Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-12-19
The Quintet Concert.

The Sacramento Lecture Association very
happily opened its course at the Congrega-
tiopal Church last evening with concert
by the Boston Quintet Club. The audience
exceeded thousand and was one of the
best congregations of auditors ever gathered
in this city. The entertainment was pro-
nounced success. The Quintet Club proved
to be combination of musical forces
of strength, well-balanced body
of musicians whose tone is round
full and precise. All the numbers of the
programme were given with spirit and fine
taste. The performers were John F.
Rhodes, solo violinist Paul Monde, violin
list; Oscar Heutschel, flute virtuoso and vic
linist; Paul Stoeving, violinist and viola
soloist; and Louis Blumenberg, violoncello
virtuoso. Their artistic Instrumentation
was pleasingly varied by the appearance of
Miss Anne Carpenter, cultured soprano
of mezzo quality. The lady has splendid
stage presence, almost majestic, and carries
herself with aself-possession and confidence
that in a less refined person would be bold
miration and COMFORTS with her splendid
physique. She is rather dramatic
than sweet singer; that is, her
voice has more of energy and
fluency than sympathetic quality
She is vocalist admirably adapted in
strength and penetrating quality of tone for
large auditoriums. She sings with ease and
charming naturalness, and with the tech
nical skill that testifies to severe culture
Her enunciation and dramatic interpreta-
ton are notable strong qualities. Encored
enthusiastically on each appearance, she
| responded in way to prove how finely she
holl n,1l
by ]. d. Redding, of San Franciscos
aud words by Harry Dam, and with a
charming rendering of "Mollie Bawn.'
Several beautiful floral pieces, given her by
| citizens of Marysville, graced the rostrum
The three instrumental numbers that
pleased most, and won most appreciative
| applause, were Scbumann's "Traeu-
merei,' by the quintet land which
| it was compelled to repeat; Rhodes
violin solo, Faust Fantastic" Qollowe d
| oy two encores), and Blumenberg's
violoncello solo, Z" Russian Airs" which
won very fiattering encore. As celloist,
Blumenberg is exacting in taste and style,
and satisfies the seyerest demand of mus
| ical criticism. He is. in short, finished
performer of unquestioned fine ability.
Mr.. Rhodes, the solo violinist, proved to be
an admirable performer, thoroughly artis-
tic in style, with not particle of evasion in
his work. To say that he plays with feel
| ing is to express but the unanimous verdict;
that is to say, he plays as if his purpose is
| TO reach and touch each individual heart,
and this is never accomplished except by
1 one possessed of musical sensibility. The
| flute SOLOS, Mr.. Hentschel, was satisfactory,
is correct, precise and finished, but did not
impress feelingly as did either of the other
soloists. As whole, the concert was high
1 " ENJOYABLE and stamns the troune as ono
worthy of the attention of the most exact
ing tastes. In fact, the quintet instrument
alton was as smooth and delicate, and yet
as strong and vital as any ever given here,
and in some re poets, as in precision, has
not been eoualled.