The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
Sunday z $ ;..iC Concert ReviewedB By
 Miss Graham

The special musical service held Sun day evening at the Soutaside Baptist church marked the opening of series of Sunday musicales promoted by the Music Study club, with Mrs. Joseph H Ware and Mrs. Maggie McCarty Logan az committee in charge. The large au- dience attested to the popular favor with which this effort of the Music Study club meets, and to the fact that there is a wonderful growth in musi- cal appreciation in Birmingham. The program rendered on this occasion was of high musical value and unusual charm, combining ythe ablest art with selections that appealed to all.
 It was, in reality, chamber music concert, and chamber music ranks as one of the highest forms of the art, the outgrowth of musical culture of long standing. This form of music is being advocated by the National Federation of Music clubs, and plea for chamber music concerts was a feature of Mrs Egdar StilIman Kelly's address to the state federation meeting here last spring. The artists who rendered the delight full program Sunday evening are recent additions to Birmingham who have had excellent musical training and wide experience abroad.
 The opening number, Harp Serenade, by Oelschlaegel, played by Mr. Harry Schmidt, violin, MT. Walter GrossmaDS cello, and Mrs. Logan, piano, was de ightful selection, played with great deli cacy, having a sweet melody interwoven into lacy, harp-like accompaniment.
 The Apdante Cantabile for string quartet, by TschaikowskyS brought out all of the Tschiakowsky charm of orig inality, and revealed the artistry of these performers in ensemble The finesse of style and unanimity of inter pretation gave great promise for their future work in chamber music here, as no finer string quartet has ever been heard at local concert. The quartok's s other numbers. Allegro Assai from Schubeft's Quartet No. 12, and Po- chon's awrangement of an old planta- tion song, Angel Gabriel" i" were equally fine and the close attention Of the aus dience proved their genuine enjoyment of the performance. It is gratifying to know that Birmingham has acquired quartet of artists on stringed instru- ments so highly capable of rendering chamber music. The personnel of the quartet is Mir. Harry Schmidt, violin {; Mir. George Detelfsen, violin; Mir. Lud- wig Stoere, viola; Mir. Walter Cross man, cello. The soloists achieved equal success. Mir. Grosman's solo on the cello, Andante from Concerto for cello. by Galterman, was admirably rendered, as was Mir. Schmidt's violin solo, Kreisler's arrangement of the Indian love song, Pale Moon. Both played with technical facility and beautiful tone.
 Mr. <Leichsenring played a Swedish concerto for flute, which proved him most capable on that instrument.
 A highly pleasing number was the Londonderry air arranged by Ereisler and played by the trio.
 MT. Owen Gillespy, Birmingham's most popular tenor, delighted the audi ence with two selections, 'sThe Lord Is My Light" by Alletson, and ''The Day Is Ended" by Bartlett.
 The program closed with nosturne, by Doppler, for flute, violin. cello and piano, rendered with a spirit charming ly faithful to the mooL of the compo- sition.
 The success of this first church musi- cal is most gratifying to the promoters,