The Salt Lake Herald

A Fair Audience and a Delightful Entertainment,

The recital at the parlor of the Salt Lake Music company last evening was one of the most notable musical events of the year. The audience was fair and though not so large as it should have been, was made up largely of the best musicians and musical critics of the city.

Mr. Salmon's wonderful technique and marvelously delicate yet masterful touch were finely brought out in his rendition of "Sonate Pathetique," Op. 13, by Beethoven; "Lullaby," by Heller; "Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. 6," by Liszt, with a beautiful cadenza by the player; a nocturne and polonaise by Chopin. He also played "La Pasquinade" by request of some lover of that brilliant composition; also a beautiful Romanza of his own composition. Perhaps no numbers on the programme, with the exception of the Romanza referred to, which won the composer two fierce storms of applause, was more enthusiastically received than the "Gavotte and Musette" by Raff, and the variations on a theme from Beethoven by Saint-Saens, as played by Mr. Salmon and Mr. Krouse. The perfect sympathy, professional and personal, of these two artists was exemplified by their splendid performance last evening.

Miss Lucas' sympathetic contralto voice was at its best last evening in "Dreams," by Stoltzefski, "Impatience," by Schubert, also in the pretty air "Babette." Mr. Seymour was her accompanist.

Mrs. Norris, in the delightfully entertaining manner characteristic of her, read "Aux Italiens," by Meredith, also the humorous selections entitled "Two Sides of a Picture," "The New Church Organ," and when recalled, "The Naughty Little Girl."

"Arise Ye, O Day Most Glorious," was a very difficult selection from "Mahommed the Second," sang in a creditable manner by Mr. D. H. Seymour, with Mr. H. S. Krouse as accompanist.

After the recital Mr. Salmon, Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Norris, Mrs. Seymour, Miss Lucas, Mrs. Thompson, Miss Lillian Thompson, Mr. Krouse, Rev. L. B. Ridgely, Mr. Charles Compton, Mr. Charles Thompson and others attended an informal reception given by Mrs. B. A. M. Froiseth in honor of Mr. Salmon. An elegant repast awaited the guests, which was followed by a delightful impromptu musicale.