The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-26
LAST NIGHTS MUSIC.
Recital at the Lafayette Reformed
Church-Athletic Concert
The Black Patti.

The organ and violin recital at the
| Lafayette Reformed Church last night
deserves a high place among musical
events OF the season for the earnest and
scholarly tone OF the entire evening.
| The principals were Mr.. John Arnold
| Holland, violin, and Mr.. Louis Sherwood
at the organ, assisted by Miss Lucy F.
Nelson. soprano, and Mr.. Edward
Groeschel, tenor.
the action of the principals in selecting
all but one of their concerted numbers
| from the works of Rheinberger, resulted
in an evening whose general acone wa
| pleasing and in the best OF taste. RHEIMS
| berper's compositions are remarkable for
| always ~ssoundfng WE'LL" satisfying from
| the standpoint OF harmony and counter
| point, showing the experienced musician
| with good taste and au enthusiasm Tor dis
art. Yet one seldom finds anything strik-
| fugly original or tran~scendently beautiful
| in his many illusions. for lack OF develop
| ment of thought. In the "Eiegie," beau
| tiful as it iR. the composer has lost greatly
| by avoiding the expression of pain be-
| cause it is inartistfc. The opening over
| ture was one of the best numbers for the
| TWO instruments except that the organ
| was too subdued for the violin IN The
| fu0GtO part. Mr.. Sherwood's solo num-
| Der was Batiste's pleasant put somewhat
| eoIoriess .tOffertoire in D." which served
to display his admirable technique. The
sPasJorale'' for violin and organ was
| oiuen with much warmth of feeling, aud
| received deserved applause. OF the other
violin and organ numbers, the "Gigue"
| was a brilliant piece of execution. but
rather dry, aud the s'Elegie" one of the
| most successful of the evening. Mr..
| Holland was forced to acknowledge the
applause again and again at It's conclu-
siou.
as their numbers were especially we'll
| adapted to snow. Mr., Groeschel sang
.lt Was Not So To Be-" from Nessier's
HTrumpeter OF ~Sackingen," the sympa-
| thetic quality of his Voice lending Itself
with beautiful effect TO the manly anu
tender melody. But his most successful
num0er was Nevin's exquisite Before
the Day-Break,' Than which there could
not be a song more suited TO his powers.
In response 10 recalls. he sang For
sakenn ana ssThe Song My Mother
Sang
Miss Nelson ontdid herself three sep
arate time. The first was in "EiIzaoeth,s
Prayer from ..Tanuhauser.' Miss Mel
sou knows how to adjust the volume of
Der voice 60 the space TO be filled. aud as
the first notes of the aria came pealing
forth, the attention was fastened and
held TO the end. The second. a recall,
was Ries' "Spring Flowers" that must
have grown on climbing plants, they
| reached SO very high. The third
and greatest was Measurements "For
All Eternity" The abandon with which
! she entered upon the great climax
produced an effect absolutely electrify-
ing, and brought out sucn enthusiastic
applause that she was forced TO repeat it.
II possible. better h before. MI. Hol
land brought the evening TO a Close with
Bach's famous air for the G string. to
winch ne gave some OF his very best
work. The last note OF all was one Of
The best OF the evening.
The audience was thoroughly repre-