Clara Louise Thurston: harpist

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CLARA LOUISE THURSTON Harpist


PRESS NOTICES.

Clara Louise Thurston, an able and accomplished harpist, varied the program with two groups of solos.—
CHAS. MOORE, Chicago Journal.


Clara Louise Thurston, a virtuoso on the harp, who carries that distinction easily, and who is, further, a charming woman and a skilled musician, played a goodly list of the usual works for harp by Duberg, Thomas, Hasselmans, and others, and did them in a way to prove herself a remarkable technician, as well as a musician of fine feeling and culture.—
Music News, Chicago.


Miss Clara Louise Thurston scored a delightful success at the University of Wisconsin concert at Madison, Wis., last Sunday.  Her performance won the fancy of the audience, and her masterful interpretation received enthusiastic applause.  More than 2,000 people were in attendance in the University Armory, and so splendidly did Miss Thurston play solo numbers and with the orchestra that she was heard clearly in all parts of the Armory.—
Chicago Musical Times, Chicago.


Miss Thurston played with a fluent technic and a very pretty tone.—
Chicago Post.


Miss Clara Louise Thurston, the harpist, making a charming picture in a glowing oval of the screen, played as well as she looked.—
HENRIETTA WEBER, Herald-Examiner, Chicago.


Miss Thurston in her share of the program showed a serviceable technical proficiency and some clever ingenuities for tone effects on the harp.—
MAURICE ROSENFELD, Daily News, Chicago.


Miss Clara Louise Thurston, harp soloist, added distinction to the program.  In her group of solos she was forced to add two encores.  The compositions Miss Thurston presented, being written for her instrument, gave her an opportunity to display her excellent technique and thorough musicianship.—
The Wisconsin State Journal.


Clara Louise Thurston, harpist, appearing last night at the First Presbyterian Church, was especially well received.  Miss Thurston has a charming personality and the ability to obtain lovely effects from her masterful strokes.  She was called again and again, especially after her playing of the second group.—
Gary Evening Post.


The burst of applause which followed Miss Thurston showed the rapt attention as well as the appreciation of the audience during her splendid interpretation.—
South Bend News-Times, South Bend, Ind.


The renditions of Miss Clara Louise Thurston, of Chicago, were subtly and gracefully given.  The addition of Miss Thurston to the program was a happy arrangement for all who had the pleasure of hearing her most charming numbers.  She graciously gave her encores in response to the applause of all listeners.—
Bloomington, Ill.


It is not necessary to say that Clara Louise Thurston was a joy.  An artist in every sense, the Aurora music loving public has learned to expect all that is perfect in tone from her fingers upon the harp.  She also responded at one point in her program with an additional number.  The harpist has played in Aurora several times, and is received with the keen appreciation accorded true musicianship.—
The Aurora Beacon News, Aurora, Ill.



Miss Thurston, harpist, showed her splendid art through all her playing, but Au Monastère deserves special mention, because of its descriptive nature.  One could plainly hear the bells throughout the number, which is an effect very difficult to attain, especially on an instrument like the harp.  Miss Thurston had her audience with her from the start, and held their attention until the last sound died away.—
Daily Times, La Salle, Ill.


Clara Louise Thurston, one of the leading harpists of Chicago, appeared on this occasion, it being the final number of the Musical Extension Series, which has been delighting music lovers during the winter.  She gave a program of varied numbers, ranging from the most difficult of compositions to simple Irish melodies and songs of the southland, and she played them all in a truly masterful manner.—
The Geneva Republican, Geneva, Wis.


Miss Thurston especially was enjoyed.  She is by far the finest harpist who has appeared in Gary, and her playing evoked bursts of spontaneous applause from the enthusiastic audience.  She contrived some remarkable effects, especially in Hasselmans' Au Monastère, in which the bell tones were exquisitely beautiful.  In the Mazurka by Schuecker she has brilliant and produced wonderfully colorful tones.  In other selections she ranged from the most lightly delicate to deeply throbbing and vibrant movements, which quite won her audience.—
Gary Tribune, Gary, Ind.


Miss Clara L. Thurston is a harpist of exceptional ability.  Seldom is heard this poetical instrument played as the bards of old say it should be played; but yesterday all the fullness and fineness of the tone possibilities were brought out of those strings with a loving and beautiful hand.  Miss Thurston gave music that stirred the heart.  Her accompaniments for the reader were so true and sympathetic that it seemed the words and the music were really one.—
The Free Press, Streator, Ill.


