Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-12
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Los ANGELES THEATER.-The Ellis
club gave the first concert of the fifth
season last night at the Los Angeles
theater. The audience was composed ol
music lovers and filed the house, both
down stairs and in the balcony.
The entertainment was up to the mark
of the concerts of pastsyears. The club
has set high standard, and the work
done is way beyond any other amateur
efforts in the musical line in the city.
1t may be that the well-earned laurels
of previous years has caused slight
diminution of vigor, but the unpreju-
diced auditor could not help feeling that
it would be desirable to have little
more swing and dash. There seemed to
be an attempt to refine beyond the
limits when vigor is an element, and
the ensemble lost by just that much.
The numbers of the programme were
given faultlessly in execution and time,
and some of them were perfect gems.
Without descanting upon points of
technique, the chorus of male voices is
one of the best drilled and admirably
conducted that our music-loving people
have had the good fortune to hear. Ow-
ing to a well-known rule of the club,
there were no encores of the numbers
given by the club, but it was not
through any lack of recognition OF the
delicious music given by them.
Miss Hattie Knickerbocker made de-
cided hit in the two soprano solos she
sang. The first was in the beautiful
score by Hermann Mohr, To the Genius
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from Tannhauser, Elizabeth's Prayer.
In both she was recalled, and only in
creased the pleasant impression her
beautiful voice had given before. Her
voice is q decided acquisition to the
musical circle of Los Angeles. 1t has
volume, is clear as bell, and sweet.
Mr.. H. Burton conducted in his beet
style, the accompanies being Miss Mary
L. O'Donougue and Mr.. T. W. Wilde.
The following is the programme:
| Battle hymn, R. Wagner.
| To the Genius of Music, Hermann Mohr.
| One May Day, N. ii. Allen.
| springtide, 4. Becker.
Reveries, A. NJ 6t0rch.
| Hunters Joy, Astbolz.
March, v. X. Becker.
| Bugle song, Dudley Buck.
come Iove f5oyss co%ye H. Nedlinger
| In the Storm, Edwin Schultz.
| Huzza, Dudley Buck.
This evening and during the remain
der of the week Charles Dickson, the
we'll known light comedian, will be seen
in Mrs. Pacheco's play, Incog, in which
| he has won q most enviable reputation
as star. Mr.. Dickson's company is
said to be made up of unusually capable
| people.
Each evening curtain raiser will be
played, two being billed for the week, in
each of which Mr.. Dickson is said to do
remarkably fine work.
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TURNER HALL-One of the attractions
with Turner's English girls that appear
at the Turnverein hall January 18th, is
| Miss Nellie Russell, the character dan.
Ger. Miss Nellie Russell will introduce
I the serpentine dance. 1t cannot here
be adequately described. Miss Rus
| sells costume required no less than 130
yards of the finest gauzy, glittering
white silk, but so wonderfully modelled
that it is apparently a simple empire
gown, the long skirt reaching to the
floor. The dance PRESENTS most capti-
waiting appearance in the marvellous
costume, her loosened hair softly franz
| ing her glowing, youthful face. She
forms picture OF demure grace and on
disclosing her first picturesque pose the
effect is electric. Slowly the great skirt
unfolds, soft billowy masses of white
silk rise and fall, assuming the snake
like coils and fascinating curves which
the title serpentine 30 aptly describes.
| When the dance ls most bewildering the
dancer disappears only to return and
still more enchain the delighted senses.
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UNITY CHURCH-Prof. LIE Conte de-
livered his lecture on the Ice Age in
California before much larger audi
ence than usual in the Unity church
last night. This lecture was originally
to have been delivered in two parts, but
by special request he condensed it into
one talk, and will tomorrow evening
deliver a lecture entitled Some Con-
trasts OF Material Evolution and Human
Progress.
ILLINOIS HALL.-Professor Buchanan's
lecture tonight at Illinois hall is one
that must interest every intelligent and
liberal thinker. DR.. Buchanan has
stood so long in the front rank of inves-
tigators and has done 80 much in the
original, that the audience may expect
from him something to stir and interest
them.
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