Evening star., 1894-04-02
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
The Concert of the Georgetown 0rches-
ira Tonight
The Choral Society Working Hard on
the OratoriO of "The Creation"
Other Interesting Items.

The last orchestral concert Of the season
In Washington viii be the performance by
the Georgetown Orchestra at Metzerott's
Music Hall this evening. The professional
organizations which come to this city pre-
sent more profound but no more pleasing
programs. Instead Of long symphony of
several movements, the Georgetown Or
chestra Will play such spirited pieces as
Mendelssohn's Wedding March, Scharwen-
ka's Polish Dance, Rubinstein's Feramors
Moskowskfs Serenata, etc. Three soloists
or unusual excellence will be heard Miss
Alice Z. Burbage will play Chopin polo
naise FOR piano with orchestral accompani-
ment and Liszt number. Mr.. Herman c.
Rakemann will play one movement of a
Wieniawski violin concerto, and Mrs. r.
Ortmann will sing the famous Mendelssohn
concert aria and group of songs. The or
chestra will have a large number Of per-
formers, and under Conductor Rakemanns
skillful direction the effects of full modern
instrumental ton will be well brought out.
The coming performance Of Haydn's great
oratorio, THE Creation" by the Choral So
ciety. April IL. at Convention Hall, has an
additional interest to the musical public of
Washington in that 1t will be the first ap-
pearance here of Miss Lillian Blauvelt,
whose superior voice and charming person.
alty nave made her one of the strongest
favorites now on the concert stage. Miss
Biauvelt is already one of the very fore
most or native singers, and with added
years bids fair to surpass all the others. Her
musical schooling has been of the best both
at home and abroad. Her last season in
Europe was as prima donna soprano at the
Royal opera House (Theater de la Mon
naie), Brussels. Mr.. William II. Rieger Is
one of the comparatively few really excel
lent tenors before the public, and his fine
voice will add much to the attractiveness
or the performance. DR.. b. Merrill Hop
kinson, the third member of the trio of
artists secured, Is an old Washington IA
vortte and will receive a warm welcome.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will
render efficient support to the chorus and
soloists Mr. Kaspar will direct and has
the chorus well prepared for it's part in the
performance. The advance sale of seats at
Metzerotts Is very large even thus early,
and at the present rate the ''standing-room-
only" sign will be in use the night of the
concert.
Prof. Maina's operatic concert. which is
fixed for April Is. at the Universalist
Church. promises to be one of the most at
tractive entertainments of the season. Be
sides his pupils in this city, three from his
Baltimore classes will participate in the pro-
gram, and to properly interpret the tenor
roles In the operate acts that will be given
he has secured Slgnor Montegriffo, who has
sung here several times, and whose ability
Is we'll known The third act from Faust
be presented. In the former the cast will
be: Faust. Sig Montegrifo: Seibel. Miss
Bertha Mailhouse of Baltimore; Martha,
Nine Pauline Montegrlffo-Malna Mephis-
topheles, Mr.. H. G. Meem, and Marguerite,
Miss Mary Helen Howe. In the "Trova-
tore" act Sig. Montegriffo will sing Manrico;
Sig. Maina. the Count di Luna, and Miss
Mamie Donnelly. Leonora. Besides these
excerps from opera. there will be baritone
solos-the Porter's Song from Martha" and
the Brown October Ale from Robin Hood
by Mr.. j. Osborne Clemson of Baltimore;
duet from "FavCrita" by Miss Mary Nc
Culloch and Signor Mama; the Romanza
from the "Cavalleria Rusticana," and the
Ave Maria from "Othello" by Mrs. John
Seager, and duet from the Barber of Sc
ville'' by Nine. Pauline Montegriffo-Maina
will be furnished by Prof. Harry w. How
ard, Miss Emily Hewlett and Miss Minnie
Malloy Of Baltimore.
The great French violnist, Henri Marteau,
who appears in concert in Washington
April Is, Is young man Of twenty years.
He has a fine physique, a noble bearing and
An extremely handsome face. He is born
artist, tnherlting his musical disposition
from his father, who was a violinist of
some prominence, and his mother, who was
a pupil of Clara Schumann. He began his
studying at the age Of five with competent
teachers, finishing at the Paris Conserva-
tory under Leonard. At all times his play
ing is simply exquisite and his tone warm
beautiful and full of fiery magnetism. His
mastery of the violin Is said to be equal in
every respect to that attained by Sarasati,
Paganini and Joachim. Nine. Luide who
will appear with Marteau, is considered the
successor to Annie Louise Carey. She has
a voice of phenomenal range, which she
handles with ease and grace. NJ Annie
Lachaume came to this country several
months ago as pianist and musical director
of the musical French play, without words
Il L'Enfant Prologue" His PLAYING quickly
gained him enthusiastic admirers, and when
he had completed his contract with that
company he was engaged to accompany
Marteau on his western and southern tour