"THE HARMONISTS"

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 8

"THE HARMONISTS"

. "The Harmon ists'V-a- vocal gnarict consisting of Misses Gladys . AV'aikjns and Jiilenn pfiscoll . and "Messrs. W, K'.tiy and Syditoy ■ Ail'.vriabt—occupied ilio platform ai t-Jir- Town HtflrClqn'<?e)'t Chamber last evening, convoying to :ii fairly numerous audience the germ of 'promise of better things to come. . .It could. mi ho. said conscientiously that tho individual members of the quartet, were in the bost <sf form,, a wet is'liMh. may ha.ve l>ee.n atfrilm table to nervousness occasioned by tho tusk t.i'.py set themselves. Tlio first part consisted of a. miscellaneous conceit, of ivtftUsM'cijtcd numbers, Miss (ilauys Wfttkiiis, whoso light soprano Was scarcely np to true pitch, sung "A Pastoral' (Carry) without osmveyuifr much, ol the. joy of spring that tho pretty little mi.mber 'breathes. As an encore she saiif; "Tho Swan Bent. Low io the Lily'' fM.'Do.tvelD. Mr. Sydney Allw right pvo (l sturdy and well-staidM Ajiiverajico of.that fino soup. I 'Pagan" (Lohr), and, deservedly recalled, saitg with qood expression "Bio Gat'd'eil. Whc : r6 My Sotfl AVas jjfif.il." "The Miserere" dv.et from "1! Trovaiaro:" suns by Miss \Yat-cins and Mr. Efby, w&s fiiniccj' H

neither '.ftrtfet,. ii Wias. .plainly out o( ■the capacity of hptti, The voift|;S did Slot i hlciid, afid 'wo dianiitid instinct .Was ■ laslciijg- MorcoTsr,'; fli-e .(Met » v a.s • at a siixijf 5 pace. Miss EilCeW Ariscpti who. lias * iitosicHj .-nieitf.a' vpicii., . iVas cH« tiercel for n , feather 'moo Tfatliivg of '. Batfratt's r;: J% 81111*5," Ma\ Wsitteihiit ■ Eihv Mwvs. tonally insecure, in "Ait &:cning'Soii.g" {Bljiiittattbl). Tho' first paH; fcsiiMud'cd witlV tha hujnorous nfciifet, : ■'Yhey Told Me, i/on &d ©ten to per," . f.j'-o'.nj Liza- Jj'KhnwtfiiY-cycle,. ''AJjea :Ift' 'Wqii&ojilatyj..'- In ibis iranrljcr tijo. "Eafniphists" sliooh off so.ijio of tljo reserve which tliirea'imnjd to -freezo the . tateeori,' Mi*. Alfe-igh-t iri. p.wtipJiW ■ realising tins fitHftoiii' -'of Eiowi.s CaJtoli S Thfe piece tip'. r&sjs-tajiee of the -even- • ing Wrus AW Wflodofordis 'FiH.d?ji , 's oxtreiniely WsHitiftil .'song cycle, "The Pagoda of jiovfefsV' a Bfir.pjflsc h\'p stary in song, \yliieh -tolls of -tV |oiiila Mat Nao's deVoffafa tp-.Tfor lov*r Q<jßi!jla;; who having "love m his hniirt j'rid Gffll 6iy his lips,'* twfe pr.i&j.ih When jfc jvoo -goes'to the teinple to pra£ n,iV(l .' eecs Iter lov.'t sjt tW shyftje. shft ftffefs ■to kiH Ivcfsfiffi, littt Denials, nnft'ijs; favo all .power-fill, yciiaimsps Ms'Mestly yoy^s. f and liiiited they fle.e to "the rice fields isy the Star MoWftJr i?reo»'* MijWFii---.iai's gift of .(u'l.caiwjji.oi} melody floiv-s Jjl.aeMy ijllrough this cycle-, Which found till? -.qMn.rtffts So, hefctftr jbrnj. than in. -Ht-e. nvfecejlawemts prosiri).mfii£;, 'fifo.J #1wr%ht wa-3 paj'tiCTtlnfly _edffec'tlVc in the gjijiv-eiy htfiiitifiil SfiliS, ■ "ftoU K?.e-p. My ■ Ttougliti en ilaly in-eve '' wU a glflhm nf Music in- Miss 'D>igc;i4l'-s ; mJiEtog of her foii solo,, /Jfes ': Fioftts'." Ste tlfelrtStS : J)Ser'o.,.Ha : i ; 'ftty so ■ sueebssfwl, oVviii;? to 3 indv Wfjifliitity in. tlio voiflos. Sfffl "fli? , i Pn'pd.a tir: frloWfifs" is $ ■ctefining li't-tle of j #j.<rfr]at«l SflJig< wlfMi ':Sli'(i;!l'id. ho pop* ; lav with coMcort Itttors..., Mr. ■pKlitls S-. A'msdeii "a.ffcffl.m.paiiMiJ steijtjateljs. \ .