Sunday Concert

“Grand Orchestra of 60 pieces.” States that Delgado will play pieces of his own composition with Eller accompanying, but programs in later citation do not include any such works.

Program.

“The concert at the Lyceum Theatre last evening, under the direction of Mr. F. L. Eben, drew together a moderately large audience. The orchestra was very well balanced and moulded [sic]. The singers were Miss Antonia Henne and Mr. Christian Fritsch. Solos were performed on the cornet and on the flute, and the artists seemed to meet with the hearty approval of their auditors. Miss Henne sang ‘O Mio Fernando’ with good intonation and proper display of correct feeling. Mr. Fritsch sang the well-known aria for tenor voice from ‘Louisa Miller’ with competent skill and good taste, showing a voice of considerable volume and compass. All the music was of a popular character.”

“Two concerts, each of decided merit, were given last night, the one at Wallack’s Theatre, the other at the Lyceum… At the Lyceum concert the stars were Mrs. Henne, a very charming contralto, and Mr. Fritsch, a tenor of local reputation. Both concerts were good in design and execution, but it is evident that our general public has not yet taken with enthusiasm to these Sunday entertainments.”

Brief; simply mentions concert took place and provides partial program. “Music by a full band made up the programme, several numbers of which were redemanded.”

Review first considers Strakosch Opera Company Concert held the same evening. “…A slim attendance greeted the concert of Mr. Eben, bandmaster of the Seventy-first regiment, at the Lyceum Theatre. The soloists were Miss Antonia Hene, who sung [sic] Luzzi’s ‘Ave Maria’ with much feeling and expression; Mr. Christian Fritsch, tenor, who essayed ‘The Wanderer,’ and Mr. Eben, who contributed a flute solo. The last mentioned artist played a number of variations on the last movement of Chopin’s ‘Marche Funèbre,’ and although he ranks first among flute players in this country, we cannot admire the taste that would desecrate such a subject as a funeral march by variations. The great Mexican violinist, Señor Delgado, was announced to appear, but that gentleman entirely disclaimed the fact of being even notified of an engagement until he saw his name in the advertisements, and consequently there were no violin solos.”

“The Lyceum Theatre was on Sunday night, Nov. 16, the scene of an interesting concert given by Mr. F. I. Eben, the bandmaster of the 71st Regiment. An excellent programme of vocal and instrumental music was provided, and on the whole it was finely interpreted, the single exception being a bad performance of the Maritana overture. Mr. Fritsch, a tenore di grazia of considerable culture and taste, sang an aria in a very grand style; and Miss Antonia Henne won deserved applause for her really artistic rendering of the well-known aria O mi o [sic] Fernando. She is very lady-like, graceful and pretty, and possesses a clear-toned and highly-cultivated mezzo soprano voice, which she uses with great expression. She was deservedly encored. The orchestra got through with Wagner’s Rienze overture very creditably, and Mr. Eben showed brilliant execution in a flute solo. The Mexican violinist did not appear. The concert musically, but not financially, was a success.”