Piano-forte Recital: 4th

“Miss Sophie Flora Heilbron brought to a close at Association Hall, yesterday afternoon, a series of four piano-forte recitals, which have given great pleasure to all who have attended them.”

“The very clever young pianist who has in a very short time attained quite a celebrity in this city—equal to that which she gained while yet a child in London—completed her first series of recitals at Steinway Hall yesterday afternoon. The ‘Sonata Appassionata’ of Beethoven was a very perilous selection for the young artist to place at the head of her programme; but she went through it bravely, and in the succeeding works she demonstrated unmistakeably the thoroughness of her technique and the gracefulness of her style. Mlle. Ridenti sang a cavatina from ‘Lucia’ with such success that Donizetti’s music seemed to be exactly suited to her. Her phrasing, trills and expression left nothing to be desired. For an encore she rendered, in a faultless manner, ‘The Nightingale’s Trill,’ which poor Parepa-Rosa introduced here, Clay’s song, ‘She Wandered Down the Mountain Side,’ was delivered by Mlle. Ridenti with the passionate fervor and high intelligence that mark the true artist.”