Organ Concert: 14th

Excellent service of the series in bringing those interested in organ music into a closer acquaintance with the great masterpieces written for that instrument.

Includes program. 

“The fourteenth of the organ concerts at the Church of the Holy Trinity was given yesterday afternoon by Mr. S. P. Warren. The performance attracted a very large audience whose satisfaction found vent from time to time in prolonged applause. That so great a public interest should be manifested in these excellent entertainments is a matter of general satisfaction. There are no tricks to catch the multitude. The music is usually of a serious character, though of course it is not, and in such concerts ought not to be all ecclesiastical—and the exhibitions are consequently a good school for organists. In this city where real organ playing is so rare, a conscientious performance like that of yesterday deserves attention. Among the most striking of Mr. Warren’s selections were an exquisite ‘Choral Prelude’ of Bach’s, a [illegible] of remarkable and masterly concert variations on the ‘O Sanctissima’ by Mr. J. H. Cornell, and Liszt’s difficult Prelude and Fugue on the notes BACH. The following was the full programme [see above].”

“On Wednesday afternoon at Holy Trinity Church there was a very large attendance at the organ concerts. Mr. S. P. Warren presided at the instrument, which is one of the very finest in the country. The programme consisted of a selection of works, from Bach to Liszt, which were unexceptionable, and the performer executed them in a manner worthy of his high reputation. The audience remained seated to the end, with the exception of those who retired previous to the beginning of the last piece. Miss M. E. Hall sang Gounod’s ‘Ave Maria’ particularly well. She has a good voice, and uses it with intelligence. Mr. John J. D. Trevor sang Rivarde’s ‘O Salutaris’ very acceptably. He has a tenor voice of most agreeable quality and a refined taste.”