For some reason hard to determine the audience at the concert given at the Club Concordia by the German Choral Society on Tuesday night (12th ist.) was not} as large as might have been desired, and as was certainly deserved. trite but true, however, to say that what was lacking in numerical strength was made up in enthusiasm, for exch number was received very heartily, The soloists of the evening were three. Mrs. W. Gessner gave a pianoforte solo, Schumann's Les Papillons," and mastered its difficulties very successfully. Mr. A. Cramer's violoncello solos were, Perhaps, the success of the evening. He has such an easy command of the 1 ment, and so even and pure a tone, that Davidoff's pretty, flowing ' Romanze," and Popper's freakish 'Arlequin" were a delight to hear, He was compelled to give an encore, s0 loud and continuous was the applause which followed him off the stage. 'The remaining soloist was Miss E. Baldamus, whose pleasant soprano voice was heard in Brahms' "Stindchon," and Nicolai's '"O sich mich nicht so liichelnd an." Mrs. E. Scbiitif and Mr. C. Stepharius sang Riedel's duet, "Lindduftig hilt die Maiennacht," very agreeably. Remains only to praise the mixed choir, which—under Professor Sternborg—gave Niels Gude's Im Her-liste," Reinecke's Der—Verrathene Freier," and finally the '*Gebet" chorus from "Lohengrin," the last sung with considerable power, The male voices of the choir also sang Max Bruch's "Normannenzug." Altogether the evening pissed very pleasantly, and the Society deserve praise and congratulation.
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