THE CHAMBER CONCERTS.

Evening Star, Issue 11701, 6 October 1902, Page 3

THE CHAMBER CONCERTS.

For an hour and a-quartcr on Saturday afterhoon the subscribers to Miss • Anita Moss's chamber concerts listened to the discoursing of good music in a capable manner, voting it the best concert so far of the series. Miss Moss herself was in good voice, able to bestow the requisite power upon Allitsen's noble 'Song of thanksgiving,' and manifesting, marked freedom, honesty, and grace in her singing of the florid recitative and aria ' Non piu mesta" from Rossini's ' Cinderella,' in which item, by the way, distinct enunciation'was also observable, this being important to the proper dramatic effect.' It is one of the merits of Miss Moss's singing that she invariably attends' to the character of the work undertaken. This is Mdllc Trebclli's distinguishing accomplishment, and it is of great value. Tho singer who sings everything in one way soon becomes tiresome. Mr W. Farquhar Young, the other vocalist, sang ' The sweetest flower that blows' in sympathetic style ; then brought out from the lower stratum of his library ' The beer song' from 'Martha,' singing this old favorite with more power than opera bassos ore as a rub possessed of; and later in the afternoon gave a rendering of 'Tin; i'»edouin love song ' which hi spite of an occasional misunderstanding with the accompanist must be counted the best we have heard since Fob's never-to-be-forgotten exposition. '.Hie instrumental pieces ;.lso proved unusually interesting The Liszt rhapsodic chosen ;us Miss Oiivc Little's pianoforte solo is a pretty composition, i'l'Gumluig in pleasing variety, and, competently interpreted as it was. the audience, .so far "from iidgctting about impatiently, were sorry it was not longer. The playing of the tuneful ' Tancredl' transcription—'Di tiinfi pMpiti' arranged <>s a duet, for violin and pianoforte—also drew a hearty round of applause. Mr J. Coombs's work in the earlier passages reminding some present of his best, form iu the days be tore he had so much teaching and conducting to take up his tune. Of the deet for 'cello (Mr R. Moss) and pianoforte iMiss Little), it may be said to have been played with studious care, and, if wanting a. little more brilliancy in the allesrro, 'twas better so than to have slv,« 11 da-h at the expense of correctness. All present were very much pleased with tile eonciiu'.ing Hummel trio, it being simple enough to gratify the unlearned, and played in n m,inner tliat" proved thorough rehear*.d. so that the performers could let themselves go. as the saying is, instead of being forced to fiddle with the music, as is the case when a composition has to be read at the performance. At the. next- eonetrt, on the 18th inst.. a specially attractive programme will be presented, 'including a. Popper __ 'cello solo, ,i, scene From 'Faust.' cud Zanbs song ' To the angels."