LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17124, 20 April 1921, Page 9

LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

■•■..-; ■>The Liedertsfoliampke concert at the Scotv. .tish Society's looina: laet night opened aus- ■' :jjiicioußly. the' present season asthe first* of' : the 'society's' produetioiia. .Doubtless they n«de,»i- very good beginning. C. H. Lloyd's .beautiful "Lonjjbeard'e Saga," taken from "Hypatia," had bieem '■'•• 'i iesurrooted 'after a long interval as the open* ;viri(|, number,-and rehearsed with very fine ' efiect, Some weak places, demand attention ; 'vyet' oiiohi'asithe .eluggiehly-sung' "Over tho ''rC»nip;KresiDrank-I with Heroes," and tho ; !•;<■.teetering Up in the Elfin Home." ;''AJiainst these the-working up of other parts, : off in, the.; Morning Land" and 'JSEtng'Odia-shall.Deem,You;'Vproved very? :) effijlarating and brilliant in tone. r Similarly • i^KS'-weird,."PMantom Host," By Hegar, made 1 appeal, the splendid harmony disin,tho finale\jappt" particularly. As ! X<' encore they gave "Lovely flight" with jneM ii : |,;lo\jj flexiblei time production. A new glee by M/rW*tm>- "Blow-.Light, Thou Balmy; Air,". l/'KvWttl ijjenayr further atudy. The light tone- ■ especially . demand more attention ji;:?;A'^^sprinters'- ink is yet wasted on pj? andi : :seeih''invisible' to singers'-*iv;:Ssrafci)Stainei's-"Bind my Brows" excelled in t. Cpw-forooful parts. The,-choir closed their '• ! vommmnM with the gay "Lot the Sparkling) V^wjto'go;Bound,'.' by M. Hock.' , 'jXvffioSfQiinto jtorty, consisting of Messrs ~'CWkion^Vincent, March, .and, Hawker, sang : «J;; , ' i %t4!well in ■■'Wending and tastei "In. May ' ;"sTpej%!but the harmony in' "Sweet and the purest. . ' Worflley and 'Lawin played with find • V*®!** l * 1 " iritereating, vividly-painted "Scherzo" Stanford's Irish Symphony, and cßttaflteristically a "Sclavish Dance" by : ; the piano used gets ;- :^W^-ion ej» nerves,, and urgently requires re-' ':.rfima^^;-:: . :/-:'. •] soloist* appeared Mr E. S. ' who tried in vain to instil life sjnw/Sergeant'e rather heavy setting of "Blow, :\„ i;?^jWiriter^ina.''; Let him.;trv Quilter*b '\;ylwion.-: JfncV better did Mr Buchanan aucVFriox Gray." ' Mr C. H. V :J;S^»^n <j TMd-'phpseri two 7good songs by! v--Vss9Jsjjs(^jMartin, and' pieced' their merit I i^jMsM?'' so^l 'lisW'' Blumenthal's song did WaMUSM; Mr'!"«T.F. Peake's light voice as f^J^Pw t *ie .encore'number,';. "I'Gave Tow >v^*^^^*st*«th *jts.:pathetio tones, more suitflt^ffi^wr^ 6 expansion of his organ." In Mr whose reputation in the him, tho Liedertafel and $&J&3$8?& • "° m *fo a decided acquisition. 'isMpW , > l S a> 'ais, mettle" at his very first bars "Vulcan's Song." found warm appreciation as ac;W?BTO4uiit to Lloyd'a "Saga"; the other num- 1 by the services of Mr L. Lewim 'Ma^W^, 00111 ; *m crammed fall of demonstra;M®J tookers, who seined to enjoy themselves *Q™»l»gbly; with ample cause.