The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-06

DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
The Benefit of Miss Olsen.
TIDINGs OF THE LONG-LosT
GERHARD.
The Good and Bad-0ur Pr0gnOs.
ticati0ns Verified-TheatriaIs
ina Bad Way-A Vener-
able Play Bill
Other Items.
The Benefit of Miss Olsen.

prefer the careful Iutterances of the
critic - even though, those utter :
ances may contain something of
stricture-than the Emere unst1nted
praise of the writerIwho indiscrim4
inately lauds everything alike, in
the fear of saying2some, hing that
may hurt someone's feelings The
one shows that he has thought the
performance 70 be Eof sufficient i'm
portance artistically, no matter what
msy have been the sizs of the audi
ence who witnessed it, to entitle it
to serious consideration at his
hands; VII lie the other only gives it
a place with the common run Of
passing entertainments he has to
notice. For this rea,on, we feel
sure the Tabernacle Choir will ap.
preciate a critical estimate of their
recent bsne6t to Miss Olsen,
and not because the whole is not
lavishly praised, go to the len 9Th
offeeling that the critic is actuated
by malice or has some personal end
to serve.
There were five or six numbers
among the seventeen which made
up Tuesday evenings programme
that were justly entitled to be re.
garde as novelties Laying Mr..
Weihe's s1lo aside-for wherever he
10 60noarpo6 ho Y,1r,ot ~ oo,,roa k,a
placed first and oremost-there
were "the Nations, Memberships
grand chorus, very we'll known to
Salt Lake musicians as having been
too difficult for the 300 voices gath
cred for Theodore Thomas to master
Mr.. Daynes' new composition "Fhe
Nations Bow" the advent of the
new bass, Mr.. James Crawford,
Miss Olsen's colo of Santa Maria,
and the warlike minstfelsy chorus
from Lucia; OF these features we
set it down at once as our opinion
that MIR. Daynes' anthem over
Swallowed all the rest. He has
written several songs, tunes and
anthems prior to this, but nothing
tn t will in any way approach it;
il is in all respects noble and
mastery composition, and its
opening-in the MINORS a part
icularly lofty conception. The
choir seemed infused with
something of the composers
enthusiasm in this rendition, and the
choice of Miss Druce for the beauti.
full soprano obligate could hardly
have been bettered. The Nations
Bow will take its place among How
Beautiful Upon the Mountains
Daughter of Zion, and the other
tandard pieces among the Taber-
nacle Choir's repertoire.
The charming benefciare looked
and sang. at her best; her voice is
richest in the mezzo register, how
ever, and for that reason she ex
ceIled rather In the quartette thar
in her solo.
The Choir sang "The Nations"
with fire and enthusiasm that
made the house ring. This selection
was best in the sustained forte pas
sages, and weakest when all the
parts take the theme indepen.
| IDENTIFY; with Warlike Minstrelsy
was the chorus poorest effort, buI
one or two voices being audible al
all in the solo for basses.
Mr.. Crawford, the new bass, will
be useful when he has had a course
of instruction; his low notes are
full and strong. and he will be q
strong adjunct TO the male voices II
the choir. What he most needs al
present is a few hints on the man
ner of bsaring ones self before ar
audience.
Miss Clawson sang Ehren on the
Rhine with great sweetness and ex
preston; a charm that never fail
in this young lady is her graceful
stage address, and her distinct arti-
culation.
Miss bruce is one of the mos
popular of our high sopranos; thu
purity of her upper register wa
what induced Mr.. Daynes to selec
ner for his anthem, and MIR. Ste
phens gave her splendid opportun
Ivy lux IuO dlcpidJ VI AOA AiSd sOAO
in his song, The Maids Request
Mics Druce's greatest defect IS al
unlntelligibleness in her articula
tion-a fault that can be SO readil,
overcome with practice that W
hope the lady will not neglect it
correction.
| The piccolo duet was novel fea
ture in choir concerts. Inc gentle
men made pretty selection and di
some brilliant execution.
Mr.. T. G. Crawford we are sorr
| to think, has not sustained mis- repu
tation by his last two appearances
With considerable cultivation of
very excellent voice, Mr.. Crawfor
combines two serious faults, whic
he cannot too soon overcome. On
is a tendency to throatiness, and th
other is a swaying of the bod
while he is singing.
The part song for twenty voics
was sweetly rendered, but the ter
ors marred it by running out {
tune in several parts.
1t goes without saying that Nj
Daynes' organ performance VIZ
loudly encored.
The sextette from Lucia close
the evening performance, and n
regret to saw was only fairly done