Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09
Concern al JUDGE ealIou,s.

musicale at the beautiful home of
Judge and Mrs. Sydney Ballou on
Tuesday evening, Is being eagerly
looked forward TO. The list OF patron.
esses is imposing, and includes our
most prominent leaders. A great many
tickets have been sold privately, and
n limited number have now been
placed on sale at Bergstroms and
tickets can also be obtained at the
door. Mr.. sydney Hoben will con.
tribute piano gems from the most in
teresting OF the great composers, all
OF which will be new to Honolulu.
Chopin will be represented By the
lovely Etuie No 4 OPP. 20 (which the
Polish composer himself played con.
stantly in publlc), and the posthumous
Nocturne in Il minor. In both of which
the left hand lin the use Of which Mr..
Hoben Is particularly skillfu) has the
prominent part. From Schuman the
soulful Romance In + sharp will be
heard. Lovers Of Bizet's opera, Car
men, will welcomc the playing of a
couple of the airs--the fortune.telling
scene and the Gamins' Chorus--ar.
ranged by Mr.. Hoben. Padarewski's
brilliant "Cracovienns Fantastique,"
and light, charming piece. Mandolin
alta" by the great French composer.
Camille. Saint Saens will finish Mr..
Hoben's share of the first part OF the
program. There, will be two vocal
numbers: MARY of Argyle" by the
Lately arrived young Irish tenor, Mr..
Vaughan. and 81 Hid My Love" (d'Har.
deloD. by Miss Phroni Dyke. Mrs.
Ballou will act as accompanlst.
The second part of the concert will
be a genuine novelty to Honolulu, for
II will consist OF vocal excerpts from
Wagner's marvellous opera Tor music.
drama. as he always called each
work., "Tannhauser. To make things
clear to all hearers Mr.. Hoben will
give a short synopsis of the plot be.
forehand. To those who have seen
"TannhauSer" abroad II will be re-
membered that the hero, minstrel
knight. tired of the conventionaltles
OF life. spends year in the Mountain
OF Venus. whose enticements he breaks
away from to return to the pure love
OF the sanity Elizabeth (Mrs. Allen
White), the niece of the Landgraue of
Thurlngla. At the Tournament of Song
at the castle, while other mlnstrels
sing Of the delights OF purity and
spiritual love Tannhauser (Mr
Vaughan violently bursts into praise
Of Venus, and his life Is only spared
by the intervention OF Elizabeth. He
goes to Rome to seek pardon from
the Pope. and finally dies repentant.
after the heart-broken Elizabeth has
been carried to her bier.
The music "a, of course. magnificent.
Naturally, 1t would be impossible to
give more than a few selections from
such a work without the assistance OF
a large body OF Goloists and chorus.
Mr.. Hoben has chosen the Shepherds
Song (given I'm the opera without &c
companimenD In the first act. to be
sung by Miss Phroni Dyke: the Hall
OF Song aria and following duet for.
Elizabeth and Tannhauser. and the
popular Star Of Eve" which Mr.. Us
borne viii sing. In none OF these will
the absence of an orchestra matter,
Altogether the concert promises
quite unusual interest. Mr.. Sydney
Hoben has only been here since Febru.
airy, when he arrived from Australia
en- route to London, and like so many
of our residents who originally only
intended week or two's stay. stopped
on. Introduced on arrival to Homo
lulu society at reception at Mrs.
Theodore Richards where his playing
instantly aroused enthusiasm, Mr.. Ho..
ben has had the support OF our social
leaders on all occasions. He gave "a
recital at the Young Hotel some weeks
after landing, and had a large and
extremely fashionable audience. Mrs.
Walter Frear headed long list OF
patronesses, the creme de la creme
of Honolulu society Later he gave
an organ recital at the Central Union
Church, where his skillful organ play
ing came as a surprise to those who
had, recognized him only as piano
virtuoso: There, too, most of our best
known people could be seen in the
llarge audience, When the Central
Union Mems League gave Its annual
dinner and concert a few weeks ago
Mr. Hoben was engaged, As well as
that he has goodnaturedly played at
various complimentary concerts. such
as that at Kamehameha Chapel. Cen
trail Union social, etc, always with
much success.
AS student in Germany, where he
studied under Carl Relnecke and 9th
er famous masters, at the celebrated
Leipzig Conservaterlum, Mr. Hoben
came In personal contact with Grelg,
Busoni, Carreno Kullak, Padarewski
etc. At the Bagreuth Festival he met
the Wagner family at their home,
"Wahnfried," and they gave him com