The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-02-25
the Amateur Musical Society


The concert of the Amateur Musical Society
given last Friday evening at the Lyceum, was at
tended by large audience of invited guests,
nearly three hundred people being present, and to
lovers of choral music very great pleasure was
afforded The first portion of the programme
consisted of the third part of Hayden's oratorio
The Creation" the solo music, being sung by
Mrs. Patty, (soprano), Mr.. w. w. Hall (tenor) and
Mr. Berger (bass), Mr.. Jones playing the piano
forte symphonies and accompanimentS, and MIR.
II. Berger conducting The Honolulu public en-
joys but few opportunities of listening to vocal
music of this kind, fact which perhaps makes it
somewhat difficult matter to form critical
opinion the necessity for criticism is however, al
most obyiated by the excellent manner in which
both the solo and choruses were rendered by the
society, an excellence resulting doubtless from
careful and thorough practice. The beautiful duet
of soprano and bass, Star the fairest its most
melodious theme commenced in the upper range
of the principal bass voice. and the following cho
rus, " Proclaim in your Extended Course" were
very well sung. The chorus was, we believe, de-
prived of portion of its strength by the unavoidable
absence of members, and the somewhat small
number of tenor and bass voices had therefore a
task; but their energy and spirit we're evidently
called forth by this Hayden music. In the some
what forid but lovely duet Graceful Consort, -
the soprano music freaGhing high b fat was sung
charmingy, and an exceedingly good rendering oss
the intricate final chorus Praise the Lord" closed
the first portion of the programme. The mis-
cellaneous music comprised songs by II. X. h.
Princess Lkelike, Miss. S. King, Mr.. G. Cooke and
MIR. Glade, Miss. Kings cavatina with an obligato
accompaniment by oboe and piano-forte calling
for an encore, and Mrs. G; Cooke played piano
forte piece by Chopin. The choral selections in
the second part of the concert were two partsongS
respectively by Smart and Hatton, sung without
instrumental accompaniment, and two choruses
by Lecocq. Part-singing is delightful art and
the delicate treatment, in harmony and gradation,
of which such part-songs that of Smart and
ever true' may be made the medium ought to
commend the practice of partsinging to all lovers
of high music.
The Amateur Musical Society has always shewn
desire to extend to as many non-members as it
can accommodate the privileges of attending its
concerts. We regret to learn from the committee
that this courtesy was taken advantage of on the
occasion of the late concert, and that fraudulent
tickets were made use of by two persons who pre-
sented them at the door. These tickets were writ
ten in imitation of the genuine tickets, but were
readily detected although too late to prevent their
misuse. AS the committee are determined to pro-
tect their visitors from such intrusion in future,
they will issue the complimentary tickets initiated
by one of the officers or insert the name of the
cipient each ticket unless this notice should be
found sufficient to prevent repetition of such un-
expected abuse