Sacred Concert

“Miss Bimeler, who sang at Thomas’ concert [Steinway Hall], appeared later in the evening at the Liederkranz Hall in the same piece, ‘Lascia chio pianga,’ by Handel.  She has a fair mezzo soprano voice, with a good intonation, much power and moderate expression.  With study and practice she may make a success in concert.  Von Inten was the pianist, and in Mendelssohn’s ‘Variations Sérieuses’ he made a good impression.  The superb chorus of the society was heard to advantage in the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ and Mozart’s ‘Ave Venem’[sic].  We did not think much of Liszt’s 137^th Psalm.’  It was written in one of his eccentric moods and is a very ungrateful affair.  The orchestra of the society were sans reproche.”