Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-08

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The Remenyi Concert.
lhe Remenyi concert which Lexington
had been promised some months ago, but
which was unavoidably postponed,t took place
at the opera house, last Monday night. A
large and fashionable audience greeted the
great viOlinfst, the seminaries being largely
represented, and aImos all OF our musical
people being IN attendance, beside those
who love but DO not make music.
The programme was as follows:
Acknowledgements No. 6, (Liszt) MIR.
h. W.. A. Beale.
Cavatins-Ernsni involami, (VerdD ; Miss
Cassandra Mason.
Bsrcarolle-Odi Tu, Mattei); Mr.. Chas. J.
Ross.
&c. Remenyi) !; Mr.. 4. Remenyi.
Song-A Dream, (Rubinstein) ; Miss Glass;
andra Mason.
Violin ssolos-Hungarlan Melodies, (E. Re-
song-The Lost Chord. "a. sulllvan); MIR.
Chas. j. Ross.
Violin solo-Audante AMBROSE and Cap
riccio, (Pagsninf) ; E. Remenyi.
Vocal duet, (Donizetti); Miss Mason and
MIR. Ross.
We will first dispose of les points d'aesui,
as we deem Mr.. Remenyi's visit to our city
Of sufficient Importance to demand of us
more than a passing word as to his person.
ality.
In the pianist, Mr.. Beale; we found an
artist OF merit, modest. and not seeking to
a~ccompanyist, watching like q charger LISTEN
ing for the hounds, for the improvlzations
Of Remenyi.
Mr.. Ross is a good baritone, but with a
voice somewhat too jagged for solo singing.
1t may be that its rough edges are not per-
manent, but he struck US as the weakes Of
the otherwise creditsbie combination-not
that he did not do part Of his work very
we'll, for he did, and showed some Gull
ture, but there was q lack of smoothness and
spirit in his singing which spoiled it. His
first selection was a beautiful one, hnd he
was complimented with an encore.
Miss Mason has the g~ood-humored, Pleas
ant face which one always expects to find
accompanying a figure characterized by
smbonpojnt, regular features, and rather
pretty ones. Her bearing was collected, IN.
affected, and rather graceful than otherwise.
She was perfectly cool and did her work a.
tisticslIy and we'll. Her first selection was
one made familiar and popular with Licking.
ton audiences by Miss Boyakin some years
ago, and q number Of persons in the audi
ence remembered this we'll enough to in.
stitute comparisons between the two ladies.
Miss. Mason has q tine soprano voice. 1t Is
q natural soprano, with good original COM
pass and register, much improved by care
full culture. She sang Ernani with such feel
ing and execution as to excite q quiet ripple
of applause at every pause, which broke out
| at the conclusion of the piece into an ovation
of approval. She endeavored to get of
| without an encore, but the audience would
not hear to it. They insisted on another
song and she sang a very pretty little ballad
| which was new to us. Strange to say, while
she sang 1t we'll, and 1t was really pretty, her
voice did not seem as soft and flexible In the
ballad as In the more difficult music. Still,
the lady won a warm place IN the hearts oil
/ hC4 ~ SuAbA 0tSo ouulCuCcs
The visit OF Edouard Remenyl to our lit.
tie city was an event in our musical annals.
He is, probably, the most distinguished
musician that has ever graced our boards.
In fame ranking only second to Pagsnini,
born at MlskoIc, in Hungary, just 81 that
great master was passing away, he became
tho contemporary and peer ofJosephJoachin
and Ole Bull, and later Of Wilhelmj. Hill
triumphs in art ali over the civilized world
would require a column Of space only
to allude to. At one time solo v~lollnist to
the Queen OF England, at another to tn
Emperor Of Austria, again winning thu
pIaudits of the critics of France, everywhere
q king Of music. Jules Claretie wrote o
him In 1877 :-"Remenyi is not one Of those
Iong-halred and thin-faced musicians WHIT
affect en- inspired air and assume ~fantistit
manners. He is content to be an incompar-
able artist and to resemble sans facon ever,
one else. And yet, when he takes his violil
he resembles no one else. He plays upon I
with superb. nasstria. He makes 1t sing
Sigh, cry weep /; no nightingale In the woods
no bsngats In the foliage, gives out NOR,
TREMENDOUSLY its notes to the warm breeze
A little later on he went over to Englan,
and the unimpressfble and conservative oil
London Times said Gas regards volume an,
first masters OF his instrument" In thi
country his concert tours have been tri
umphal marches. His performance here Wa
all that the highest wrought expectation
could have demanded. 1t Was simply mag
%niicent. Though he played the hIghes
character of music, and Interpreted 1t in tn
most finished und artistic manner there wer
none present SO poor musicians IS not to 81
preciste Its rare and magical beauty. II
really caused his violin to weep, to sing, t
sigh. and finally in the exaltation Of music,
, delight to laugh !; and the audience which q
one instant had been at the point of teal
Was In q moment tran sported to smiles an
8 ripping laughter. He was rspturously ar
g plauded after each selection, but refused I
respond until after the last one, when he RI
/. ceived two encores, which he answered wit
. medleys Of popular airs. His improvise
variations were beautiful In the extreme
t soft, tender, imaginative, suggestive of tn
0 character Of the uir, and always, hidde
v away somewhere between the most autib]
G notes, the air itself WAS preserved to the eaI
3 Mr.. Remenyi is u modest, plain and una!
. Stunning gentleman Of culture. He has visl
cd all the civilized nations OF the eartl
r speaks seven languages with moro or lei
n fluency, Is intelligent and companionabl
8 He has afforded q fashionable Lexington q,
8 dience such an enjoyable evening that his r,
appearances would attract q multitude {
y people.
Mr.. Corydon F. Craig, the genial and a
complished manager, has the thanks OF on
x people for giving us the concert. Should b
o favor us again at any time we feel conider
that he will find In Lexington an appreci
tive public.