Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-03-07

spissaid Ist,am.n, ~ the nlshsi
aemoriat chapel

plet'd on the campus OF kameha-
meha School for Boys, for th,
dedication Of the pipe organ JUS
placed in the edilice 10y the John
Bergstrom Organ Co. of San
Francisco.
Ii was annouUced at the dedica.
ton OF the chapel, two or three
moths ago, that, when the organ
was in position, Wray Taylor, by
special request of Hon. q. r.
Bishop, would give a recital on the
instrument before the invited
public.
This arrangement was effected
in n dedication service Saturday
evening. After the dnxology wa.
sung, Rev. j. Leadingham Offered
a fervent dedicatory prayer. He
took the place of q. NJ. Hyde, ID.
d., one of the trustees of the Bi-h
OPP Estate, who was kept away by
il ness. Then a very well ar.
ranged program of music, with the
organ appropriately predominant
ing, was rendered.
Mr.. Taylor frat played "1u
NORTHUMBERLAND" composed
by himself in honor of the memo
ry of tn founder of the Kameha-
meha schools for boys and girls
Its music appealed TO the heart a.
well as to the head, soft and
mournful cadences blending with
the sweetest harmonies. Apart
from It's eminent fitness to the oc
casion, the piece was well suited
to reveal particular phase of the
instruments rich capacities. Mr..
Taylor followed with festival
march by CARAT, further develop
ing the splendid range of the
organ. This double number held
the listeners entranced through
out.
A male chorus -" Early My
Go 1 by the Kamebameha glee
club was finely sung without baton
or accompaniment Mrs. Chas. b.
Coooer played the Largo " by
Handel on the violin, Mr.. Taylo'
giving a soft accom- paniment on
the organ. 1t is needless to say
in Honolulu what delight this
was, but in church the people
could only show appreciation by
beaming countenances. Rosina
Shaw, Lydia Aholo and Helen
Kalola, pupils Of the girls iustitu
ton, sweetly sang " Eventide,"
but it would have been ouly sair
if they had been given an accom-
paniment.
A concert fantasia, arranged,
Was then played by Mr.. Taylor.
Ii was a number in which the per
former was enabled to bring out
an exceedingly rich variety of
harmonies and melodies. The
doubt was suggested il anybody
living could ever exhaust the re-
sources of the instrument. There
were bngling aud echoes, trumpet
tones from near and zephyr muir
muring, from afar, notes Of pleas
ure and of pathos, tollings of gri=f
and chimings of joy, airs of SEN
timent and gusts of triumph.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. Il.
f. Woodward. the organist fol
lowed himself, giving the two solos
of an intermezzo by Mascagni and
q berceuse by Delbruck. Both
were very delightfully."- rendered.
Arthur Davies, accompanied on
the piano by principal Richards
of the boys school, sang, as a
tenor solo. The Good Shepherd"
iu excellent voice aud sympathy.
The girls chorus then gave
The Lost Chord" by Sullivan,
led on the piano by Principal
Miss Pope Of the girls school.
They showed the fine training to
which they are subject.
Mr.. Taylor gave as the last
number an offertoire in G major
by Lemmens, beautiful compo.
si'ion to which he did good jus
tice. Without pausing the organ
ist switched into patriotic airs by
way of dismissal, beginning with
Star Spangled Banner"
All who were present must have
departed with a hope that Mr.
T4ylor may frequently be permit
ted and induced to give recitals
on this grand instrument.
The organ is fitted into a corner
alcov4 designed ex ressly for its
r.cap,inn nv tho rinht hand aida