The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-12-25
Z he Madame Fry Concert Com
many.

Z he Madame Fry Concert COM
pany.
The gratitude ofSalisbury's apprecla-
i've music lovers is, doubtlessly, deeply
Telt. as it is highly due, to the Choral
Union for contracting with this talented,
troupe of lady artists to
give a concert here. Their vocal quar-
tettes were sung in the refreshing n
CopeHa style-that is, without insTu-
mental accompaniment-in which MODE
only. can purity and polish OF tone. true
soulful expression and intel
ligible enunciation-such as thelr's-be
acquired and presented. Each quartefte
the select audience az IN
a sweetly poetic and serenely musicai
dream whose Awakening close was SIM
ultaneous with unbounded applause.
Miss Cheney, the dramatic elocutlon-
list. captured the audience at once oy
her personal magnetism; and her effer-
vescence was so clean, her earnestness
SO genuine, her enunciation SO clear,
her dramatic action so natural and pro-
nounced that she diffused such radia-
ton of continuous merriment in the
heads and hearts of the audience as put
her and them on the best familiar terms
with one another, from first to last.
and, hence, the would be carping critic
was literally compelled to dash down
his pen and throw up his hands. -
The ensemble performance of their
string quartettes was astoundingly de-
lightful. The phrasing was marked
and extremely distinct. They play in
perfect accord, yet all could recognize
the decided individuality Of each per-
former; but their individualities. blend
and harmonic so completely, and with
such verve and abandon that they
seemed to be actuated by but one i'm
pulse.
Miss Lula Fry's flute solo ranks her
a peer among the best flute soloists in
America. Her purity of tone and mar
velous facility in execution were effect
lively illustrated in the rendition Of the
difficult Air Vdrie she selected: and es-
pecially so, with her fingers chilled, on
that terrible cold night, with no fire in
the dressing rooms!
Miss Alta Fry's violin solos aroused
the audience into full realization of her
merits as a virtuoso violiuist' Her
tone is singularly broad, rich and full;
flawless in purity and rarely sympa-
thetic; while her technique and veloci-
ty are sensational.
Among the string of eleven gems of
the programme, with several generous
responses to encores, it is difficult to
discriminate: but the vocal solos by
Miss Eugenia Fry. with flute obligato
by her sister Lula, seemed to be the
''first water'' gem. 1t was intensely
enjoyed and furiously encored: and its
response, "Would Y ou?'' was exquisite
in music and humor.
The piano was only used to accom-
pany the three solo numbers, and in
this work Madame Fry gave eminent
evidence of true culture in the qualities
necessary in good accompanist, some
of which are sympathy, executive abil-
ty and that selfdenial which refrains
from overshadowing and obscuring the
soloist and merges self exhibition into
a identifying harmonic support of the
soloist to enhance the general effect re-
serving individual power for the inter-
ludes.
Such delightful ''all round" enter.
tainment, wholly by ladies-obviously
of the best type ofwomanhood-it may
never be our good fortune to njoy
again. Yet, who knows The worle
of musical art advances rapidly of late
years and these ladies are giving the
forward movement very wholesome
imputus.
The above is taken from the Sails
bury Herald of last week. AS ha
been announced heretofore MADAME
Fry's Concert Company will appea
at Burwell Hall next Saturday even
ing.
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