The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-23

Another Delightful Lv3cilg at the
Opera E0l-e.

The CONCERT given DO Saturday
evening 10y Mr.. Mn,in aad hi- tai
ent4l associates drew q still larger
audieare than before EsrrF seat
was taken Tie French say,
'L'app. titveat III tn+ngealt,' md 1t
seems that wu-4 reajiy good music
Is provided the Honolulu appetite IS
Unsuitable. 1t must be a severe tax
on the good nature Of the artists to
play encore after encore, especially
as they are uuaccUstomed t. orr eli
mate; but the audience was not to be
contradicted. So high did the EN-
thusiasm run that on one or two &C
casions an outburst of applause inter
fered with the music. However, 1t
must be admitted that such large
and delighted audiences as have
greeted Mr.. Musin cannot fail to en-
courage other artists to visit Homo
lulu, SO that we may enjoy from time
to time at least, an echo Of tie music
of the world. The programme opened
with the overture from Norma, played
by the Royal Hawaiian Orchestra.
Mr.. Berger may surely be compll-
mented on having succeeded SO far
with his orchestra that it may be &C
ceptably heard in concerts Of the
highest order Listening to the visit
ing artists should spur our own mu-
sicians to even greater effort, so that
next time Mr. Musin passes through
Honolulu the performance Of the
orchestra may be still better than to-
day. Honolulu is proud of its band,
and justly 50, and many musical
ear is listening and rejoicing in the
distinct improvement noticeable in
the work accomplished.
Herr Scharf played LISTS Polon-
aise in + with brilliancy and accur-
acy. We have but rare opportunities
of hearing these masterpieces of
piano music. Nobody, however, with
the most meager training could fail
to follow the weird harmOnies and
conceptions Of the illustrious able.
At first the cadences seem perhaps
unnatural and not particularly
suggestive, but before the conclusion
is reached we discover that whenever
our ears fail to discern the musical
connection in passage, the apparent
harshness is but transltory, and
through it we are led to soul satisfy
ing strains and harmonicS. In res
ponse to an enthusiastic encore, Herr
Scharf played a delightful valse, by
Raft, much after the style Of Chopin
full of intricate harmonies and sUs'
pensions sweet in their resolution.
Madame Annie Louise Tanner
Musin, in an Air and Variations, by
Proch, astonished the house by hel
marvellous technique. The ease anC
unerring accuracy with which
she sings the highest staccato pas
sages are perfectly astonishing
More than once the audience broke
in upon the song, incapable Of re
strain1ng the manifestation of awak
ened delight; and at the conclusion
of the number the charming singer
gave as an encore a dainty little bal
lad by Meyer Helmund, THE Doubl,
Loss"
Mr.. Musin held the audience sim
ply spell-bound while he played hi
Caprice No. 1. His complete mas
terry over the bow-his faultless tone
his most delicate treatment Of ever,
subject-all, IN fact, that goes t.
make a great virtuoso are character
istics of his playing. The compost
ton is one that calls upon ever
power of the artist, a kind of gips
dance recurring throughout an
catching the ear irresistibly. AS al
encore NJ. Musin played Bocherini'
well-known Minuet. He used til
sordino. The piano was played pi
anissimo and the whole piece sounC
ed as if it came from the skies, a
though no note was missing.
The duo from "Pro auxclercs" CAV
opportunity for another display c
Madame Musin's vocal techniqu
and compass. The + in altissim
was as clear and true as one gener
orally hears the note an octay
lower.
In Rubinstein'5 Tarantelle Her
Scharf electrified his hearers, man
of whom watched his vanishing fl
gers skim over the keys with opel
mouthed astonishment Too muc
cannot be said Of this gifted arts
Conscientious and exact, but bri
liant, he plays the most difficult MI
sic with a facility which makes
seem comparatively easy. "Ars e!
celare artem." The height of art
to hide the ant.
In her next appearance, Madam
Musin charmed us all with a poutin
little ballad-about the hardship
having to go to bed by daylight. v
, shall long remember the extren
pleasure this lady has afforded.
Rats Cavatina is often heard, bl
! not as it was played last night. 1T
) Fly" by Bohm, is witty imitatic
of the buzz Of that disturber Of afte
noon repose. Finally, iii Il
Mazurka, NJ. Musin opened the foe
gates of his technical powers, and Il
audience were looking at each 9th,
and at the artist as if to assure ther
t selves that the music was really pr
duced by one instrument. The piz2
cati passages, in which the bow az
eight fingers took individual part
may we'll cause surprise in those WI
heard them for the first time.
1t was announced that II. Mus
e had consented to give another co
oa,,t on 'Tbuvslor- ovoDi,,rs ,,aVt