St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-21
An Enjoyable Concert Last Evcnin0.

AN E1iJounbie Concert List ErentB0.
A concert, for the benefit of the organ
fund. given in the Jackson street Methodist
church. benefited those who braved the ele-
ments, aud attended, in spite of a steady
downfall of snow, more, it is feared, than it
did the exchequer of the church; for there
could not have been more than 200 persons
present. The concert proved TO be OF
very much greater merit than
might have been expected from
the modest and transformations way in which
it had been announced 1t consisted of
overtures, choruses, solos and a quartette.
The first it is needless to say were well rem
dered by ten members of Seibert's celebrated
orchestra. The choruses CD, ''The heavens
are teIling'' (Hayden), and 49, 'Come
gentle spring" (Hayden), were very nicely
rendered by chorus Of some twenty voices
and the ten instruments. In the first there
was observable some hesitancy and indecis-
sion and want OF precision in the attack, but
in the latter voices and instruments were
well in sympathy, and rendered the beautl-
full harmonies of the classic composition
with vigor and delicacy of coloring quite
surprising and wholly unlocked for in
so small a chorus and with so little practice
with the instruments. Mr. eide sang tenor
solo by Abt, "Good night nv Child" in
man ner which provoked recall, but no en-
cores was the order Of the evening. Worth
all the money and all the inconveniencies of
disagreeable journey was a romanza, C,
Golterman), given by Mr. Holdt upon the
cello, an instrument of wonderful capabll-
tiles in the hands of a master, and Mr.
Holdt is master, young, it is true, with a
delicate touch, a true ear and facile tech
nique. There is no feeling for a note, no
false tones, no ''scrooping" His tone is
rich, full and pure and exquisitely
smooth giving one the idea that his bow is
dressed with honey and oil rather than with
rosin. Mr.. Holdt is moreover highly sympa-
thetic and a scrupulously Conscientious
reader. Another number deserving of more
than passing notice was the basso solo
''Thy sentinel am u (Watson) Mr.. Buckle
lew was never in better voice and never
sang better and that is saying volumes for
there are few better voices than his when he
is Sin voice'' and last night he rendered
every note of the trying range of the solo
with the greatest ease, spirit and feeling.
Miss Fuller sang with much taste 'Queen of
the Night" (Torry). She has a light but
sparkling soprano voice, very sweet, musical
aud flexible, and she sings with great conf
dence and ease. 1.-The Raft,n Pensuth),
was sung by Miss Brush. The first phrase OF
two showed that the lady has a phenomenal
voice, but it required several passages to de-
termine if it was altogether a pleasing one.
But the more the ear gets accustomed to il,
the more it is pleased with it. 1t is a
contralto, very powerful aud rich
in the lower register taking
! A below with the greatest ease. "Home by
the River' (White) was sung very effectively
| by Miss Fuller (soprano), Mrs Russell ICON
tralto), Mr.. Marshall (tenor), and Mr.. Buck
alew (basso). The gloria from Mozart's
Twelfth Mass was excellently rendered by
the chorus and orchestra. 1t was the gem of
the concerted numbers and would have
done credit to a choir of far
| greater power numerically and Of far greater
pretensons This number brought a very
enjoyable concert 70 a successful close. Prof
PREM welded the baton and played the ac-
compartments to the solos. 1t is superauous
to add that every number was warmly and
some Of them enthusiastically applauded.