Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-20

lue long anDOunceu Jnllnaf'
monte Concert came off at the Her
ticultural Pavilion last night. The
audience was not such as we ex.
pected, or such as the signal merit
of the programme and performers
should have guaranteed. What it
lacked in numbers, however, ii
made upin quality. The following
programme was gone through with,
with the exceptions particulariEed
below:
PART l.
l. Grand Overture ...... Rosslni
Orchestra.
2. Chorus-"Gallanta and Gaily". "............
................,........".....H Hofsely
y. SolO-SersnAde e..................... .GOunOd
| Madame Maria.
| 4. selections Irom ma tha"..... Fl otow
orchestra.
8. Solo and Chorus-'Inf,amatus" .......
KOS inI
solo by Miss Mamie Perry.
u. Chorus" Farewell o the Forest'.....
..."..............."........... eldelsohn
| Z. w attz from "Grand DucheS>e'..........
..........".,...... .............,......Ufen
| Orchestra.
PARTIG.
|. Anvil Verdi
2. Duett tive cornets)-"Call me Thine
own" ..........."...,".........., Conterno
! j. Duett-"Quis est Homo" fro a sta
bat .......................
Madame Maria and MISC Mamie
| Perry.
4. Chorus-"Star of Descending Night"
Efn erSpn n
D. ymphony-No. i ....."......"...H Haydn
| Orchestra.
| g. Duett-"A Night in Venice" Arditi
Mrs. Caswell and Prof. Burke.
| Z. Chorus-"And the Glory Of the Lord"
Handel
The Serenado from Gounod,
which had been assigned TO Mad
anne Mara, was omitted, being re-
placed by a song from Prof. Burke,
which was well received. The An
vii Chorus was omitted because, as
Conductor Day said, but half the
mem bers of the Los Angeles Guard
who were to have acted as black
smiths were on hand. 1t was re.
placed by the chorus "And the
Glory of the Lord" the latter be-
ing replaced in turn by the Halle
lujah Chorus, from tho Creation.
To compensate for the omission, a
song by Miss Mamie White was
sandwiehed into the programme,
the young lady acqnitting herself
very well.
During the evening Mrs. Skinner
and Professor Kuell ofliciated at
the organ, Prof. Lindberg and Mes
danes Stratton and Bent taking
charge of the piano. Prof. Conterno
acted as leader Of the orchestra and
Prof. Charles e. Day as general
conductor.
1t was soon apparent that the
large chorus, comprising nearly if
not quite hundred ladies and gen.
tlemen, was under admirable con-
troll. We think its success was
specially notable in the "Fare-
well to the Forestn of Mendel-
sohn, "Tho Star of Descend
ing Night" by Emerson, and
the "Hallelujah" chorus. 1t reflects
great credit upon the conductor of
the Philharmonic Socie ETY. to have
been ab lie, in the brief space of
time allotted to him, to produce on
the stage so many admirably
drilled and excellent voices.
The same may be said of Pro-
fessor Conterno's orchestration.
Extreme diligence only could ey-
plain the remark able advance of o
band gathered at random in Whist
would generally be considered
provincial town. The Professors
own cornet playing called forth
thorough applause.
We confess that the "Inaama-
tus" of Rossini and the "Quis est
Homo,n from the Stabat Mater,
were to our mind the gems of the
evening. In the "Inflamatuso
Miss Mamie 3. Perry sang the So
prano solo, being finely sustained
by the chorus. While we should
not like to pour such incense on the
shrine of this gifted young song
stress as would lead her to abate
the hard study and work by the aid
of which she has already achieved
wonders, we listened with delight
to the sweetness and completeness
with which she sustained her
theme in the "Inflamatus." In the
louis est Homo" the triumph was
shared by Madame Maria and her
pupil between them, Miss Perry in
both acquitting herself capitally of
some difficult and com plicated
trills and of sweet and vigorous
vocalization throughout.
The duett, IA Night in Venice,n
by Mrs. Caswell, and Professor
Burke, was sung exqusitely by
both and extorted prolonged ap-
plause.
We would impress 1t upon the
people of Los Angeles that it is
their duty to see that the matinee
this afternoon and the concluding
performance tonight are we'll at
tended. Horticultural Pavilion
should be jammed. Prof. Day an
nounced that additional stoves
would be provided to-day and that
the hail would be made much
warmer than last night. An unal-
loyed pleasure is in store for those
who shall crowd up Temple street
to the Pavilion this afternoon and