The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-19
THE SONG RECITAL
OF MRS. IDA SCOTT

The spacious parlor, dining room
and lanai of Mr.. c. NJ. Cookies resi-
dence were comfortably flied yesterday
afternoon when Mrs. Ida Gray Scott
sang her opening selection. The num-
BIER OF tickets issued was necessarily
limited, otherwise many others doubt
less would have availed themselves of
this unusual opportunity. As it was,
the audience was very largely made up
of musical people and Owing, no
doubt, to the time of day. was not
overwhelmingly masculine
Mrs. Scott was heard at the festival
to be sure, but Honolulu may hardly
be said to have heard her vet. Many
heard her for the first time at the re-
cItal yesterday and under conditions
very favorable. Not that a parlor fur
nishes ideal acoustic conditions, but
the range of selections made it posi-
bic to demonstrate the breadth of the
singer attachments, while the chances
of suiting everybody with ''the kind
of song L like to hear were neces-
sarily Increased. Now, what does suit
Honolulu peoples Probably Mrs: Scott
Der Aida" though it Is quite probable
that a, majority of her hearers were
best pleased with some of Gerritt
Smiths songs. 1t would be no dis
credit to Honolulu people were it adj
mitted that they would be still more
pleased Gas a class) with ballad sing
ing. Our musical training is very des-
ultory, and perhaps we needn't apoI- !
ogize.
But Mrs. Scott is certainly an I'M
usual singer to be so long in Honoiu-
III, unusual in the evenness and sweet
ness of her voice, unusual in her
technique, unusual in the range of
her attainments. She will be gladly
heard again. It is already given out
: that on Saturday, May 81, there will
be a musical of a somewhat more
varied character in which Mrs. Scott
VIII sing. Mr.. Castle will open his
Waikiki home and will issue limited
number of tickets which can be had of
him on demand till the number is ex-
hausted.
OF Miss Maud Kinney it can candid
ly be said that her friends We're de-
lighted with her playing. There were
those present who remembered hear !
ing her play the Fantasia Impromptu
of Chopin at a musical before she went
away. The change was not a matter
of technique. The term breadth
helps to explain the difference in the
two stages. more simply expressed by
growth - maturity" In the Pastoral
Variee seldom heard here Cor any
where for that matter) she was al her
best. 1t is a delightful bit of melody
and color capable of ready apprecia-
ton by people of little training in
classic musical literature. 1t was this
selection that Miss Kinney played at
her conservatory examination in Ber-
lin we are told. where it gained for her
mostly comment from an eminent
critic
Let no one imagine, no singer ever
would that the question of accompani-
ment is a minor matter to be passed
without notice. There are few good
accompanies here, or IN any such city.
Mrs. Tenney- Peck is a good accom-
PIANIST. 1t is a special art to accom-
pany singer. Most any hearer knows
poor accompanied. and it is the rarest
art for a good one to Conceal herself,
merge her personality, merge the piano
itself, into the song. Now we remem-
Sber what good accompanying it was.
Following is the program:
(a) "Orpheus with His Lutte. !
-'ouiiiNStii
OBJ 'Toujours tor. 49,. Tschaikowski /
6c) ''Imogene'' $500. Frank Sawyer !
Piano Solo-"Papillon'' ......... .Crieg
(a) Lullaby" .....-.............
CO Heart Longings'' .................
.fc) There's nae Lark" ..........-....
i'd THE Night Has a Thousand
Eyes - .......-.....- Gerrit Smith
(e) Away on the Hill.
% The Winding Road.
$3.50 $500 ......... .Landon Roland i
Piano Solo-''Pastoral Variee- Mozart /
"Retorna Vincitor (Aida) Verdi
Piano Solo Impromptu = Fantasia
Op1s Chopin
(a) ION the Shore .Chaminade
OBJ Deep in Roses Glowing
Violin Obligato-MrS. A. b ingalls,.