Sacred Concert and Ball

 “This hard-working association, whose members have come mainly from the Sängerbund singing school, held its vocal and instrumental concert last night at the Metropolitan Rooms, which was very well attended. The vocal solos in Romberg’s tone-painted piece, ‘Schiller’s Glocke,’ the concert’s main work, were performed nicely by Messrs. Langenbach, Weinlich, and Keppler and Mme. Ehlers.  The men of the mixed choir, ‘Polyhymnia,’ also performed well.  Mr. Krüger conducted the piece with sensitivity and attention.  Another noteworthy performance was Abt’s ‘The Silent Waterlily,’ sung excellently by the Arion Choir, especially the pianissimo parts.  Carl Bergmann conducted the latter in masterly fashion.  A Miss Gerschwyller, who possesses a pleasant full alto voice, sang the ‘Blumenlied’ from Gounod’s Faust and was accompanied well by Mr. Kerssen on the piano.  Both Miss Gerschwyller and the Arion Choir had to sing it again.”