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...applauded as rapturously after, as before the encore. A Waltz, by Dudley Buck, which had never before been given in public by the Club, pleased the audience, though it was sung very unevenly and is a rather ordinary composition. The tenor solo was finely sung and well received. Mozart's "Violet" was given for the encore. The College songs were sung with spirit, and, as is usual in "foreign parts," were very much enjoyed by the audience...
...owing to illness, on Thursday of this week. We give the programme of the first evening: 1. King's Hunting Jigg, Dr. John Bull. 2. Sonata, Dom. Scarlatti. 3. AEgyptienne, Rameau. 4. Fugue in E Minor, Haydn. 5. Gavotte in D Minor, J. S. Bach. 6. Fantasia C Minor, Mozart. 7. Sonata, Beethoven, Opus 26, A flat. The attendance on the first evening was about one hundred and fifty. The programme for April I will be: Sonata from Haydn in E Flat; Beethoven, Opus 7; selections from Scarlatti, Rameau, Sebastian Bach, Emmanuel Bach, Schubert, and Mendelssohn...
...Chorus of Pilgrims," from Tannhauser, was given with grand effect. Considering the difficulties which lie in the middle of this piece, consisting of accidentals, naturals, and other terrors, the Club deserve great credit for their fine rendering. A charming old English ballad received an intelligent interpretation. "The Violet" of Mozart was well rendered as an encore. The fact is, encores seemed to be the order of the evening, though it is hard to see how there could be much enthusiasm in so poorly ventilated a hall...
...learn that the Pierians are playing even better than usual this winter; while, in spite of many obstacles, the Glee Club will, we doubt not, acquit itself well. The Pierians are to play the overture, Le Lac de Fees, by Auber, the Inman Line March, Grafenberger waltzes, minuet by Mozart, solos for the cornet and violoncello, and a piano-forte duet. The Glee Club will try conclusions with May-Night, by Abt, Trooper's Song, by Gade, the Dreamy Lake of Schumann, Love's Call, by Becker, and The Spring again Rejoices, by Durrner. The price of admission tickets will...