The Lyceum Theatre was crowded on Tuesday evening, a large number of Indi gentlemen being in the gale evasion of the sixteenth subs cert, the first of the prose: by the Shanghai Philharmonic Society. Té was un excellent cancer, with a very well arranged programme, the instrument al music being generally new, attractive, and thoroughly within the resources of the orchestra, as well us enj- yuble to the audience; and go far we ex most heartily congratulate the Suciety, aut its invaluable Conductor, Commander Vela, but it would have been better still if the orchestra had been larger, We trust: that we need not infer from the smallness of the number of strings" on the stave thee there is any decline in the interest. taken by the members in the work of the Society, Tt was quite evident long before the Overture was begun that there is ne decline in th terest taken by the public in the Society's +n-terrainments; and we hope that ae the seventeenth concert the stage will be as well filled as on any of the previous eve Atuong the orchestra there were, as before, some five or six Indies, who not merely farm delightful element in the coup d'eil, bur whose devotion to the d ye art of music is not surpassed by that of any of their masculine colleagues, The Overture to Mozart's Don Juan, perhaps the groutest opera that vas written, made an admirable opening number, and it was very well played, allowing' for ay occasional inevitable want of the relief which more violing would have given The second was & vich progress in with deep interest, from the time who first appended in the orchestra, and execution of Beethoven's Romance in F was deservedly heartily applauded. For encore pieer, without which the audience would not be s. the played with equal skill a short morcean, Commr. Vela panying on the piano, The first part ts from Airs de Bullet by Lipprcher, very pretty music. with w striking allegretto, wh contrasted prettily with the flowing melody of the andantino, 'The' prelude by sener, Lo Vernier Somieit de la opened the second part of the concert; it pity. that owing to the sul! number first violing, the composer's i use muted strings cond net be Thia was decidedly ring motif, Danse des Prétvesses de Diane from St Saens' Samson et Dalilu. 'The gem' of the evening was Handel's Large, excellently played, Mrs, Adler at the Inst moment audertaking most successfully the harp parton the piano. This talented amateur gave the same invaluable assistance in the Ballet and in the Danse by St. Sarna. The rumental piece was the tuneful March by Wachs, Les Museadins.
Mr. J.C. Johnston was encored in his rendering of "Puck, Clouds, away," and repeated the inst verse, and' we welcome in him a valuable addition to the ranks of our concert singers. Miss Wilevckson, who also appeared for the first time, e audience with her jo rendering of Mas-For all Erernity. is pure and fresh and true. and intonation excellent, nor did a slight natural nervousness detract in any way from the prettiness of her song She was enthusiastically encored, and gave with equal success M. V. White's Absent, t." Mrs. Blind's fine voice ave been heard her song, B. Tours' " Because of Thee," had been accompanied by the piano instend of the orchestra. The song which she kindly gave as an encore was greatly enjoyed. "Last but very far from least, among the vocal artists, came Mr. Wede-eyer, whose rendering ut R. de Keven's Oh!' p 'a genuine treat, and it is doubtful if his splendid baritone voice has ever been better heard. It was tensely appreciated by the audience, and acknowledgement be sang Helmund's Daily Question" with excellent feeling and expression, There were, it will be seen, four vocal numbers in the programme, each of which was encored, and we would suggest to the Committee whether it would not be better for the singers to put each of them down twice in the programme and proscribe wees, 80 that each singer would have an terval between the songs, instead ut having to follow on at once.
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