Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-17
THE MUSIC WORLD.
Review Of the Friday Evening Con-
cert of the Mozart Club.
THE ORCHESTRA COMPLIMENTED.
How the Soloists Acquitted Themselves
From q Critical Point of View.
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK In HOME CIRCLES


..a ut
hareiy mas a nner audience turneu ou'
for one OF the Mozart Clubs regular CON
certs than that which comfortably filled Old
City Hall on Friday evening. 1t was
rarely pood nrooramme too that was of.
fo-od H. I. =.
1e,eu. here ~ ls'
Recitsti tKSsamqnae n .,,d. Let the
Haydn} Waters. >,
(Air-s'Rolling in Foaming Billows."
Mr.. John B. Trapp.
Mozart-',Al desio di chi t,adora,,,
Mrs. Mathilde Henkler.
smart-''The Bride of Dunkerron."
'DDramssc Dramstic psrsona Sanoa.sl
The Sea Maiden. ..........M Mrs. j. Sharpe Mcdonald
Dunkerron. ron...................Mr Mr.. Paul Zimmerman
Sea King. E. H. Dermitt
Storm spirits, sea maidens and serfs.
The beautiful Schubert overture received,
all in all. about the hest rendition vet given
hv tba oInh,s sen;-omataur orchestra ~ anv
- - - -
entlre Wolh III tne larger lollns' IAcePt
for the noticeable deficiency IN the
first violins, the body of tone was
smoother. more sonorous and better
balanced than ever before. the presence of
tL-oa .a,,t-o L,s.oa - IL ,,P,,s,,aI -.
'hiee consi "oasses ahu snS uhusuoi GA
cellence OF the violas and the lower brass
wood-w;nd esneciaIIv distincn;sbed itself
IN tho dainty ps;va ,nelodw Ifbs third fnIl-
n - sne Ia 80 10: ot -. 49, ata;ttaS.L. L.,t
nedgeo tune OF tne overture tnat nitteo apous
borns Tho ronoroi ovoroco oF +bo COON
nor!s. tho genetai aEeIaseGL 'ne Sooom-
panlments gets nlgner WIN eacn con-
cert; many e, lnalvlauai ~ points were aes maae
and quite frequently the general smooth
view of all the disad yantages under
which tbiu orcbestra Iahora AZ tba sama
time much remains to be done. More fire.,
quent tuning up. would have improved
was doubtless caused by nervousness The
ideal of soft but firm. accompaniment is vet
ionr mo- a. and moro fnII raboorooJo y;II Lovo
to % be Tsy heId # ranid and comnlicatsd nassaaes
are TO he cieanIy played. p'
n.nce an9 gooJ ra1ee and mostly III r Of ness;ng
nnaiit nu \, s,ho iast sao+;on of 1,hn ffara;d;as
HGGalIyi ~ sne iaeS seouon VI ,sS sSe lanlilisr
Creatlon arla-to tne words ooItly purl-
ing, e1eLne sang WIN t tasae ana expressive
sn cam % is far bim S dsTessinS dsgecard
styIs S are % the worst noints AGAINST him Mrs
Tsankiar sn1 ,,aru swaotiT anJ rnro,,, thc
iaIl henkier sang very sWeeLIy anu purely tne
1yely Gn, ara inat M1zars @ MIHte io[ M
in 17S9 three Years after the first production.
The utter absence of attempts at display in
Mrs. Henkler;s style and the fiuency of her
vocalization deserve a snecial woro, - -
.h SmaIS S thaa s a aeciGeay one oI
by the Mozart club. 1t was written for
the birmingham Festival OF 1854 and
. nas llaintaineu an nong.eu u. pnace on sne con,
censtrnet;er epei 0n its fonnSation Of c,sar anu
ioa;onI 1o,r, ;ts sunars+-,otrro
striking harmony broad and inherently
beautiful melody, skillfully written voice parts
(solo or chorus) and singularly effective
orchestration merit much more detailed con-
sideration than it Is possible TO give this morn
ing
The performance of this exceptionally inter
esting work by the chorus was of no little
excellence in the main few at
tacks were ragged; pianiSsimo was
very rarely attained; the bass were
unusually weak and uncertain in many places:
and the pitch was quite lost In the beautiful
major close of the stormy minor chorus "DownI
where the cold waters creep" The good
points would take too long to enumerate: suffce
1t to say that the energy, spirit and hard-wOrk-
narts of the exceedingly djfficult score, here
and there scoring points of great effect.
The solo work was uniformly along the best
capabilities of the three singers above
named whose fitness for their trying
parts could probably not be euualeu by
anv other trio of Iocai sinoers Each has baan
too frennentiy commente3 unon in this column
to keep the presses waiting for a recapitula-
tion of their sterling qualities
~
No ONE more than the present writer could
on,roo;o+o tha bird thorrb+fr1,os, ,h,t
apprecia'e tne Aihu tnousnIluiness thas
prompts people to try to tighten his labors by
sending in readymade opinions upon
the nigh merits Oh TINS or That
concert, or OF some individual per-
former therein, or of this schoolgirl pianist or
that infant prodigy with the fiddle. But it has
become necessary again to remind these we'll