Evening journal., 1892-05-25
A PLEASING CONCERT.
The Singing and the Music of the Tues
day club Delightful, Diversified.

The Singing and the Music of the Tues
day club Delightful, Diversified.
The floral concert given by the Tuesday
Club at the Opera House last night was
probably the most successful as IL was
the most pleasing, attempt the club has
made 10 give the public musical treat.
The scores We're within the reach Of the
singers and the voices were not strained,
the music was sufficiently diversified to
prevent a mixed audience, not acquainted
with thorough bass, from feeling IA sense
of weariness.
The arrangement of the stage was
made agreeable TO the eye as well ass com
venient and effective for the voices. The
soloists stood. when singing far 90 the
front SO that there was every facility for
their voices to fin the hail. The potted
plants formed base ON either side of the
stage for an arch of festooned drapery
of green and white which was a relief TO
| the eye and a chaste decoration.
/ The orchestration was excellent not
/ too low, not too loud; but the feature i'm
/ the Ninety fifth Psalm was the duet by
/ Miss May Brown and Miss Bella Wales.
Their singing attracted the first applause
from an audience composed chiefly of
women and not therefore quick or liberal
in demonstrations of appreciation.
| These young women sang exceedingly
we'll The voice of Miss Wales having
timbre and strength of promising quail
ties
The concert was in three parts, three
compositions being on the program: Th'
Nneiy-ffth Psalm by MendelssOhn
Three Seasons. by Weber and Staba
Mater. bv Rossini The soloists were
Mrs William L. Smalley, Jr soprano
Miss Emma Lore, contralto; Leonard r
Auty of Philadelphia. tenor, and DR. b
Merrill HOpkinson of Baltimore, baritone
After the soprano duet of the first
number by Misses Brown and Wales
the audience and the musicians were
thoroughly i'm sympathy and the eXqm.
site music fell in loving cadences f,
listening ears.
Mrs W. f. Smalley, Jr, was in excel
lent voice and sang with ease and pre-
cision rare even for so cultivated an
artist as she and grateful to the
audience
Miss Emma Lore sang with effect anl
correctness. but still did not do her voic
and rare musical skill fun justice
One is accustomed to so much straininl
and efforts at effects that it is particular
pleasing TO enjoy a song where the scor
is elevated, the singers selfsubjugate
or eliminated.
OF the two male soloists. Leonard j
Auty, tenor, of Philadelphia, is an oh
favorite, and his singing last night wi
enhance his fame, while Dr. B. M. HoT
kinson, baritone, of Baltimore, will 500
become a favorite. Both sang well Lik
nearly all men singers they articulate
their words.
T The audience was large and apprecii
tive, the lower part of the house shown
but few vacant seats
As suggested some time ago by tn
EVENING JOURNAL the TuesdayClub vii
make a greater effort than has ever bee
made heretofore to develop soloists
excite, assist and reward individua
effort Choral singing is admirable am
beautiful; it is more pleasing, more eiie'
! tive, and more difficult. but it cannot reac
! its best estate without the confidence an
! Independent strength which belongs to
voice which is trained TO depend who'll
, on itself.