Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-11-05
MUSICAL.

The first concert of the present sea-
son was given by the Woman's Musical
Club, at l. o. o. F. hall, yesterday
afternoon, commencing at half-past
three O'Clock, and despite the intermis-
sion not upon the programme and the
unfortunate and regrettable illness of
Mrs. Wagner, was a conspicuous sue
cess. and abundantly demonstrated the
vitality of the organization and its
ability to more than maintain it's rec
ord in the local musical world. The
musical properties of the hall are ex-
cellent, especially for voices, but the
apartment is not particularly attractive
in some other ways. The presence OF
the ladies yesterday, however, had a
decidedly Frightening effect, and the
recital was both a musical and social
success. The present membership of
the Club is large and possessed
of decided talent, and the officers,
headed by Mrs. George B. Caldwell, are
thoroughly imbued with the idea of
making the present season, now just en-
tered upon, a conspicuous musical sue
cess. To this end number Of recitals,
open to the general public, have been
projected, and the first of these will be
given in the Carroll Club Auditorium
during the second week in December, at
which Mrs. Dean, whose contralto
voice is so deservedly famous, will be
the vocal soloist, with an incidental
programme by the active members OF
the Club.
OF Yesterdays programme it may. be
said that the various numbers were
effectively handled The Abt Ave
Maria" with Mrs. Herbert Riheldaffer
as the soloist, was excellently sung, and
Miss Texie Jordan's vocal solo, DANA
May Morning" was a pleasing num-
Der. Misses Reymann and Forbes
gave a splendid rendition of the Brahms
Hungarian Danse, although one OF the
pianos was not quite up to the stand
ard. Mrs. Wagner's indisposition
created vacancy on the programme
which was happily filed by Miss
| McHenry. whose recital of "Danse'
bv Chiminade, was eminently salts
factory. Her Schumann number, op.
81. also demonstrated her musical skill
and Judgment. The concert as a whole
! was one of the best given by the Club,
and was not only of intrinsic merit, but
served to introduce several OF the
Younger musicians Of the city with
every promise of future and more public
| triumphs.
Our very busy teacher, Mr.. Ricardo
Ricci. has been winning new laureis
during his recent flying visit to Lon
don. Ontario. The London Advertiser
says Of him:
.sNeyer did a more thoroughly de-
| lighted audience tax the utmost ca
pacity of the Auditorium. than that
which assembled last evening to hear
Signor Ricardo Ricci. the distinguish
| ed basso profundo. Signor Ricci sings
with great dramatic expression. He is
a consummate artist, and was received
with cordial warmth by the large audi
| fence from his first appearance on the
stage. OF his numbers, given below,
| not one was rendered inadeuuately
| His command of two styles was shown
| in Abt's pensive, Still Is the Night,
and. by way of martial contrast. the
superb and stirring 'Armourer's Song.
| And another paper, speaking of Mr..
| Ricci's singing, remarks: In his clas-
| steal pieces, and more especially speak
| ing in Oliver Kings Israeli and
Faure's Les Rameaux,' he brought out
| the deep basso tones with excellent eff
feet. The Signor gave to De Koven's
| sArmourer's Song and Haine's ON to
Philadelphia, eminenfly satisfactory
renditions, and on being vociferously
| encored, responded with well-giyen
numbers