The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-21

masterrully man. llated his Instrumen.
in his solos. and his accompanying work
on the piano was equally fine. The choir
proper Is composed OF Mrs. Caldwell,
NJ. Zulauf. Miss McGranahan and Mr..
Allan Robinson, and the work MS re-
flec:ed in the ensemble numbers Is very
good. Mr.. Darrah interspersed some
reading among the music. and alto
GethsT one OF the most brilliant OF the
winters concerts was heard Thursday
evening.
The concert at the st. Matthews P.
l.. church on Thursday evening was an
unusual undertaking in musical Wheel
ing, and was beautifully carried through
under the direction OF Paris r. Meyers,
organist OF the church. The sololsts,
Mrs. Harry Fitzgerald and Mr.. Fred
Frazier. were chosen from the leading
ones IN musical Wheeling and both
sPlerdidly sustained their regulations.
The orSaHist OF the evening was Miss
Annie V. Sage. of st. Luke's. The en-
seuible.worls was well done and reflected
the highest credit on the societies taking
part. Those interested In this choral
service were St. Matthews choir. st.
Lukt's choir and two from Martins
Ferry and Beila!re.
February. up to the 18th. will be filled
with local concelts, those now booked
being Miss Annie Sage. pupils recital;
Signor Ricardo. pupils recital. Febru-
airy 3: Woman's Club. "old time" con-
cert. February 8: Miss Anna Jones. the
l,t.f ~, L., nF
recital. February &; The Three Black
Nantes n comic opera. under the d.
I;ction CT Paris P. Meyers. February
"A. 1t Will be noticed that two of the
concerts fall on the same evening,
which probably will change the date
OF one.
THE Three Black Nantes" will be
rehearsed on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings OF next week. and not on Mon
day night.
The concert of importance this month
comes on Monday evening. January 30.
under the auspices OF the Womans club.
The immenss attraction is a company OF
singers from Wales. accompanied bF a
pianist and a harpis;. That Wales
overtlows With melody and that the harp
Is the national instrument are well
known. and no such people In concert
have been In Wheeling for years. so
4 large audience IL assured. The tick
cts NOW on sale By members OF the
club can be reserved without extra
charge at Htusss on and after Thrus-
day.
or this comparg 4 recent press report
reads: There are eight Of the singers.
Every voice heard in tina. numbe: is
good one. anG the fashion in which they
blend is notably fins. They sing with
much power and great precision. As
solc!s;s, TOO. the singers from Wales
Won the leartiest commendatlon. Their
work was especially appreciated. per-
hapS, because OF the atmira bic fact
that they sang. in the main, English
songs that are familiar to music lovers
and very popular with them. There is
just one song that the Welsh singers
cou!d not With proprlety sing. and that
would be II Cannot Sing the Old Songs"
-fo:, II would be absolutely untrue. Most
enthusiastic applause followed the rem
dering OF the first number for the whole
body OF singers, Nov by Days Retir-
ing Lamp. ard q similar hearty recep-
ton was awarded most OF the numbers
on the programme.
Following the opening number Miss
Jenny Parry played 4 harp solo, a fan
tasla en- the Welsh melodies, so well
done as to win o recall. Later in the
evening Miss Parry gave another Sc
lection and the applause was again en-
thuSiastic The numbers were given
with remarkable skill ard clean eXccu.
ton.