The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-07-22
The Berger Concert.


This Is decidedly 8 musio-loying community aEd
whenever its spprecia,iye taste is appealed to by ar
fists o. ability. there IS sure TO be 4 gcod turn OUT
and this vas the case Gu the evening al the 10Th
inst at the KswaiAhao Church, in order TO give a
benefit, aud tender a farewell compliment 70 the late
Band Master Berger
The building Sas crowded, even TO discomfort, for
such a su!5gy summers eve. but the admirable pro-
gramme was calculated to keep up a lively interest.
even ia a swe,tering audience The Baud was per-
fiction On this oocasion. The Band Master tried TO
astonish u With bis marvellous skill in drilling
Hawaiian BOYS 70 perfect accord in time and tune
AMI be succeeded We don't believe the celebrated
Godfrey or Thomas band could surpass cur boys
under the drill Ct Berger. The fne passages Of the
" Mariana " in particular we're brought out with
the finish Of cid aud skilled artists And speaking
Of finish, i. e., full, complete and satisfactory execu-
ton. nothing could be more satisfying to exact
musical taste than Mr., Pernet's performance on the
violin. This gentleman is a lover Of his instrument,
and therefore can express his soul through il. he
vas deserredly eneored with great applause. And
another amateur artist Sss eneored by this delighted
sudience,--our social queen Of song. Mrs. Patty.
Though the acoustic properties of the building sre
not favorable to the satisfactory rendering of music,
and though the over-mastering volume Of sound
from the Band oppressed a single handed perform
aEce, yet the voice of Mrs. Patty in singing "Tell
me, my Heart trilled and toned to the remotest
ears Of that multitude with most satisfying melody.
And other amateurs who were over-sounded some
what, on this occasion, by the brazen-voiced melodies
and thunders of the Band, yet fixed the attention Of
| appreciative listeners by their artistic performance
on the piano. This instrument, (and the one on
this occasion, a superb toned one, that belongs to the
c. E-lH.
Fanst, under the skillful execution of Miss Carrie
Castle and DR.. Hoffman,. This young lady's touch
of the keys is eminently artistic, and considering Der
yooth, she evidently must be more favored by nature
10 well formed and we'll articulated means of instru-
mentation than by her opportunities for instruction.
The performance of Gounod's Ave Maria - at
traeted much attention, because the rendering of it
at the Preach Concert, given by Mons. LeMonnyer,
is one Of the interesting traditions Of our musical
circles; and on this occasion, although owing to the
circumstances of a greater building and throng, the
performance did not satisfy the exacting expectations
of those who had listened to the former rendering
yet the sweet voice of Mrs. Kamakau, with its
finely modulated tones. and aided by the admirable
accompaniment of Messrs. Pernet, Berger and At
kinson, produced some most pleasurable effects.
The hymn, /" Praise the L>.d. o my Soul, . by the
Fort Street Church Choir, and the song. " Good
Night" by the Kawaiahao Church Choir. we're both
well rendered.; and must, in their performance, have
afforded evidence to observing strangers of the
extent and excellence TO which musical taste is cult
waited in this community.
The Concert was very appropriately closed By the
Kamehameha Hymn, a composition of Berger, which
is a very happy national air, and will keep green in
Hawaii the memory of the departed Band Master.
We are glad to learn that he carried aHav with
him something more substantial than pleasant men,
cries in the shape of a net benefit in pocket from
this Concert of about 5000 in cash.
Their Majesties the King and Queen, our chief
public officers, and foreign diplomatic and naval
representatives, with about one thousand persons,
were present on the occasion.