, 1877-03-04

but Miss Rive was fully equal 10 the emergency.
sign Of fatigue. l would especially notice
her rendition OF the Ohopin 'sRondo. u A more
delicious piece OF piano-forte playing csn scarcely
Vas brilliant IN the hsest desfee
climax OF virtuosty being reached in the 'Rhap.
sodie Hongroise. :" Her memory, technique, and
Of might IVY beDas Be- saes
LOCAL MISC cELLASr.
The Emma Abbott concert troupe will sing at
the New Chicago Theatre on the night Of thu
10th, and will also give matinee on the 17th
Brignol and Ferrantf are in the troupe.
We ere informed that Alr. John White, the
organist, vino resigned his position in st. James
Church recently, and was intending to leave the
city, has been engaged as organist In Grace
Episcopal Church.
At concert OF the English G1ee Club, given
| in New York on the 18th ult,, Mr.. Golllecl's s
septet, Morning" and part song, "The Sands
| O. Dcc,' carried off the honors OF the evening
| both in music and execution.
Nine. Essipof will play in Cincinnati on the
ed and 9th inst. and will give a concerto Mt
each CONCERT with orchestral accompaniment.
That's what comes of having good orchestra.
Here, we have to have second-p;ano or organ ac-
compartments, or 60 without.
The many friends of Mr.. Heman Allen are
arranging to give him complimentary concert
| at the klmball piano-rooms Mt an early date,
| the object being to enable him to offer q reward
sufficient to recover his fine Cremona violin,
| which was stolen in January last.
| Mr.. Wilkic, lately OF this city, will make his
first appearance i'll Boston. at the annual co1l-
cert Of Miss Abby Noyes, to be given on
| Wednesday next. Miss Noycs IS known to all
| MUSICIANS as the factotum Of the Mcssrs. Dit
SON & Co., and formidable array OF artists,
who are under obligations to her, will assist at
| her concert.
An Old Folks Concert will be given in the
| First Christian Church, corner OF Indiana ave-
| hue and Twenty-ftth street, next Friday even
Ing, March 8. The concert is repetition of the
| ono given few weeks since, with this change,
! that the New England supper is to be omitted
and the price of admission las been reduced
| one-half. The Oriental Quartette will sing.
- Mr.. Matthew'S regular mid-ycar concert at
Highland Hall took place last Friday evening
with great SUCCESS. The pupils who took part
weFe the as Misses En- Emma Pa,ker, Mary Fischer,
Jones, Josephine Niles, Graic Hall, Euscnie
Me3Iahan. Hattie Rogers, Lizzie Petit, Flor
cnce Dinock, c. E. Munger, and Dora Huns
berger.
4 soirce will be given on Friday evening
next by the pupils Of Prof. Gill at the Academy
take part, assisted BY Mr.. Lciochowsli: Miss
Cora Farnum, Miss Rosa To,n1ins, Mrs. George
Barnet, Ar. James s. Martin, Mr. L. Dexter,
Miss Anne Matthews, and Miss X. Ward. Mr..
Ledoehowski will PLY ths Winners s Hun
Schumann's ''Bcslazzar."
The Turner Hall programme for this after
noon VII be as follows: "Prussian Heroes
March, - by Hermann; overture to 'Tle Mis-
cries Of Tantalus,'' By Suppe; "Kutsehke
rqlka," 9y @ stasny r y kSnazak's potpoq5ri,
Fleuermann," by Strauss; "seighride PollSa,''
bv Julien; concerto for trombone, by Belize,
performed BY Mr.. Braun: overture to Schu-
bert's l. Rosamunle st Court Ball Waltz,n by
Strauss: and 'sThrough Thick and Thin t1alop,''
by Wcingarten.
Mr.. Peasc (*:our Alfred ", assisted by Nine.
Gulager, gave ptanoforte recital at Steinway
Hall, New York. last week, in which lie played
from memory the Sonata Apassionata IF minor)
Of Beethoven, Weber's Rondcau Brilliant fE
fat, the lmpromptu in sharp and Ballade in
A flat by Chopin, Liszt's Rhapsodie Hongroise
No. II, and the Polonaisc No. 2 in E. Wehope
lie will remember to play Some OF these things
when he comes to Chicago agaill, and give US Il
rest on 1.-THE Old Folks at Home II and the
MiGnon "Polonaisc."
The entertainment given lust Tuesday evening
By Mrs. Agnes Marley called out one of the largest
audiences ever assembled at the Athen;Pum
Hall, and was very successful, rs Atlenaum en-
tertatnmcnts are apt to be when too much is
not attempted. Miss Aggie Marley displayed
u very sweet, sympathetic voisc, wlicl! gave
good promise Of future excellence. Signor
Farini, Misses Philips and Estabrook also
volunteered their services. These entertain
ments, while not at all pretentous, are quite 4
feature Of the Athcnnuu, and deserve patron
age.
A well-known lady teacher Of this city, now
travelling in Europe, recently attended a quar-
tctte soiree in Berlin, where the leading per
formers were Joachim, dc Ahua, Rappuldi, and
Muller, and the programme comprised but three
numbers: Rudortfs Sextett in A. for three vio-
Inns, viola and cello; the Beethoven quartcttc in
writes to friend In this city as follows:
There we're only three pieces.-onc scxtcttc,
three yiolins. viola, and two yioloncellos. by ono
Rudoth; something IN the , Raj style; quartettc
which Joachim Is leader; and quintet: by Mo-
zart. The performance seemed famltless- The |
without the suggestion Of string Or bow, and the
oneness and smoothness aud entire finish were |
marvellous. 1t was uIl music. nnd nothing but |
music: Each measure was richer than the Inst
aud felt Us if could not stand it! 1t is strange
to listen to u performance in which no indulgence
is demanded, no y ;, allowance needed i seems as
and tried to enjoy what we could, but here was inst
carried along by great power, and felt myself no
% IN 5ns of o
heard anything so fine.
We have received from the Mcssrs. Ditson &
Co., of Boston, through Lyon Il Healy, of this !
city, the following new music: 1.-THE Hunting,
Fanfare and Gondellicu'' and ssHcxetanz," BY |
spiudlcr; 44sercnaIe by the Sea Shorc'' and
'tPcasant's Wedding March," two songs by the
Swedish Ladies' Qnartettc; "Thc Little shep-
hcrdcss:' and ssThe Little Maid Milking Her
Cow by J. D. Alolloy; ''Ballad Of the Wcay-
er,'' for piano, by Edward Hoffman; Sou
''shall I Wear White Rosc:n song
by Emily B. Farmer: "'rhe Twilight
Hour is Come, a duo for soprano and contralto,
by Henry Smart; The Pages Song," by Lerigi
Arditi; Dancing on the Green, ua polka rondo
and phantom dance, By G. D. Wilson; The
Devils Dancc,'' galop fantastiquc, by Ch.
Voss; g sunrisc,'' q vocal duet, and What VIC
have loved, we love forcvcr,'' song, by
Giro Pinsutt; Down the sliadowed
Lane She Gocs,' song, by George L.
Osgood; 's Fifelight Mazurka,n by Gustav
La11ge; "Whcn Gentle Winds" for two
voices, By Schu1nann; "The Shcph ert Boy"
for violin and piano, BY Sep. Winner;
and 'sMy Ship Comes In, descriptive song
written for Miss Thursby by n. F. II. Smith.
ABROAD.
NEWS FROM MISS CARY.
Miss Cary has written letter from st. Pc
tersburg, dated Feb. 8, to friend in Cincin-
natl, Of which the following is Of public inter
est: