Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-12

sertainment - MT. Walter Bradley
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 Miss Dutton and the Gounod society. The above was the programme of the con- cert given by the Gounod society at the Fly perion Theater last evening. It was the largest audience that has ever attended any concert given by the society. Too much the society. and especially to Signor Agri- monte, whose efficient direction secured the success of the evening. Of the selections ren- dered by the chorus, Mohrine's Parting" and Kjerulf's "Serenade" were the most ef- fective and the most favorably received. Both these selections are beautiful pieces of chorus music and were finely rendered. The 137 Psalm as set to the music of Herman Goetz was very creditably given, but it is one of those compositions whose chief value lies in the musical instruction 1t gives to the chorus which learns 1t rather than in the pleasure it affords the audience which hears 1t.
 In Miss Jennie Dutton of New York city the society made Q wise choice for soloist. Miss Dutton is great favorite here, and the artistic qualities of her singing two years ego won the approval of the most critical. She is . magnetic singer, very inspiring to @ chorus and her voice often scared like that of lark above those of the entire chorus. Mics Gertrude Sanford, who presided at the piano, also contributed materially to the suc- cess of the evening.
 The society was specially fortunate in se- curing the services of Mir. Waiter Bradley Keeler, the pianist. MT. Keeler, as his play ing last evening plainly showed, has but 16W 6Qu8o ho . VlEtuUSO. ho au OuC0 dU' tracted and firmly held the attention of his auditors, most of whom were evidently much surprised that an artist of MT. Keeler's abilities should have been able to keep him- self out of the hands of the impresarios. It is in hearing such artists that the critic takes the greatest pleasure. There is no need of passing judgment on the performer -one only needs to mention the en- thusiasm displayed by the audience. MT. Kesler was certainly enthusiastically received; every selection was applauded and at the conclusion of each series he was most heartily encored by an audience that encored no one else during tho evening. He possesses an unusual genius for music, and this natural gift he has supplemented by most thorough and complete musical education. These rare qualities, still more rarely combined, made his hearers forget that there were such things as method and tech niqus; they only felt that they were listening to ono who was bringing out the romance in music as no one had brought 1t out in all the years since Rubenstein visit- ed us. It is to be regretted that MT. Keeler | so seldom appears in public, but now that | our musical public has once heard him it will not rest contented until he appears here with larger orchestra. Manager Ellis can do no better than to secure Mr. Keeler as a soloist | for one of the concerts of the Boston Sym phony orchestra.
 The second concert by the society will be given early in March. It is to be hoped that it will prove as enjoyable as the one last | evening.