The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-22
THE MUSICAL WORLD.
Melopoia's Concert an Artistic Sue
cess-The Irish Festival.

The seasons third and last Melopoia
concert was held last night in the First
Baptist Church, Grove street, with a pre-
In spite of this fact the house was filed
by an audience those devotion was re-
warded by the best work on the best pro-
gramme presented this winter by the So
ciety. First of all should be mentioned
the faultless production OF "The Spanish
Gypsy Grip (Danrosch-L assen). The
difficulties, in which mu5ical crescendos
suddenly fall into htful pianissimo pas
sages, and which demands for its perfect
execution u conductor at once apprecia-
tive Of its sentiment and alive to It's intri-
cacy, and Il chorus with excellent voices
under excellent control. All these con
dltions were fulfilled, with the result
that the number was an u~ndoubted at
tistic success. E. N. Auderson's wind
Of Evening" should be given second place
for balance and d~elicacy of shading. ''The
Broker Pitcher" was u clever bit of frlv-
olity by Pontet-Edwards, clevcrly given,
and the careful phrasing in a Neapolitan
air, harmonized by Rees, made its rendi-
ton noteworthy.
Lassen's Il Feel Thy Presence" ar
ranged for soprano with hummtng ac-
compartment. owed Its success last night
to the rare sympathetic quality Of Miss
Katrina Green's voice. Miss Jennie Cleri-
hew was the other soloist from the club,
and gave '.Bohm's MY All" with the
success so beautiful a selection deserves.
AS IN encore she SANG Ppm Talking in
My Sleep"
Mr.. Purdon Robinson gave his best
work to the aria for baritone, "Dio Po-
sente." from Gonnod's Faust" Mr..
Robinson is a rarG uUiS-a baritone who
successfully brings grand opera iuto con-
certs. After several loud recalls, Mr..
Robinson RESPONDED with Margaret
Lang's Ghosts" Ciayton's 1T Love and
the Whole World is Mine" and a Might
Song" by Harris, were bracketed together
for his second number and brought out
"'Annie Laurie" for encore.
Mr.. WenZel A. Raboch was the violin
list of the evening. In the First Concerto
by De Beriot. the effect Of the weather on
violin strings was given n practical Illus
niarred by q slight harshness Of tone,
which wore off by the tiaal cadenza. Mr..
RaOoch also played successfully u reverie
and a bercese of his W composition,
and lie Papillons" of BONN. The ex-
ample given of his composition would in
long drawn out" carping critics might
say draw out too far.
Mrs. w. Hunter Brown and Mr.. Victor
Baier acted as accompanies.
IRISH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
The Lenox Lyceum, New York City,
was crowded Wednesday evening. the
occasion Of the annual musical festival of
The Gaelic Society. The feature of the
evening was the Irish Rhapsody" COM
posed by NJ. Victor Herbert. An excl
lent orchestra of fifty interpreted the
work, which shows no inconsiderable
power and origina | y. There are long
cadenza passages for the harp. which
Miss Inez Carusi played with great skill.
Miss Carusi received quite an ovation
When she appeared to play the old bardic
mir "O'Carolan's Rambles," with All ar
rapgemeht. of her own AS an encore
she gave LET 4 i'll Remember" Later
on she sa.,g the Jacobite title nj Gna-
dra" In Irish. with great pathos. Her
fine voice was heard again in 'The
Pretty G'rt Milking Her Cow" Thu
other soloi sts were Miss Carrie Hnn-King.
Miss Ju.la O'Conuell and Mss rs. Carl
f. Duff and Mckinley. Kerrigan, the
piper, was also there, setting every foot
a-tapping. Mr.. James S. Coleman pre-
sided and Chief Justice Joseph F. DAILY
made a brief speech.