The soloist for the occasion was Miss Clara Louise Thurston, of Chicago, who contributed four solos and was obliged to add three additional encores.  She is a virtuoso equipped with a high degree of technique and a true musician's grasp of interpretation.  Her reception in Madison certainly assures Miss Thurston a return engagement.—
The Capitol Times, Madison, Wis.


A harp recital by Miss Clara Louise Thurston closed in a delightful manner.  This talented Chicago artist presented a program of ten numbers that charmed her hearers.  She proved herself a master of that beautiful musical instrument.  While all of the selections were good, probably the most artistic was the Autumn numbers by Thomas.  Some beautiful bell effects were introduced in Au Monastère, by Cheshire.  The numbers making the greatest appeal to the audience undoubtedly were the popular airs in the second section.  A double encore at the close was the tribute of the audience to the artist, to which Miss Thurston responded with a medley of southern airs and with a Polish dance.—
The Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minn.


Miss Clara Thurston, of Chicago, was heard in recital Wednesday afternoon by a large audience.  The talented harpist gave a varied and distinctly pleasing program of most beautiful music.  Miss Thurston in announcing her numbers gave brief descriptions of the music or the composer, which added to the interest.  The entertainment, although hastily arranged at short notice from Miss Thurston, attracted many music lovers.  It forms one in a series of most excellent artistic concerts that has been offered the students and their friends for the past winter.—
Davenport Democrat, Davenport, Iowa.


Miss Thurston's exhibition was also most remarkable.  Each member of the trio individually rendered several masterpieces of composers, principally of the old school, whereas Miss Thurston confined her performance to interpreting works of authors mostly of a later day.  We can now well understand why Miss
 Thurston is so popular in musical circles.  Her performance upon the harp in producing Bellota's Pastorale, as well as the several other interesting numbers which she presented, stamped her as a virtuoso of high rank.—
Hamilton Club News, Chicago.


Miss Clara Thurston, the harpist, who is highly spoken of by musical critics, made her first appearance before a Fond du Lac audience, and created a very favorable impression.  Her work demonstrated to the local musical people that she possessed a great talent, and the prevailing opinion was that she excels any who have appeared here before as harpists.  She also was frequently encored, and among the numbers given in response was Old Kentucky Home.—
Sentinel, Fond du Lac, Wis.


Miss Clara L. Thurston was next introduced, and while her nimble fingers touched the strings of the harp, the music produced played upon the strings of our hearts.  She was encored and encored again.  It was indeed a real pleasure to have her with us, and we trust she will be with us again.—
Masonic Sentinel, Chicago.


At Columbia Hall Miss Clara Louise Thurston, harpist, of Chicago, appeared in recital before a capacity house.  Miss Thurston immediately became a prime favorite with her audience, and received many recalls during the evening.—
Journal, Appleton, Wis.


Clara Louise Thurston, the popular lady harpist who has previously made hundreds of friends in Dubuque in a former appearance, will again be presented this week.  Miss Thurston needs no introduction, as her masterly solos on the king of instruments have proven her to be an artist, and her coming is eagerly awaited by music loving people of our city.—
Times, Dubuque, Iowa.


Clara Louise Thurston's playing was easily the musical hit of the season.  Miss Thurston is one of America's best harpists, if not the very best, and her appearance here was looked forward to with delight by her thousands of Dubuque friends, who greet her at every performance.—
Times, Dubuque, Iowa.


An added attraction and pleasing feature of last evening's concert was the appearance of Miss Clara Louise Thurston, harpist, who was heard in several refreshing solos.  Miss Thurston is an artist of capability, possessing a delightfully delicate touch, combined with a strong, forceful fingering of the harp strings, as the occasion demands.  Miss Thurston was obliged to respond to several encores at each of her appearances on the program.—
The Pantograph, Bloomington, Ill.


Miss Thurston, an artist who received her entire musical education in the Chicago Conservatories, displayed an unusually brilliant technique, and her touch betrayed artistic depths that were hampered only by the limitations of the instrument.  The remarkable versatility of the artist was the subject of much favorable discussion among the musicians present.  She really seemed to rise superior to the limitations imposed by the harp, and her audience was very enthusiastic and thoroughly in sympathy with her musicianly aspirations.  She was forced to respond to the applause, and gave as an encore The Last Rose of Summer, which she played with exquisite depths of feeling and tenderness.—
Daily Republican-Register, Galesburg, Ill.

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