The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-19
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4 MUSICAL EVENING.
Euterpe Chorus and Orchestra
at the Tabernaele-Brad-
ford Trio Uptown.

lOIU lIiO r.
The Euterpe Chorus and Orchestra of
Brooklyn, under the direction of Mr.. G.
Mortimer Wiske, gave a concert at the
Tabernacle last night for the benefit of the
Naverly Congregational Church.
The audience was neither very large nor
distinctively musical; the room was only
comfortably filled
Of the s~oloists, Mrs. Anna Burch, soprano,
Mr.. Henry Eyre Browne, organist, and Mr..
Frank Brown, bass, one can say little but
praise. OF the three Mrs. Burch claims the
first consideration. She made her entrance
with the difficult concert aria of Mendels-
sohn, "Infelice,n which would have over
weighted a voice less flexible, pure Of
quality and extended in range than hers,
but which served as the best possible intro
duction to the city. At the close the recalls
were imperative; Mrs. Burch returned
to bow again and again, finally singing
~bracketted Cowan's ''Snowiakes' with
Julian Jordan's "Love's Philosophy" Mrs.
Burch's voice quality is pure and true; her
tone production admirable, but it is thought
fulness of Interpretation and vivid coloring
that are the distinguishing features of her
singing. Mrs. Frank Brown sang the
''Armorer's Song" from Robin Hood, and a
nuIQOrOuS TSCdllb lldJ SulUtQ liz JIG dtllIl1l
ably. Although nature gave him a tenor
complexion, he is a basso, with unusual
fiexibility for a voice SO robust.
Mr.. Henry Eyre Brown is the organist of
the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Talmages church,
yet even upon the Jersey City ~Tabernacle's
organ, which has nothing like the capabilities
of the Brooklyn one, it was evident that he
is one of the best organists in this part of
the country. He played the Bach d Minor
toccata and fugue, and a somewhat inco-
coherent Fantasia de Concert of his own
composition, with recalls. He has something
the same clear-cut touch hat distinguishes
Claimants playing, n allows hin to use
the organ with almost the facility OF the
piano.
The Euterpe Orchestra occupied the stage,
under the direction of Mr.. Wiske. Its best
work was in the tone-poem, l. Roman de
Pierrot ct de Pierrette,' a charmingly writ
ten descriptive sketch by Burgmein. 1t
opens with Pierrot's serenade-strings pizzi-
cato and wood-wind. Pierette wakes, rises
and signals Pierrot that she will come down.
She comes and confesses her love for Plerrot,
he proposes marriage, and they avow their
perfect happiness. Then they celebrate their
betrothal and give a ball, with the assistance
of the tympani. A little more delicacy
would not have injured this number. But
then the Euterpe Orchestra plays the I'M
speakable Sousa marches, of which it gave
us DWC, dLu IL Jlidy AdNO OuShO 70 IhoO
bad habits. They appeared also in Merry
Wives of Windsor, +" and in Gillet's Echoes
from the Ball"
l nave put off saying anything about the
Euterpe chorus itself for all these para
graphs, but it has to be. done sometime.
After last night, let us no longer chide the
Schubert for the lapse of a fraction of a
tone. The main difference between the two
is that the Schubert is occasionally off the
key; the Euterpe is occasionally Oh. l know
not half their number was present, but since
they neglected to make this fact public in
anyway, not even on the programmes, it is
tie be supposed that they are willing to trust
their reputation with those who sang last
night. MI. Wiske conducted conscien-
tiously, and his chorus sang the notes, or
Appropriated them. So far, so good. Their
idea of a crescendo is a shout-of a dimuendo
they have no idea at all; the tenors fairly
caught up their tones; they make immensely
hard work of it. In vain might one listen
for the full, round tone of
swelling crescendo, the softly falling
decrescendo, the shading that puts a soul
into lead sounds. If we had not heard
"Bonny Fair One" before, it would have
been hard to distinguish the air from the
vocal accompaniment. 'sThey Kissed" was
sung fortissimo, every. note an explosion.
1.-THE Hunters March, was more pleasant.
Mr.. Wiske gave them the reins, and in the
t1mult of the orchestral accompaniment it
made no great difference how much they
shouted. But a chorus of the standing of
the Euterpe should certainly hesitate to give
any audience in this age of the world such
ragged work as that of last night. Some
things annot even be excused on the ground
of a residence in Brooklyn.
AT THE BERGEN BAPTIST HURCH
While this was going on, the Cecilia Brad
ford Trio was the leading attraction at a con-
cert given in the Bergen Baptist Church.
The young people who make up the TITO are
Cecilia Bradford, violin; Johnny Bradford,
flute, and Charlotte Bradford, who plays
violin, sings and recites. Cecilia is a
pupil of Camilla Urso. Her tone is good, she
does not scrape, and there is about her play
a certain repose that one would not OK
pect from her years. Her programme num-
bers were Nachez's "Zigennertauz" and a
Fantasia Hongroise of Hauser, both well
done. Johnny Bradford, who is still in
knickerbockers, comes near to being the star
of the company. He really succeeds in max
the flute a pleasant solo instrument. His
show piece was a mazurka de salon of Dop-
pley. Charlotte Bradford played in a violin
duet, with her sister, and recited several
Mr.. Arthur P. Preston opened the concert
with three organ member of such combined
as to suggest a recital. Mr.. Preston
PLAYS with some warmth, and the Sicilienne
from Mascagni's Cavaliers" Gn which he
had the assistance of as fine a vox humans as
there is in the city, was excellent, but it
would do him good to take a course of MOI
art with a metronome. He continually hur-
rles, and a steady, even tempo is to him a
thing unknown. His members included de
la Tombelle's ssMarche Pontifcale," the
Sicilienne mentioned, Lemmens Fanfare"
Gounod's tsMarche Solennelle,o and a Batiste
Miss Chamberlain, the contralto, has
a good upper and middle register, and pro
duces a full tone. She sang a ballad of
Harry Rowe Shelleys. Miss Blau, the So
prano, sang a pleasant little cuckoo song of
Abts. The attendance was good and
nearly all the reserved seats were sold.
AT I SING.
The Oratorio Society of Sing Sing, N. r.,