The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25
THE LADIES' THURSDAY MUsI-
GALE OFF MINNEAPOLIS.
PROGRAMME BY THE LATTER.
ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL
MUSICAL EVENTS THAT HAS
BEEN GIVEN.
TALENT oFaoA HIGH ORDER
The Exchange Courtesy VIII Take
Place in Unitarian Church, Min
neapOIis, This Morning.

and unsteady, was enjoyed by the two
large musical clubs Of st. Paul and
Minneapolis in. Park Congregational
church yesterday afternoon. The Schu-
bert club, of ST. Paul, was the host of
the OCCASION entertaining the Ladies'
Thursday musicale, of Minneapolis, and
being repaid with a programme artistic
in every way and hard to be surpassed
by any other group Of local musicians.
The Ladies Thursday musicale certain
ly gave before their ST. Paul fellow
musicians yesterday one of the most
delightful programmes given this sea-
son, and the local club pronounced it
perfect from beginning to end, and hop
ed its members would do as well at the
exchange musicale this morning in
Unitarian church., Minneapolis
The opening number of Mendels-
sohn's piano concerto, OPP. 40, by Miss
Florence Burtis, with orchestral accom-
paniment on the organ by Miss Hewitt;
| a beautiful composition, beautifully
rendered
This was followed by the usual mu-
steal notes which are a feature of the
Thursday musicales' weekly pro-
gramme, given by Mrs James K Hos
mer, who announced the coming to
Plymouth church, Minneapolis May 4,
of Theresa Carreno the famous pianist.
Mrs. Hosmer also read extracts from
! letter received by the president of the
club Mrs. Gleason, from Amy M.
Beach, Of Boston, regretting her inabil-
ity to be with the club at musicale
made up of her own compositions.
There was also an extract from a let
ter received from Ernst Perabo, who
gave recitals in both cities in the fall
Of 1895. He Complimented the clubs on
the tenor of the, programmes which
have been forwarded to him, saying
that they showed a studious DISPOSE
ton to know, not only to hear, the lat
ter being the way of the East and
leading to nothing at all
The Sappho quartette followed and
caught the favor of the gathering al
most at the first note. The quartette
is one of the best in the Twin Cities
and has gained it's present position by
hard work and practice. It gave
three catchy songs yesterday, Breeze
of Night" Oamothe), "a Little Flower"
(Hiles), and a German folk s.
Der Wasserfall" The members are
Ethel Louise Rounds and Mrs. NJ. A.
PaulsOn, the latter having a. low alto
voice, some of her tones being as pow
erful as mans. Miss Maude Lam
bert sang Gounod's Lend Me Thine
Aid" from Queen of Sheba,,'' a heavy
broad composition well suited to her
rich cOntIalto voice Miss Lambert has
a wonderful voice, which has not been
cultivated enough to bring out all of its
qualities The only piano solo was by
Mrs. j. H. Martindale, who gave Con
doliera,' from LISTS ''Venezia" Mrs.
Martindale is a cultivated pianist
Mrs. Thomas Thayer Bracket, who
recently came to Minneapolis from
Boston, sang the Jewel Song from
Faust" Mrs. Bracket has a dra-
matte, high soprano voice of much
power. Her Interpretation of the Jew
ell Song" was said by a number of
prominent musicians present who have
just returned from the grand opera
in Chicago to equal that heard there
Miss Matte Redlon and Miss Minnie
StOddard appeared in a we'll given Sc
lection from FIptoW, "Questo Duol che
81 V'affano" (Martha). Following was
an organ solo by Miss Charlotte Hew-
lit, who gave Wagner's prelude from
'Lohengrin." Miss Hewitt is as fine an
Organist as there is in the Twin Cities.
Mrs William n. POrteOus, who is a
favorite with st, Paul musicians, sang
a couple of German songs, one from
Schubert and one from Schumann.
Mrs Porteous' rich full contralto easily
fills such an auditorium as Park church
and always pleases
Mrs. Fred G. Smith did not appear,
and the last solo was given by Mrs.
Anna Smith Behrens, who has a high
soprano, and who gave a selection from
Mozart. The ladies' chorus gave the
closing number, which was awaited
with eagerness by the local club, which
has a chorus of it's own and does not
care to be outdone. The Minneapolis
chorus with Miss Alberta Fisher as
sOloist, is way above the average anna
teur chorus Emil Oberhoffer is di-
rector and has accomplished splendid
results with the voices under him. The
Rose of Avontown," by Mrs. Beach,
was the selection given, and the final
shading was sweetly and artistically
done. A reception to the visitors fol-
lowed in the church parlors. Today
the Schubert club will return the Wis
1t and has arranged to give an attrac-
tive return programme.
Little Margaret Mich the youthful pianist
who is to play at Seibert's concert Sunday
afternoon, makes her debut on that occasion.
The little lady has played several times at