, 1879-01-10
AMUSEDfENTS.

l nG lAlEAk C4uul0HkV abs F1b0sAt t4'NIt SA0
Ait Hocfctv. made its debut last evening At
Hershey Hall, with full ranks-tweaty- y-touf
yoirts being tts llmlt-cgenly divided between
tho pasts, and under The direction Of bfr George
I.netc!. Tho ball MAS completely Oiled, and
yrry lnreely with muscal people, who gave rerJ
enthusiastic EXPRESSION TO their feelings, and
rrrtaIuly manifested all this encouragement aud
syn,pathy any etwlety could wtph. After being
Introduced to the audience In neat httls
speceh by It's President, N. Il. Fairbauk, Esq..
who gave expression 70 The objects Of the socle-
ty, aud bespoke fur 1t i 1usge dcg1co Of popular
tavor, /. addressed !tsclf 10 its work. 1ts NUM-
hers WIRE Iiatton'a "Vi1iage DlacksmItt,h
K'lnzo's " Evening" Fret's Iiow tatne Love-"
Zosincr's "11e'a the Man 10 Know" atorchfs
"terrna4fr" {un unlcrtune chorus With tcpor
tsblagato), Mosrnthafs 'lstest Pair Of sirens. !"
finr chorus, l,ass solo: at., qutntettsI WAKneF'A
nPilgrin,'s Chorus" MeliIrlsaulIu's "lall1ne
Wine spnr." aE,l l;iraci.ncr'. 'stlool N,glt.'
Hoie III turn very au,bttLOut except the Musen.
ti,ai tutntr-r, tilc Ii!rrsn's Chorus now bcEn9
tui'ieirtlr familiar IRON long rcprtltioD mt to
ran. In that cntrEorS, while some Ut the nIn-
bers tsave co,rr down fro,n !orsnrr generations
VI tna'nnrrr!ofs. As the President announced
that thu object ttf the stu!e,s WIS tfr cslt!va-
thu, Of part sorcs, VIZ i'ase 10 acccut tic in
may be for musical development. ur bowcver
n'llch we might wish that twenty-fuur picsc,l
voices might reach up to higher ttaadat1l.
Nrltllrr the atmosphere nor the hail M.
taysra1'c '.H s.saf s,c,I iuds%s.t , Of tue tue
none tsu less apparent thpt Il Il made up uf
tinc mnterial. the tenors. II anything, being
superior 10 tic hasact III trutnptnrss ri nttagk
asll finish oE tone. The balaure IL excellent,
and there was u nicety Ut ehadtnr aud general
expression, well ~ lnte lAcnee, which epeu.
well for the future al the Society. Under more
favorable surroundings, We tlnavinc better arI
stronger ct1eets would have been made, anh
this Ii to to taken Into consideration In passing
upun tile merits OF tile performance. i. is
pleasant to be able to retord SUCCESS At the
OUTSET, though we are entitled to Ioos for still
greater perfection frotn such Sutccs, aud pruba-
b,y shall not hayc 10 lot,k in vain. With gucli
Industry mud determination Us have character
lied tic Society 3n its preparation for titus con-
ccrt.
Tl,c so!oists of the evening we're 3.isa Fanny
Whitney, suprano, and Alr. Ajax Pillner, plaole~
musical public, although II is now some SIX
uloulns since she has appeared ns q so1oIst, thu
interim having. been spett tn study with Airs.
kcmpton, aud With adn,rahlc results. iier
"Musuenots." md Bluulcothais "4iersaec, y
both Ut witch showed surprising improvement
In The development aul delivery Ut tone, aud
Rlyu rich promlsc that she will get takc very
was very eordiBl. nnd hcr pcrforrnauro Of tic
Mcycrbccf number, tho most ambitious, We be
llesc she hns eyer attempted, so excellent that
| Il received an imperative encore to which sht
replied with sweet little konE OF Lasscn's
"ft WINS q Drcaa,.h
Mr.. Max rinner upon this OCCASION made t,is
debut 10 Chicago, pfaytng an Allegro Ut Scar
| Eattt, NoctuTEa and Po!unnlse OF Chopin ant
Tho Tnrantcile from Llsxt's 'tYcnczia Hnpol!.'
Though, the Allegro null Norturnc were charm
| ingiy playeI, Internationally h.s finest Success
was III The I.lszt work, In which he brought M
the l,rtiascy Ut Ltszt's coloring with rrtnarkao
strcngsh, dcvelopcI solue yrrY PECULIAR elect
| of tone, md ehowcd very intimate ucnnaint
arrs With the peeuliarittcs OF the composer, n
might have been expected OF Que Who studle'
with that mnstcr 70 long. Ills touch Is YER
crisp, his phrastnE clear his Technique brilliant
nn.l, In tho Nocturne, fur instance, to dIrptayc'
unusual deltrary, wtIlc, on the other tIauu, i
tho fulouafsc ha manner OF striking, Will
rap[Iy trnyeraing the keyboard, did no
always brtas out thc full ralue Of to,te
Although t,s playing did hot ruust great euth,'
kiasn, tho audience WIS sufficiently appreetatis
| to reroEnlkc tn htHl uustel4n u tine fntclli
gcnec ani ability, and to call for. rcappcaranc
In cletl easr, in reply to which !le cave llubill
l glctus "taise Al1gntngt,oH anu Guckfa "Gi
Yu1te," wlich We brlieye Won nuelow p'aye'
| here.
Tie EocIcsy has commenced With success
aud VIC congratulate IT.. There Is plenty Il
room for Il, and VIC wIsl. II oil Success.