The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-27
THE SHUBERT CONCERT
Most Successful in the Soeiety's
History-Work of Chorus
and SoloistS.

No one could doubt the popularity of the
Shubert Glee Club, who attended their first
concert of the season last night and saw the
crowds which thronged the Tabernacle in
spite of the wind and rain. Faint applause
greeted the club as they assembled the plat
form and it became a little less faint as pre-
cisely two minutes and a half later, Mr..
Victor Baier took up his baton. 1t did not
take the club long to wake up the audience
and make them as enthusiastic as before
they had been passive. The club has i'm
proved wonderfully since the opening of last
season and they did some particularly fine
work last night. The attacks showed the
excellent training which Mr.. Dressler gave
the club last year and which Mr.. Baier has
augmented with severe drilling. The
crescendos and ~diminuendos were ex
cellent. The tenors are still rather
weak in comparison with the BASES, and
their high notes are at times somewhat
shrill.
The club singing as a whole is tuneful and
pleasing. The songs in which the BASES
audience, although Beloved, I Wait for
Thee Here with a tenor solo by Mr.. Sgd
oine s.. Jordan, was enthusiastically ap-
plauded. The club suspended one of their
rules twice last night in allowing Beloved,
| Wait for Thee Here, and Thanksgiving"
with an incidental solo by Mr.. Frederick C..
Clerihew to be encored. The last-named
song shared the honors, in the judgment of
the audience, with Mr.. Emile Knelps cello
solo, Dunkler's Caprice Hongroise.n
Mr.. Jordan's voice is sweet and clear, and
he sang his solo well. The club sang an ac-
compartment to the song.
In Thanksgiving" with the solo by Mr..
Clerihew, the club did their best work. The
song was accompanied by string orchestra of
SeidIs musicians, piano and organ. Through
out the piece there was a rich volume of
sound and it was evident that every per-
former was doing his best. Mr.. Clerihew
sang his solo excellently. His voice is rich
and powerful and filled the house. He sang
alphabetically and made the most of the
song.
ment to the audience. Her choice OF songs
was unfortunate and there was a sameness
about them which was not justified by any
particular melody in any of them. Her
return to the stage was greeted by per-
functory applause. Miss Hike has a clear.
high voice but her singing is colo and
u~nsympatbetic. Her songs were: fla
Libellule" by c.. Saint Saens, Gin der
F~ruhlingsnacht by B. O. Klein, and Under
the Juniper Tree,'' by Hollaender. She was
ably accompanied by Mr.. Louis r. Dressler.
Mr.. Emile Knell is a master of the cello.
His touch is mastery and he plays with ex-
preston. In the first two pieces, .'Ro-
mama" by Fisher, and la Cinquantaine."
by Marie. Mr.. Knell was accompanied by
the string orchestra. In the last, the
Caprice Hongroise," by Dunkler, Mr..
Baier was accompanist.
The concert on the whole was the best the
club has given in some years. 1t would
add much to the enjoyment of the next con-
cert if the club would devise some way in
the meantime Of shortening the long waits
and arranging the instruments SO as to
consume less time.