Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-26
A RECITAL,
A Musical Entertainment that Gave
Much Pleasure and was Superior.


The Congregational Church was flied
last night by a brilliant and critical au-
dience, in attendance upon the second an
nual recital by pupils of the class of Mu-
steal Instructor w. 81. Kinross. They had
the assistance of Charles B. Eilerman, cor
let soloist, and were supported by an or
chestra, well balanced body Of instru.
mentalists, directed by Mr.. Kinross, and
introducing three violins, viola, Two
cornets, cello, bass vial, flute, clarionette
and trombone, and for one selection the
grand organ.
The recital developed into a concert of
excellence, and that it was such was the
judgment of the audience, made manifest
by demonstratlve evidences, the sincerity
of which could not be doubted, even when
due allowance is made for the personal ad-
miration of the many friends of The pupils
in the audience.
The orchestra played three selections
with excellent effect, and accompanied all
the participants also in a manner WORTHY
of commendation. as it was distinguished
by precision, good taste and uncommon
spirit.
W. E. Lovdal sang Fearless splendid.
ly. His voice is rich, baritone cantate,
but sonorous and of serviceable quality. Ii
1t tended to roughness at times, cultivation
will correct it, since at no time weak. Miss
Ida Desmond, soprano, sang Faure's Stella
waltz. The young la6y's voice is fresh.
has the charm of youthful Sincerity and
the qualities of sweetness and feeling, the
latter evidently in the elocutionary stage.
For young singer her performance was
highly creditable, and testified to fine
mold of voice that is to give us better
things
Mr.. Eilerman, for his cornet solo. PLAYED
La Comtesse." 1t was the office of the
RECORD UNION, five years ago, to forecast
for this young instrumentalist successful
future. For pieces demanding rapid exc
cutlon and brilliancy of effect, he has DUAL.
tiles of higher order and equal to severe
exactions. He is to play at the next open
air concert a selection of exceptional diff
Guilty, and lovers of fine solo efforts will
have an opportunity to judge him more
critically.
Miss Hannah Shields contralto, sang
Hullan's "The Storm" 1t is difficult to
define the quality of her voice 1t is more
dramatic than melodic, and under severe
culture will be capable of phenomenal
contralto effects. The chest tones are so
deep, rotun6 and resonant that she might
well be c'assed as "a female baritone. !"
whatever that is. She surprised the audi.
ence by the dramatic character of her sing.
ing:
W. A. Potter's solo Hope Shall Lead
Me On followed. He is generously gifted
with vocal power that wili bear hard usage.
He sings with more of vigor than feeling.
and with mixed voices would prove an
especially serviceable singer.
Miss Lizzie Lynn was next on the pre-
gramme to sing 20 Milo Fernando" She
has natural good soprano quality, and con-
siderable power and sweetness of tone.
She had the misfortune to come into COM
petition with the fire bells and whistles.
which embarrassed her, as they might
have done an old experienced vocalist.
Miss Emma Felter sang "Erpani Invo-
lami" No local voice has shown more
desirable development than Miss Felters
soprano in the last two years. 1t has
purity of tone, and if there is not fervor, it
is still strongly sympathetic and admira-
bly, suited to the chamber concert stage.
The secret of its pleasing is the intelligence
with which it is handled, and the compre.
hension of the thought of the music by
the singer-of that her singing convinces
the hearer.
Mr.. J. Desmond. tenor sang 'Star of Nv
Heart" with great sweetness. His voice is
one of fine quality, melodic, full of feeling.
and pure light tenor with the best notes
in the upper register. A tendency to make
all his tones tremolo. if suppressed, will
add greatly to their charms and beauty.
and free them of any tinge of throatiness.
Miss Adol6ne Kaibel sang "The Carnival
of Venice" with variations. Hers is So
prano that almost defies description. Her
execution is fautless. 1t light voice, not
truly melodic, but so cunningly handled
as to excite smiles and admiration on all
sides. One compared her voice to that of a
bird in tree top singing because it could
not help it; another to u fine violin touched
lightly by skilled player who feared to
WOO from il the most cunning" combine
ton of tone. She is letter perfect, so accu-
rate is this apparently fragile singer Her
voice, as it ripples and dances in a perfect
maze of cadenzas that are more accurate
than musical, seems to say, "See how easy
it is, how delightful ii is, how reyel in
it." Altogether, Miss Kaibel is a singer
who can confound the critics and stop their
mouths, though tempted to be never so
severe.
The recital was an entire success and
creditsble to all concerned, aud was a per-
feet floral benefit to the singers. One not
able thing about it was-one that could not
escape attention-that the teacher had in
spireH every performer with the confidence
and self-reliauce that is a marked trait in
his own character, and is indispensable in
a singer, and becomes fault only when it
runs into assurance.