Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
MUSIC PLEASES
BIG GATHERING
Wednesday Clubs Closing
Concert Heard With Pleas
ure and Enthusiasm

If music is the foundation of all
that is noble and pure and beautiful,
Harrisburg was provided last night
with a lasting foundation on which
to build a greater musical kingdom.
The closing concert of the Wednes-
day Club, in which the club chorus
and assisting artists participated, was
an event, which will linger long in
the memory of all who heard.
THE JOY of SPRING" a chorale,
opened the concert, the number be-
ing sung by the chorus in delightful
style. Miss Hess, a young pianist,
showed fiawless technique and a mas
terry of the keyboard in her playing
of Chopin's Waltz, opus "a, No. l."
and the same composers IEtude,
opus 10, No. H." Miss Hess is an
artist who bids fair to become a
leading musician. Her work shows
much promise of a career.
Mrs. J. G.. Sanders sang Beethov-
ems I'm Questa Tomba," and Cham
inade's delightful "Madrigal." Her
voice was shown to best advantage,
however in Hardees go, Lovely
Rose" beautiful little melody
which fitted her contralto voice ad-
mirably. The Wedding Chorus from
Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night $
Dream" and "The Elfin Chorus,
were piano solos by Mrs. thinner
man pleasing the audience greatly.
Mrs. Roy G.. Cox, always popular
with a Harrisburg audience. sang
The Willow" her pure, sweet So
prano voice winning her hearers
completely. The Italian song, o Mia
Fernando La Favorita," by Doni-
zetti, was sung by Mrs. Robert b
Reeves, who has n deep, powerful
contralto voice which she uses with
perfect control. A piano duet by Miss
Martha Snavely and Mrs. Rhodes
Pirani's Scene Veneziane," was an
idyllic sort of composition bringing
one to the villas, the sunny hillsides
and the spell of old Italy.
Mrs. Arthur II. Hull's singing oi
Franz Schubert's "Huntsman, Rest.
was easily one of the best numbers
on a program replete with charming
music. Her singing of Weeping
Waters" a song telling an old In
dian legend, and the Russian com
poser, Rachaminoff's "The Floods oi
Spring." deserve special mention.
The citys best loved musician
Sara Lemer, violinist, played an An
dante" movement from MendelsSohn
and "Allegretto, Allegro motto vi
vace," as the next number. Sara Le-
mer always puts her heart into hel
music, bringing forth a depth of feel
ing that is almost. inconceivable tC
unaccustomed ears. Her playing las
night was exceptionally fine.
Miss Lemer assisted in playing The
accompaniment to the concluding
number, a cantata, THE Legend oi
Mana" Mrs. William X. Bumbaugf
was the soloist with the Wednesday
Club chorus led by Mrs. Wilbur F
Harris in the presentation of this
cantata, from the pen and brain o,
de Fontenailles. 1t is an old IndiaT
legend, a story of Mana, who hac
the mysterious power of inspiring
song in the forest birds, spreading
abundance, and Weakening flower!
with a glance, perfuming them will
smile The legend tells of Mana!
disappearance and of her friends
desolation. The climax is reached
when the singers tell that she ha:
united her fate with the Butterfly o.
Love and is forsaken by Heaven.
1t is seldom that Harrisburgeri
are afforded an opportunity to heal
a concert so beautiful as that giveI
last night. Under the capable direc
ton of Mrs. Wilbur f. Harris, thu
chorus sang its best and assisting
artists seemed inspired by the sue
cess of the opening choral. 1t was ;
concert of inspiration to the musi
lover and delight to the average con
certgoer.
.... REIDE ROMIG.