The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-28
THE OLD CHURCH.
4 Fashionable Audience Gathered
There.
The Singing of the KawaiahaO
Giris-Nr. Berger, Hon. PauI
Esenber9 and Others As
sist-

Ike long waited for kawaiahao
Seminary concert came off Saturday
with great success, ht least, unsteady
speaking More tickets might have
been sold had it not been for the
Cleaners entertainment the night
before, and other counter attrac
tons. AS it was, the house was
comfortably filled and it was not too
warm. The audience was apprecia-
tive and at times enthusiastic. The
first number on the programme ::
"Enchan,ment," Herman. vas well
received by the audience and equally
we'll played by the Royal Hawaiian
Band. They did themselves better
justice than two weeks before in the
same place The chorus. 81 Wei
come we sing" Wiener, was agree
ably rendered by the Kawaiahao
girls. The public, and particularly
the Hawaiians, seem never to tire
of listening to their pleasant voices.
The Hawaiian songs are OF course
better understood by the natives, and
they listened with enthusiasm to the
Queens Jubilee" written for Vic
toria's jubilee by Her Majesty of
Hawaii, and prepared and sung by
the Seminary girls at one of their
concerts. It has always been a favor
tie with all nationalities here repre-
sented; I believe I may truthfully
say this was proved this time too,
for the young ladies must needs arise
again and give US two verses. The
solo, my Queen" Blumenthal, was
sung by Hon. Paul Isenberg in his
usual able style This gentleman,
with his German, robust tenor, made
the old house shake quite bring
ing it down, at least, not the stones
and, as usual also I believe, sang an
encore, "Knowest Thou the Land"
music to which has been composed
by so many masters. This lovely
selection, if [ mistake not, was writ
ten by Himmel. Mr.. Isenberg was
we'll accompanied by Mr.. English.
Now the girls of the first choral
class sang sweetly "The Dearest Spot
on Earth to me-" Benedict. Next,
all the girls sang Mrs. Haalelea's
words set to Naone's Music. I am
not able to judge Of the words, but 1
found the music pretty and lively,
we'll sung by the girls and well &C
companied by the orchestra.
Here the girls and orchestra took
a well earned recess of five minutes,
and began again with Full and Har-
monious," Knecken, the strains of
which foated through the house in
truly harmonious" style, barring a
few inharmonious notes from the
orchestral bass. In the ACCOMPANY
ments generally the orchestra did
very we'll indeed. The duet, 'On-
ward Benny Boat" was sung by
the First Choral Glass, and was un-
doubtedly more taking for the larger
number of voices. It has beautiful
and graceful swing to it, and the
girls sang it we'll enough for the
audience to wish it repeated, which
they accordingly did, and we'll, in
spite of some slight hitch in the
accompaniment at the outset which
happily did not upset the equili
brium of the girls, as might have
been expected. Egyptian Midnight
Parade" was listened to again with
pleasure. 1t is one of the prettiest
things 1 have heard the orchestra
play "The Song of the Hop
pickers," sung by the Kawaiahac
Seminary, was a cheerful, graceful
thing. The girls sang it with APP
probation, giving it some really
pretty touches. To me it was per
haps the gem of the evening
choruses. Queen Liliuokalani has
favored the country with another
composition. The audience took
kindly to it, calling for an encore
for which a part Of it was repeated
The piece was slow and sombre anG
rather weird in effect, as indeed sc
many of the native songs are. The
Hawaiian voice seems in fact better
adapted to slow, heavy movements
than to light and airy. These girls
however, with patient, faithful teach
ing have accomplished wonders IL
the use of the voice.
Miss Atherton's solo, Burst "
Apple Blossoms" Stephen Emery
was enthusiastically received. He
burst of melody began high in thu
air. One could scarcely hell
imagining the "apple blossoms
overhead suddenly opening snow.
and pink and diffusing thei
penetrating sweetness abroad. Ste
phen Emery's name recalled too
many days of harmony and theory
but not all irksome and dry
The encore which the house de
handed was short" crisp ant
Sweet" Accompanies and SOLOS
worked we'll together. The audi
ence longed for more but Miss Ath
erton gave us only bow. She GOV
cred not only herself but also Mis-
Patch with glory to whose teaching
she does credit
Finally the girls led us soc
blooming meadows" in a Cheerful
waltz movement.
Before closing I must give Mr.
Berger his due for hard and faithful
work in writing and arranging scores
to accompany the various choruses
The orchestral accompaniment die
him credit. And to Miss Patch TOT
must be handed a need of praise fo
her good and effectual work in drill
ing the girls through weeks an(
months of weary patience. Thei
voices showed her good work ring
| incr ont hnll- lilo thrnurh tho hnl1s.