The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-28
UUNULH7
Feast for Music Lovers
Last Night.
Fashionable Folk Gather in the Opera
House for an Excellent
Program.

Opera House last night to listen to the
Grand Concert Litteraire. There was
long and varied program. and the
numbers succeeded each other prompt
/ ly. Miss Della Griswcld was unques-
/ tionably the success of the evening.
The beauty and the capacity of her
voice, which is well Nained and well
modulated, became apparent in her
first piece. This was a quartette-"The
/ Sea Hath Its Pearls, i'm which the
tenor, Mr.. c. A. Elston, and the bass,
Mr.. J. s. Lawton, also won plaudits.
/ The vocal trio, Hast Thou Wander
ed?" was also rendered very pleasing
| ~ by Miss Griswo!d, Mrs. Howard and
Mr.. Lawton; but IL was in her solos
that Miss Griswold had the best chance
to show the range and quality Of her
voice and the readiness with which she
could adapt it to different kinds o. mu-
sic. a pretty little English ballad,
l The Lass With the Delicate Air." was
Immediately followed by Una Voce
POGO Fa," by Rossini the one appeal
ed to the emotions, the other almost
exclusively to the musical taste, yet IL
was difficult to tell which was the bet
Ter sung or the two.
Her singing is an unmistakable
pleasure to her hearers, and her Sim
Z plicity and npretentiousness have a
quiet charm which is delightful. Her
last song was a difficult aria, which
/ she rendered with ease and accuracy,
receiving well-merited applause.
Mr.. Paul Egry proved himself an
excellent violinist, and won for both
his pieces hearty and long continued
applause. His rendering of the Grand
Fantasia from I'll Trovatore" was such
as marks the difference between talent
and something approaching it. He had
abundant animation, plenty of self
! possession, and a theatrical manner
which was not at all out of place. His
other solo, Gypsy Dance" was quite as
enjoyable as the former, though sim
/ pier and less difficult.
Among the other pieces on the long
/ program, Mr.. Lawtons bass solo, THE
Mighty Deep" Mr.. Elstons tenor solo,
Dawn" and Mr.. Rockwell's baritone
solo, 20 Thou Sublime, Sweet Evening
Star" were all well sung, with plenty
OF faithfulness and expression. The
impressiveness of Kiplings Recession
al" can not be deepened by music, but
De Koven's air, as sung-it is rather
a chant than a song-by Mr.. Rockwell
helped his hearers to regard the poem
in new light. Captain Berger's band
played admirably, as they always do;
the male quartette, Messrs. Elston,
Richards, Wichman and Beardsley,
sang two well-chosen songs, and alto
gether the musical features of the
evening were all that could be desired.
Mention must be made of Mrs. Yarnd-
.ey's accompanying, which was just
what it should have been, in spite OF
Il succession OF musical scores when
persisted in illustrating the total de-
praylty OF inanimate things. Mr..
Dunns recitation from "As You Like
1t" was well executed.
AS for Mr.. Hairs readings from his
poems, 1t may be said with perfect truth
that nothing even remotely resembling
this performance has ever been seen in
Honolulu. Mr.. Halls dress SUIT fitted
to perfection. His gestures were quite
his own, and they seemed admirably
adapted to his verses. The only trouble
with me latter was, that they failed TO
please the gallery, which INDUCED in
rude remarks of a derogatory nature,
and that they pleased the body of the
house too well, as was evinced by the
smiles and gentle filters which went
round during the more individual and
idiosyncratic of these readings. Mr.
Hall evidently believes that every man
has an inalienable right to be himself,
and to act naturally, and so he has,
within limits. The question is whether
he ought to hold up the public at the
door to see him do 1t.
A large number of society people
were present. Among them were Hon.
and Mrs. Alex. Young, the Misses
Young, Judge and Mrs. Frear, Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. II. Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs. T..
Give Davies, Mr.. and Mrs. LOuisson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Wilder, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. w. McChesney, Consul Meet, Il.
w. Jones, Mrs. V. II. Kitcat, Mr.
and Mrs. w. A. Henshall Mr.. and Mrs.
J. II. Colburn, Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. lsen-
berg, Mrs. T. Rain Walker, the Misses
} Walker, Mrs. Tom May Mrs. Mary
Dowsett MIR. and Mrs. George Smith
ers, Mrs Frank Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Won Holt, Miss Dawson, Mrs.
Edgar Halstead, Miss Emily Halstead,
Mr. and Mrs. a. w. Pearson, Mrs. Wal
ter G. Smith, Mr.. Potter, DR.. and Mrs.
Howard, Bishop Willis, DIR. and Mrs.
Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs. w. VI. Graham,
Sister Albertina, Miss Hart, Miss Dow
! sett. Miss Wheeler, Messrs. Tarn Nc
Grew, Donald Ross, Harry Mist, Ar
thur Wall, Irvine, Young, Elston, Chas.
Weight, Jack Lowe, Walter wall