Evening star., 1897-02-06

IL Gives Brilliant Performance to 81
Large Audience.

An audience. large in numbers and thor
ougnly appreciative, attended the second
concert of the season of the Washington
String Orchestra. conducted by Mr.. Ernest
Lent, last evening. at the Cnversallst
Church. A program unusually artistic and
pleasing was presented, some of the num-
bers being particularly ambitious, but all
were most creditably interpreted. and as
whole the concert was extremely crafty
ing TO the multitude o. friends of the
young and popular organization. The So
loists of the evening We're Miss Emile Rus
sell. soprano; Mrs. Frances Hempstonc
contralto: Miss Elizabeth Gardner. pianist.
and Miss Louise Carson. Miss Grace Hop
kinS. Mr.. FitZhUgh Goldsborough and Mr.
Andre Dumaine. Violinists They all ac-
quilted themselves creditably, the efforts
OF Mrs. Hempstone Miss Gardner, Miss
Carson and Mr.. Goldsborough being worthy
of special mention. Several of the sooists
were rewarded with floral remembrances
Mrs. Hempstone sang dHardelot's With
out Thee and Mr.. Lent's Longing" Mr.
Goldsboroughs number was Mendelssohn's $
andante from the violin concerto Miss
Hopkins played Martens ''Polonaise =
Miss Gardner interpreted Chamnade's $
'Concertstueck." Miss Russell sang the
aria from Saint-Saens' Samson and Deli
lah, Mr.. Dumaine played Mr.. Lent's
Second Album Leaf, and Miss Carson
de Beriots 'Fantasie Ballet
Inc orchestra showed the result of care
ful training and conscientious rehearsals in
double and d single number, with pianos
and triple number without piano. The
selections. which were all favorably re-
ceived, comprised "Marche Salennelle." by
Edward A. Lovy: "Mazurek," by Pade-
rewski: Heart Wounds" by Edward
Grieg: 'Narcissus." by Ethelbert Nevin:
Norwegian Dance" by Edward Grieg
and the Hungarian Dance" by Chovan.
Galterman's "Religioso, for eight vio-
lincelios. by Misses Scho,t. like and
Nieser and Messrs. DOYLE E. A. Finckel.
+. Finckel like and DR.. Seibert, was a
feature Of the program. Mr.. Lent was an
ideal accompanist for all the sooists.
The officers of the orchestra are Dr.
Frank T. Howe. PRESIDENT William f..
Holcomb, treasurer. and Paul F'inckel cor
responding secretary The members who
participated in the concert last evening
were.
Niolin5-Misses Louise Carson. Nellie
Carson. Mary f. Clements. Annie Craieh n
ton, Anna Davidge, Blanche Durfee, Agnes
FLYNN, Lily Gerry, Bessie Ha;lmann, Grace
Hopkins. Pauline Isemann. Florence H.
King, Roberta Lakeland Florence Morrill,.
Elizabeth Sloan. Florence Stevens. Alma
n. wilson and Messrs. John Alden. T. b.
Amiss, jr.. Robert Barringer. Leon Cohen,
Andre DunIaine. Josef Finckel, Alfred b.
Gawl@r. FItzhugh Goldsborough William
T. HolcoTb, Geo. Hunt, Edward A. Lovy,
Ambros@ G.. Moore. Tyler Nordlinger Ed
win Rich. r. w. Roberts, Thos. f. Rogers.
Edward White. Clarence W. Whitmore L.
F Won Wimpffen. Violas-Miss Maud Sc
wall. and Messrs. G.. K. F!nckel, Harry
Click. w. ID. Hadger. Oh. Mitchell Julius
tlke- Fioloncelos-Mis Schott Anna
tlke. Florence Nieser. Gen. r. G. Dyren-
forth, and Messrs. William Doyle, f. A.
ftnckel. Paul Finckel DR.. Z. G. Seiber,
and Mr.. Julius Jlke. Double basses-
Messrs. Chr. Feige. Ben. Isemann Dore
Wolfsteiner. Pianos-Misses Katie Ander.
son. Mabel F. Brown, Rebecca Chandler
DalZle Hammer, Roberta Luckett, Rena
PhiIlipa