New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung, November 26, 1894, p. 12

For the German Hospital. –
Large Benefit concert by the United Singers of New York. –

The appeal to generosity, above all to the German citizens, was not in vain this year. Carnegie Hall, the largest concert venue of the city, was almost completely filled last night and thus a few thousand have done their deed for the purpose. With a concert of such rich content it is easily explained. It hardly needs to be mentioned that the main weight was carried by the Arion and Liederkranz and their conductors. The evening developed into a competition to present the best, which was well received by the audience and earned everyone stormy applause.

The Liederkranz shone with its presentation of Swabian folk tunes arranged by Zoellner and with Carl M. von Weber's Sword Song. Hegar's Rudolf von Werdenberg by the Arion was the piece de resistance for it displayed the extra-ordinary tone quality of the Arion and with which completely finished quality Mr. van der Stucken is able to lead his singers. Kroegler's Nachtgruss was also well received. The sparsely represented United Singers of New York received loud applause for Land Sighting by Edvard Grieg and the Mill Wheel by Eichendorff. Soloist Miss Marie Louise Clary totally developed her sympathetic voice in Gluck's Orpheus; Mr. Franz Louis Berger ambitiously sang the Grail song from Lohengrin; baritone G. W. Ferguson effectively presented the aria from Massenet's King of Lahore and pianists Rose and Ottilie Sutro, two charming artists, played Chopin's Rondo op. 73 and a composition by E. Rudorff with great technical ability and feeling. Mr. van der Stucken received great applause for his lively orchestral presentation of Massenet's Pictures from Naples.

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