The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-05
THE LAST CONCERT.
The Capital City Series CIoses-A
Delightful Evening of nusic.

Delightful Evening of nusic.
Sacramento lovers Of good music be-
lieve they are neither snugar nor salt
for they did net hesitate about going out
last night in the midst of the heaviest
rainstorm of the season and packing the
great auditorium of the Congregational
Church beyond its capacity to hear the
artists who closed Messrs Cohn and
Kidder's first series of Capital City Con-
certs. Not another person could have
got comfortably into the church. The
number present exceeded 900. 1t was
brilliant audience and a most appre
CiatiYe one.
The programme was carried out as
given in yesterdays Record Union. ;"
OF course Signor Abramoff, the basso
cantante, was the star of the group of
musicians. His voice is one of enor-
NOUS volume. rich in tone and cult
waited in high degree. 1t is an expert
enced voice and, though the singer has
grown gray, it is a voice that many say
will be good for more than q half score
of years to come. His reception was eX-
ceedingly flattering. The gem of his
numbers was the aria from "Nabuco-
donosOr."
Mrs. Gertie Auld-Thomas, now of Los
Angeles but Sacramento's own, since
here she grew to WOmanhOOd and here
her voice was developed, was received
with a storm of welcoming applause
and with every number was recalled
over and again to face her hosts of
friends in her old home. Her best num-
Der was the shadow song from 'Di-
nOrah." For one of her encores she gave
the "Watermill" by special request
which none have given here. often as it
has been sung before Sacramento audi
ences with such charming effect ayshe
is capable of. She was weary when she
reached that request" last night, and
on the last birdlike, far away, liquid
note, failed to complete it, and by de-
recating gesture and with a smile
begged fOrbearance which only served
to arouse more applause and compel her
TO again appear and bow her acknOW-
Judgments. Her voice is much as when
she was heard here last; limpid. bird
like, human flute, pure in tone, soft,
ripping, like ribbon falls, and clear as
silver bell. Not a strong and aggres-
Sive voice, but sWeetly pleading and
winning.
Miss Ivy Gardner of San Francisco,
the contralto, sang by special request
the favOrite composition of Miss Dun
ster of this city. Loves Serenade," and
for an encore gave the love song Mig
non" Her second number was to the
cello obligato of Mr.. Won der Mehden,
and the encore a love serenade, MY
Violet" She has a reliable, trained and
tuneful voice of much sweetness and Of
pronounced effectiveness in whatever
it undertakes. Her numbers hardly
pleased as we'll as those she had when
she sang with the MCNEIL Club She
must be gratified. however, by the APP
probation shown last night of her abil-
ity
Mr.. Rodemann is fiutist of fine grain.
His tongueing is of the best we have
heard here in many years. He plays
with fine taste and warmth of feeling,
and proved himself to be an artist Of
sensibility and refined judgment
Mr.. Won der Mehden is a celloist of a
superior order. A strong, vigorous
player. yet in delicate passages all that
good taste demanded. His bowling and
stopping is that of the accomplished
artist.
III Nil4ChFi DOCktI quartet VI s0di
Francisco, composed of Messrs. Law
renee, Elliott (many years a Sacramento
boy), Crane and Larsen. was received
with great favor 1t is a body of sin
gers Of fine capacity and admirable bal
ance. Not by any means the best of
male quartets we have had here, ii is
entitled TO rank high. The group sings
with informing spirit and a tasteful
judgment that greatly pleases. It has
youth and ability on it's side and proved
last evening that its capacity for re-
fined work is broad and its methods Gull
tVated and moving upon an artistic
plane. Its future viii present it with a
higher order of work still. Mr.. HOff-
man, the pianist, is now familiar here,
having appeared throughout the series.
He was best heard, of course, in the
beautiful trio for piano. cello and flute.
There We're fourteen set numbers on the
programme. but in response to the de-
mands Of the audience these We're in
creased to twenty three, which is sufi-
Gent evidence Of the satisfaction of the
people with the concert, which was thus
extended to close upon II o'clock.
After the concert Mr.. and Mrs. E. r.
Hamilton gave a reception to the sin
gers and instrumentalists in honor of
Mrs. Auld-Thomas in whose musical
career Mrs. Hamilton has for years
taken great interest.
The concert was success; the whole
series has been a success. The word of
the music-loving public to the gentle
men who conceived the idea. capitalized
it. and carried 1t out is We'll done-re-
peat"
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