Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-04-03
PROF. WEIHE'S BENEFIT CONCERT
One of the Best.Rendered Perform.
ances Ever Given by Salt
Lake Talent.

1t is a regrettable fact that the testl
r monial concert last night was success
only in an artistic sense. The friends o
Mr.. Weihe, the benefciare, entered int
} the idea of public expression OF appre
J citation with good deal of spirit, and the
} movement had the hearty support OF oul
leading citizens; but unfortunately the
concert came too close on the heels o.
Mary Anderson, and the public had moi
recovered from the dissipating effects o.
that event. Any other performance
would have suffered similar fate-in-
deed, anything but a magnificent pro-
gramme with an accompanying object
such as last nights performance had,
would have been given to empty seats.
AS it was, the parquette was pretty well
filed, and the choice seats in the first
circle were all occupied.
The programme was made up of num-
bers which were all of the highest order
and ranked ahead of anything of local
character that we have ever had here.
The combined orchestras, under the
direction of Prof Krouse, reminded the
audience of the palmy days of the old
Careless Mammoth Orchestra, when the
ablest musicians in the Territory were
collated under one baton. The orches-
trail gem was the selection from "Mig-
non," which gave Mr.. Simms an admir-
able opportunity with his clarionet. The
number was rendered under the direc-
stiorieof Mr.. Weihe, and showed the Or
'chestra to be well trained and efficient in
all but the comets, which is feature of
great weakness in both orchestras at
their best.
Nothing in the nature of local effort
could have been more attractive than the
duet of Messrs. B. B. Young and r. Cor
linski, which served the excellent pur-
pose of posing these two admirable voices
side by side. The selection was from
Puritani, and would have been enjoyed |
had it been rendered less perfectly. AS
it was, it was simply grand, and called
forth a deafening applause and an encore.
These gentlemen in their solos were re-
ceived with equal enthusiasm, and were.
both in excellent voice.
Mr.. Weihe was welcomed with warm
greeting by the audience when he came
upon the stage to render his concerto
from Mendelssohn, and on every subse
quent appearance the audience made its
appreciation known very demonstra-
lively. His concerto number was rather
100 classical to be thoroughly enjoyed by
asst nights audience, but it was encored
1t was in his Hun
sarian Airs that he succeeded most in de-
lighting his admiring auditors, but every
ouch of his bow throughout was heartily
enjoyed.
Miss Jennie Hawley's selection was
me of the most charming numbers in the
programme, and the audience,
n their unstinted applause, told that the
ady's popularity in "Iolanthe" had taken
permanent hold on them, and that the
ascinations of her beautiful contralto
'oice were undiminished.
Mr.. w. G. Gives overture, which that 9
Gentleman had composed for the occa-
ION, was we'll appreciated, and tended
confirm the already favorable opinion
ntertained for him as composer.
Tho tabernacle choir rendered the
male OF the programme in a pretty ]
nthem by Randegger, and it proved a
ecldedly interesting number.
Madame Mazzucato- Young's presence
the piano for one or two numbers lent Z
additional charm to them, as it does
all occasions; and Mr.. Mcintyre also 3
ot in some splendid execution on the F
lme instrument. Altogether the enter u
was delightful one, and should j.
repeated, with a few changes, at some L
ture and more propitious time, with the u
lme object in view.