The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-27
TIE kAWlIANi0 CONCERT
IL Breaks the Record-An En-.
fhusiastic Audience Demand
Ten Eucores.

The concert on Saturday evening at
kawaiahao Church for the benefit OF
kawaiahao Seminary was as a whole
a most enjoyable affair, everybody do
Ing his best to please the public. 1t
deserved fuller house, for at the low
| admission almost everybody could at
tend, but, nevertheless, quite a sum
will be realized. The opening was
finely played by Mr.. Berger's orches-
ira. The first choruses by the girls
were sung sweetly, as only natives
melodies can be sung, but we missed
| the middle voices. There was too
much melody and not enough har-
| mOny, but the reason was that the
| girls who left the school, finishing
| their course last year, were mostly
| alto or tenor singers; nevertheless, the
| chOruses were well sung, the Orches-
| ira accompaniment being we'll sus-
| tanned and better than piano accom-
! paniment. Miss Greenwood, a new
| conner, sang with effect and feeling;
she was encored and sang popular
| song, which took the audience. Then
| the two sweet singers of the evening
| gave Il beautiful duet by Gounod,
which can only be so artisticaliy rem
| dered by such artists as Miss Dale and
| Miss Burgess. 1t is Il great treat to
| hear such singers. The ladies were of
course encored, and sang as a duet
THE Swanee River" with great eX-
Mr.. Wakefield's fine voice a great OPP
portunity. His voice is flexible, rich
and under good control, and he uses
it to great advantage There is not
the least uneasineSS or uncertainty in
the time. OF course he was encored
and responded. Miss Patty on the vio-
lin is novice to the public. She
played fine nOcturne, and was ably
assisted by her sister on the piano.
She was encored and responded with
a very beautiful simple air, which we
think was even better than the first.
Although Mr.. English was down on
the programme he did not sing on ac-
count of a severe cold, and of course
was excused.
Mrs. Patty, who has so often given
pleasure to Honolulu audiences, came
next and captured the house at once.
In her voice there is something so
pleasing that it ''goes at once to the
| right spot" and her unassuming man
ners assist her rendering which was
beautiful and true. The piano accom-
paniment by her daughter was good
and she was also encOred.
The Kamehameha Glee Club sang a
Hawaiian song, with MARBLE, with
great effect, as only these boys can do,
but one felt the same lack of the mid
die voices as in the case of the IA.
waiahao girls. Boys, don't neglect
the HarmOnics of Music. The MARBLE
was really unique, just like real
Swiss warbler. OF course there was
an encore.
Miss Burgess never sang better than
on Saturday evening last. She was
really another Patti in the alto line.
| Her piece, the beautiful aria of Ros-
sini's " Barber of Seville" was charm
ing, and it is rare to hear an alto voice
with such execution. Her trills and
staccatOs were listened to with great
admiration, and one hopes to hear her
again in such pieces as this air by
Rossini. AS an encore, she sang "a
| splendid song for contraltO, We'd
Better Bide Vice." with touching
effect.
Next came Mr.. Ordway with his
guitar. He came and played and con-
quered. 1t is really astonishing what
Mr.. Ordway can do on this inferior
instrument. You really forget that
you hear a guitar, and only admire
his marvellous execution. Mr.. Ord
way was twice encored.
Mrs. Barlow, a new conner, recited
a comic selection with great effect for
the listeners near by, but the audience
in the back part of the house could
not catch on, as they could not hear.
We hope, in the near future, to hear
Mrs. Barlow again under more favor
able circumstances.
Mr.. Barsotti followed with a beau
tiful flute solo-the most difficult piece
in the whole evenings concert-and
he played with brilliant execution,
and deserves great praise for under
taking such work and letting people
really know how much music there
is in flute after all.
Then came the quintette, which was
well rendered. Mr.. English, although
hoarse, sang his second bass part well,
and Mr.. Booth, tenor, gave his diff
cult part with firmness. Such old
madrigals are not easy, and the ladies
and gentlemen deserve praise for CIV
ing the audience such piece of re.
fined music.
The concluding piece was sang by the
Kawaiahao girls better than the first
and pleased their audience. Their
fresh voices are always heard to adj
vantage in such jolly choruses as the
last.
Miss Castle deserves special
praise for the effective manner in
which she accompanied the various
songs. She is always ready to help il
every kind of entertainment.
Bandmaster Berger directed the or
chestra and choruses and helped tC
play the piano, and made himself gen
orally useful, doing, as always, much
to make the entertainment q success,
as it surely was. We hope to hear
more concdrls of this kind, for nothing
elevates the mind so much as good
music.
Thanks are due to all who assisted
in any way, as there was not hitch
or bad number in the whole affair.