in which she
rendered her sweet songs. OF Mrs. Por-
| ten. the audience knew more. Her rich.
tull voice. has often been heard and is
much esteemed. Mrs. Dow came here
Il stranger. Sh" became il fINoIitc at
once. She has Il voice of remarkable,
putty. ticNihllitN. and clcarnc~S. cS-
| prcially in the high tones. Added to
such Il voice. i Il baud ,omc person and
pr"p"SS">>in" Manners. Mr.. j. f.. Per
| klnS. the ha>>n. is p">>cs>cd of Il Won
dcIfTl voice. full and rich We doubt
/ If amy such bass singing had ever he
fore been heard 10y many in the audi
marketable more tnr power. expression.
and distinctive utt"I;tncc, than Tor com
pass. purity "i tone uI accuracy of pitch.
We dnuot ~;IN this critically. We should
hr rash Ia hint that il WAS not perfect
/ ct y" remember that To most murtals
Il litIc simple ballad 10y Il tuuith-rltr
soprano or tenor. l. preferred I" Il hiss
solo 10y either a Perkins or Il Gar!
F"rmc>. III the "raudr>r orat"rio which
w.t> ever written. Nevertheless. Ma.
Perkins WAS raptur"uSlN applaudcd nj
every appearance. and if possible the
andirnc" would have kept him singing
half the night.
Financially the festival was a success.
after paving Ill expenses the society
will have one hundred and fifty dollars
al more as Il nc>t-Cgg tnI t'utHIc occa-
>l"nS. The audiences were very larg,
on both Thursday and Friday evenings
On tlr latter evening. although rainy.
every aNallahl" spot in the hall WIS
occupied. including ai>lcS and Vc>ti-
hltlr>. There were delegations present
from all along the Pa>>umpSir road
from Newport to White River Junction
also from Montpelier. l.ittlrton. tn,
White Maintains, etc. Among other,
in the audience Friday evening. we no.
tircd Mrs. II. Vi. Smith. the Boston
soprano.