The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26
Artistic and Pleasing Success at the
PEOPLES


In spite of the temptation to remain
indoors last night a goodly number of
the musically inclined braved the first
snow storm of the season and assem-
bled at the Peoples church to hear the
concert given under the auspices of
the Schubert club. They were repaid
with pleasing programme interpreted
in q capable manner. The artists of
the evening were Mrs. Genevieve
Clark Wilson, soprano; Glenn P. Hall,
tenor; Clarence E. Hay, baritone; Miss
Eloise Shryock, pianiste. and Mrs.
Frank Hoffman, accompaniSt.
1t was not one of those ponderous
programmes that make people who
pretend to be enraptured belle their
looks. Neither was it a frothy affair,
without the substance of things hoped
for 1t was rather an .exemplification
Of that happy medium in the way of
musical entertainment which gives the
artist scope and an appreciative audi
ence pleasure.
In the absence of Mrs. Herman
Scheffer, who was unable to appear,
as originally announced, Miss ShryOck
contributed the piano solos. Miss
Shryock introduced the programme
with a bracket, comprising Grieg's
Itch Liebe Dich" and the Caprice
Alceste"-Gluck-S Saens. The latter
number met with the greater apprecia-
ton, affording a better opportunity for
the display of the pianist's technique.
Miss Shryock acquitted herself credit
ably. Later in the evening she played
Chopin's ''Ballade No. g." A fiat, with
commendable appreciation of the spirit
of the composition
Glenn P Hall, whose first effort was
Braga's "Reginella," created a very
favorable impression. He possesses a
tenor voice of the lyric quality, musical
to a degree, and always true. Mr.. Hall
attacks the high notes without the
perceptible and often painful effort no
ticeable in the conventional tenor. But
spirit he lacks. The vibrant tones are
missing. They do not ring out. They
succeed each other smoothly, it is true,
but with a suggestion of mOnotony.
Mr.. Hall phrases we'll That he is an
artist cannot be disputed. His most
meritOrious contribution was the recl-
tative and aria from Barnbys Re
becca."
The next number introduced Mrs
Genevieve Clark Wilson, who selected
for her first song MiChaela's beautiful
aria in Carmen" Mrs. Wilson has
the ideal physique of q singer. She
also has the voice Of singer. which Is
the main essential Hers is pure
soprano, of no phenomenal range, but
of clear crystal quality and satisfy
ing volume IN the upper register. Be
fore she had sung a dozen bars of the
aria, 1t was apparent that Mrs. Wilson
had perfect control of her voice. Her
lower tones do not possess the rich
ness Of quality so noticeable above the
staff, and there is lack Of volume in
the middle register, observable In con-
trast with the upper, but so slight are
these minor faults that they do not de-
tract from her work as a whole. Mrs
Wilson sings with spirit and fervor In
response to her first encore she gave
a characteristic little ballad most eX
pressiVely Later she sang Chamin-
AIDES "Partout," HenschePs Spring"
and "a Song Of Thanksgiving" by Al
litsen, the latter a stirring and rhyth-
mic composition, in pleasing contrast
with Spring"
also a pleasing artist, whose most sat
isfying effort, because it revealed his
voice to the best advantage, was the
song "On the Ocean" by Franz. Mr.
Hay has a voice of considerable COM
pass, which he uses with good effect
in sustained passages. His selections
were ''Vulcan's Song" by Gounod; ON
the Ocean, Pm Wearing Ava by
Arthur FOOte and Lass O. Carlisle"
an original composition.
The concert closed with a soprano
and baritone duet from Mendelssohn' s
elijah" sung by Mrs. Wilson and Mr..
Hay.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed
upon the truly admirable achievement
of Mrs. Hoffman. whose piano accom-
paniments contributed their important
share to the success of the concert.