The Portland daily press., 1890-11-13
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE HAYDN ASSOCIATION.

AN audience composed of leading musical
ana fashionable people completely filled
Congress Hall last evening on the occasion
OF the Haydn Association concert. The
programme was published in yesterdays
PPEss. The first part of the entertainment
consisted of miscellaneous concert of six
numbers. The opening selection, a piano
duet, by Messrs. KOtzschmar and Harvey
Murray, was, as can well be imagined, a de-
lightful Interpretation of Kelley's .'Royal
Gaelic March" from Macbeth, and Shelley's
Dance of Egyptian Maidens" The Schu-
bert Quartette sang Bucks SIN Absence"
with much expression, and Miss Rice's
rlch, sympathetic voice found great field for
expression in Moncrieff's "a Creole Love
song" A bright and charming selection
was BargiePs dragon Flies" by Misses
knight and Kicker and Mrs, Morrison. Mr..
Welch's fine baritone rendered Bucks "Sun-
set" with great feeling and dignity, and the
closing number of the concert by the Haydn
Quartette-Misses Knight and Kicker, and
Messrs. Cushing and Nickerson-"G
Night Beloved" was so beautifully and ar
tistically rendered that the audience COM
PEELED the Quartette to accept an encore and
favor them with another selection.
The main feature of the evening was
Smart's bride of Dunkerron." musical
cantata. and we must confess to a slight
feeling of disappointment in the work. 1t
has some numbers that display much inge-
nuity of construction, others that are re-
minders of operas like "The Lily of Killar-
ney" and Mariana" and few that pos
sess the rhythmical swing of the surges of the
sea. But, taken as a whole. 1t seems TO be
more pretentious in character than is borne
| out in the composition. The accompani-
ments, throughout the cantata, are one of its
best features. They possess subtle beauty
| of their own and the charm was fully en-
phasized by that admirable pianist and ac-
companist Mr.. Harvey Murray. The num-
Der that was sung by DR.. Nickerson, in
which are the words "Along the shore his
footsteps" displayed the best musical con-
struction in the whole work, and the accom-
iment was exceedingly fine and did not inter
fere with the voice. And here, we may say,
that this cantata especially needs the or
chestra to bring in all the figures which
mean so much in the authors work. The
three part female chorus, not far from the
close. was admirable. The duet by the
bride of Dunkerron" and the Lord of
Dunkerron," spirit Voices" with chorus,
was finely written, was original in figure,
had the best introduction of any number,
and was beautifully sung. The aria by the
Lord of Dunkerron, "She is Cone" was
given with much dramatic power, and one of
the most satisfying of the various numbers.
The tenor aria. 'The Full Moon is Beam
ing" was quite pretty, and the recitation
and aria by the Bride, with chorus accom-
| paniment, was very pleasing
Miss Allen was very satisfactory as the
Bride. and her clear, well trained soprano
appeared to great advantage. Mr.. Cushing,
as the Lord. and DR.. Nickerson as the Sea
! King, fully deserve high praise. Mr.. Kotz-
SEMINAR, as usual, welded the baton. The
Society will now take up "The Light of
Asia" 1t is pity that our local singers dc
not press forward and enter the Society and
keep up its old prestige. In Brunswick
there is good chorus of 80, Yarmouth has a
fine society of 100 voices, and Lewiston will
shortly have one of hundred.
FEDORA.
Tomorrow and Saturday evenings the cele.
brated actress Fanny Davenport, supported
by Mr.. Mcdowell and strong company
will produce Fedora" the great New York
success, at Portland Theatre. Her energy is
revelation to many, ard when she rises to
the height of the tragedy she is enacting heI
realism is painful. Her sunny presence
her inspired acting of the light hearted and
frolcsome girl in the first act put her on
good terms with her audience at once, and
her intense portrayal Of agony caused by the
suffering of her lover, which came about
through her frivolous waywardness, thrilled
her auditors and held the sense at the high
est pitch OF excitement throughout. 1t is an
exceedingly clever piece of acting, and
would win favor anywhere. Bernhardt
startled Paris and London by her tragic
skill in this part.
| MRS. FRANK LESLIE.
This charming woman, the publisher and
editor of the celebrated illustrated paper
Frank Leslie's," will appear in the Stock
bridge course tonight. and will deliver hel
lecture entitled "Royal Leaders of Society,"
Mrs. Leslie is said to be not only woman
of great beauty and refinement of manner
and suberb dresser, but her literary gift.
are of high order, and her lecture exceed
ingly entertaining and instructive. Mrs
Leslie travels in her own parlor car and al
along the route from Chicago has been the
recipient of much social attention and many
receptions from prominent people. Tickets
for the lecture, the fourth Stockbridge. car
be had at Stockbridge's today.
MR.. BRYToN's NEW PIECE.
Next Monday evening Mr.. Bryton comes to
Portland In his new comedy drama "Jim,
and is said by those who have witnessed il
to be by far the best creation which Mr.
Bryton has ever essayed. James Errol
lived in the West for 10 years. Not to graft
fly ambition, not because of any wildness OF
youthful folly. Duty, that is his own con
fession, duty to the old father and mother
who had loved him and taught him to be the
man he was; who, living to see him grow in.
to handsome young fellow of %, saw their
| fortune melt away and bankruptcy come up-
| on them. The old man died from the shock,
| but the mother fingered. clinging to life be-
cause of her boy. But "Jim" rose to meet
the crisis; she would pay every dollar" he
| said. How he did so forms the plot OF
very entertaining piece.
| NOTES.
The last performance Of Apple orchard
Farm" was given last night.
| Be sure and see the company now playing
at the Bijou There will be change OF Dill
| tonight.
"a Winning Hand" announced for per-
Torrance at Portland Theatre tonight, has
| been cancelled.
1.-THE Idler," new and original play In
| four acts, written by G. Hadden Chambers
of London, author of captain Swift" was
produced for the first time at the Lyceum
| Theatre, New York, Tuesday night. The
theatre was crowded. The play was we'll re-
ceived. Manager Daniel Frohman was
called before the curtain at the end Of the
third act.
Portland Lodge r. & A. M.