Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-31
ADJUSTMENTS.

There were not seats enough in the
Los Angeles theater to accommodate th,
audience which assembled last evening
on the occasion of the concert of tn,
Treble Clef club. The lower part of tn,
house was filled long before the hour se
for the first number, and when the cur
tain rose, at O'Clock, nearly everyone
who is known in social and musical cir
cles was present. 1t was not an enthu
siastic audience, in fact, during the
rendition of the first two numbers on
the programme it was decidedly non,
chalant, but later in the evening shawed
out considerably, and was liberal in ap-
plauding each number.
The stage was tastefully decorated
with stands and baskets of cut flowers,
while around the footljghts growing
plants were arranged. The conductor's
platform and music rack was trimmed
with ivy and nilax, in which roses and
other cut flowers were placed. These
floral decorations and the pretty girls in
their dainty evening costumes. made a
beautiful picture.
The concert as a whole is not to be
compared with the former ones given by
this club. Some of the numbers, not
ably the second song, To the Sunshine,
and the third, Jack and Jill, are scarce
ly worthy the study and care bestowed
upon them. The first named is light
and airy, but possesses no especial
merit, while Jack and Jill is a
nonsensical thing and should not have
been given place on the programme.
The club could devote its energies to
better compositions without loss to it.
self or to those who attend its concerts.
The opening number, Visions, by
Josef Sucher, three part song, was
well rendered and deserved a warmer
expression from the audience than it re-
ceived.
Carl Reinecke's Loveliest Violet,
duett for soprano and alto, was very
well done. The Wagon, by Molloy,
concluded the first half of the pro-
gramme. This famous old song is a
favorite everywhere, but it was deserv-
ing OF better rendition. The club did
not seem to catch the spirit of the piece
and gave it too heavy tone. The at
tacks were bad and at one time several
OF the parts were at skies with Mrs.
Coles baton,
The second half of the programme was
opened by the Ave Maria from Mendel-
ssohn's unfinished opera Loreley, for
soprano solo and chorus accompaniment.
In this selection the club appeared to
much better advantage, and was COM
PEELED to repeat the number. Robert
Schumann's Gipsy Life was also we'll
done. In the Twenty-third Psalm of
Franz Schubert the club did not do
well. The first soprano was too light
tor the other parts, and the beautiful
harmony of the composition was not
brought out.
The next number was composition
by Frederick Il. Cowan, musical set
ting to the old nursery rhyme, "Lady
bird, lady bird, fly away home" etc.
The music, while light ahd almost
trif1ing, was hugely enjoyed and repeti-
ton demanded. The last number. Tue
Smiling Dawn, by Handel, was the best
of the evening.
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, the soloist of
the evening, was heard for the first time
in this city, and scored an instantaneous
success. She is the possessor of re-
markably beautiful soprano, which has
been highly cultivated and is under per
feet control. Her method is faultless.
and her style and marvellous execution
entitle her to prominent place among
the foremost concert singers OF the
country.
Miss Yaw has a charming manner.
and is entirely devoid of affectation,
virtue possessed by but too few public
singers nowadays. Her selections were
LEGO and the Russian Nightingale
song, both of which are admirably
suited to her style and voice. In LEGO
she displayed wonderful control over
the mezzo voce, giving the pianissimo
without effort or break in
tone SO they could be distinctly heard
in any part OF the house. In The Rus
sian Nightingale her marvellous dexter.
ity was manifested in the innumerable
runs and trills which place this piece
beyond the power of the ordinary vocal
st. For encores she gave Home, Sweet
Home, Coming Thro' the Rye and the
Last Rose of Summer, and the old
iavorites were sung in a charming and
artistic manner.
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