Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-14
McNEILL CLUB,
Last Nights Concert-The Third Appear
ance of the Club

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The Mcneil Club gave the third grand
concert of its first season last night at the
Metropolitan Theater. There was crowded
auditorium in dress circle parquette and
boxes, and the attendance was representa-
tive of the best musical taste and intelli-
gence of the community. Mrs. Alfred
Abbey, of San Francisco the mezzo soprano
vocalist, created good impression and was
deseryedly applauded. She has a sympa-
thetic voice of good quality that is well
managed. There is, perhaps, little too
much reserve, but it is compensated for by
the purity of her tones. 1t would not be
difficult for the lady to add much to her
ability by greater care in enunciation. She
has every reason to be grateful at the cordi-
atty of the reception accorded her in Sac
ramento. Mrs. Albert Elkus, of Sacra-
nj ento, was the solo pianist of the evening.
She fully sustained the encomiums of her
personal friends concerning her ability as a
pianist. She plays with Intelligent COM
prehension OF the themes in hand.
and her execution is distinguished
by precision in time and deli
cacy and vigor alike She was
more than warmly applauded, and given
very fiattering evidences of the approval of
her auditors. w. H. Kinross conducted
with his usual ease and success. Miss
Amelia BOIL was accompanist, and fully I'D
10 the high standard of excellence she long
since attained as an accompanist-a posi-
ton demanding more than mere dexter
lty in execution. The club appeared
thlrty-two strong, and sang with unmls-
taxable evidences of the benefits of the sew
eral months of training it has had. 1t has
unouestlonably advanced in its method,
and there ls-what is so essential in club
singing-a marked loss of individuality of
voices and great gain in the unity of tone.
The association is serving highly useful
purpose in cultivating public taste and
qualifying home musical ability for better
and better work. There ought to be twice
the number of voices enrolled-we are con-
tident that there are at least sixty naturally
good male voices in the city backed by
some musical knowledge, that could be de-
veloped by the club exercises, and absorbed
to general profit in the club concerts The
programme last evening, which was fur
nished in neat book form, with
the full words. was as follows:
Drinking song, (Chadwick), club; piano
solo, " Rapsodie Hongroise No. TO-" (Lizt,
Mrs. Albert Elkus: The Water Mill"
Macy, club; Spanish song, Los Lndos
Ojos," Those Pretty Eyes "-Ferrer),
Mrs. Alfred Abbey quartet, Sunrise"
[White), R. T. Cohen, G. T. Milliken, V. s.
McClatchy and E. S. Campbell; "Estudi-
antina," Spanish student ong-Lacome),
club; serenade, (Hadyn), club; piano solo,
SG Romance, (Rubinstein), (b) "Rigo-
letto," (LizO, Mrs. Albert Elkus: Last
Night" (Kierulf), club; ballad, "Only a
Song" new. (Millard), Mrs. Abbey; 1.-The
Elf with baritone solo by Mr.. Kinross,
(Meister), club.
Their programme was thoroughly en-
Joyable, was warmly applauded throughout,
and the several soloists were favored with
handsome floral tributes. Mrs. Abbey and
Mrs. Elkus were encored on each appear
ance.