The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-10
H0LLIHS POST GRADUATE RECITAL
A Most Delightful Programme
Rendered Last Night.
Misses Fannie Howser and Ola Park
Graduates and Postcard ustes In Music
Gave an Entertainment in the Way OF
an Organ and Piano Recital of the
First Order-xhc Young Ladies' Are
Real Musicians.

HoLLINs. Va, May 9.-(SpecisD.-
Misses Fannie Howser and Ola Park,
graduates and post-gradustes in music
of Hollins Institute, entertained their
friends In the college chapel last even
Ing with an organ and piano recital of
the 6rst order. The concers was gem.
Both young ladies have our hearty COM
mendation for the artistic rendition of
their programme. The contrasting
effects In the different movements and
excellent technique showed that they
are real musicians.
The hrst number on the programme
was an organ solo, BAch's "rocata and
tugue." In ID minor, by Miss Houser.
AS IL was an unfamiliar number TO most
OF those presents, it did not receiye the
cordial applause which it deserved, yet
1t Is safe to say that those who heard the
excellent rendition of it will not forget
IT. The next number was Beethoven's
famous moonlight Sonats," by Miss
Park.
In Miss Park. Hollinu possesses
budding artist of already assured sue.
cess. In the difficult selec,i of her
sonata she seemed forgetful of the fact
that 80 many faces looked upon her
and throwing her whole soul into SYM.
pathy with the great composer, the in
depreciation of this masterpiece was
quite poetic: 1t was unlike many we
have heard before. II was not like that
of formal dancing mastor, and wa are
sure that Beethoven himself preferred
the tempo rubsto in the most proper
sense OF the word, as considered by CON.
texs and situation to the metionic
style Ia pendulum. II there were any
In the audience who doubted that such
masterpiece could be properly int ter
preted by 30 young q musician as Miss
Park their doubts were dispelled BY her
exquisite Interpretation.
Throughout tho playing of this sonata
one could not but DO impressed with the
IDEA that there was someone interpret
lDR from her own experience of the
sorrowful story another had written.
Almost sobbing at times the heart.
reaching tones were drawn sweetly and
softly from the keys under her beauti-
full touch. and then as the quickening
measures came there was q dash and a
vim which are seldom heard from music
pupils without the distressing noise
which takes from them their chief
beauty.
The other number of Miss Park.
concerto" In T sharp minor by Killer.
deserves the same praise as to reliable
technique and artistic playing.
Miss Howaer. who is Miss Parks peer.
surprised US with her performance as an
organiss. We knew her to be . gifted
pianist. but we were not aware Of her
talents In this direction. AZ already
stated her "Tocsta and Fugue" in D
minor, was success. To piay such A
composition with technique so finished
as she did. Is proof OF great Industry.
ana decided musical talent. Her use Of
the pedal in both the "Fugue" and final
from "Sonato." op. 81. by Guilmant, and
her general technique on this instru-
ment proved clearly that she has mas
tered 1t, and that she Is able to act as
organist In any church.
AS pianist, Miss Houser ia an ar.ist NJ
rare promise, as all MUS con cede who
heard her rendition Of Mendelseohn's
"Cappriccio." op. 35, and LISTS "Rhap.
sodie Hongroise," No. 6. Both were
given exquisitely, and were enthusiast
ticslly applauded. The rendition of the
"Rhspsodie" showed less noise and more
feeling than Is usual with fsiry-like
piano work aud grand fortissimo. The
crescsndo upon which the "Rhapsodie"