The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-19
THE SCHUBERT CONCERT
MT. Baier Was Right
About Paul Revere's
Ride.

Mr.. Baier wins his box OF cigars. Ine
audience at the Schuber concert lass
night was not brought to its feet with en-
thusiasm by Paul Revere's Ride Dud-
ley Buck. The piece fell somewhat nat.
The audience was puzzled. 1t did not
know whether to be pleased or the re-
verse, and the result of the indecision was
a very slight ripple of applause, which had
the effect of a cold shower bath. The
greater part of the work is for the two
~soloists, tenor and bass, and the orchei-
ira. The chorus relatively has little.
But that little requires volume and sus-
tanned tone. h Schubert Club, last
night, succeeded in giving neither. The
club was augmented by a number OF OUT
side singers. Even with this addition it
was not equal to the task. The orchestra
has a running accompaniment Of strains
of the "Star Spangled Banner" and is
variations. Frequently throughout the
piece it has several phrases for the or
chestra alone. These come at times be-
tween parts of the club song n at times
between the solo parts. Throughout, the
singing Is slow and measured, the orches-
ira having the changes in time that illus
trate the excitement of the ride. SUCH
measured singing requires sustained vol
ume accompanied with enthusiasm on tue
part of the singers. The chube Club
lacked the volume,-the enthusiasm, II
the members felt it, was lost in anxiety to
get the music in exact time. The CLUB
felt that the work was an ambitious one,
and each member watched so carefully
the time and the tones that the spirit or
the thing was lost and the effect was
cold. The result was that the
orchestral interludes felt like gaps that
the voices did not bridge. The solo work
was lone by Mr.. Julian Walker, bass.
and Mr.. Var YORK, tenor. Mr.. Van
YORK took the place of Mr.. Pattou at
short notice. He sang his incidental
solos admirably. He has a sweet and
robust tenor voice. He uses 1t well. He
entered into the spirit of the song more
than any one else. He sang it dramati-
cally. Mr.. Walker was not so interested
in the work as was Mr.. Van YORK, but
he sang well. He sustained his notes
as they should. be in such a song and he
added power to the production. In one
respect the club work was admirable in
paul Revere's Ride" The gradations
and shadings of tone, he orchestral eff
fects, were above %reproach. Mr.. Baier
is able to produce from his voices tone
effects that few conductors achieve. Had
the Schubert Club been strong enough
for the exceedingly heavy features of the
work and had it combined with it the
artistic finish it gave in the lighter
phrases the piece would have brought
from the audience the enthusiastic re-
Spouse tina the Schubert Club has fire.
quently won.
The club sang ITO JOY" Gregor, the
opening number, exquisitely. 1t is the
kind of song that the club does best. 1t
affords scope for all the parts. The at
tack was made well, the swells were just
what they should be. Mr.. Thomas Ad-
ans sang the incidental solo. Spring
time" Wilhelm, was another of these.
The "Arion Waltz" Vogel, c~aptivated
the audience. This number is in waltz
time. 1t is accompanied first by the
BASES and then by the tenors. Then to-
gether comes the chorus, in a growing,
swelling, ringing refrain. The club sang
the chorus parts n the accompaniment
charmingly. The light, airy phrases 1t
sang too heavily. In response to a thun-
derous encore the club repeated it. The
Pilgrims Chorus Tannhauser, was an
other disappointment. 1t, like Paul
Revere's Ride" needs volume. The beau
tiful chorus was given, the first W
verses unaccompanied, the last, with or
chestra and organ. With such support
the club should have reached the eli
max. But it didn't work with the or
chestra, it sang without feeling the sup
port and it utterly failed to give the
climax. THE Brownies Neutwick,
II = - z1l- -,.xo +1,4 ~ fbraa xro NO
ago, accompanied by orchestra and
piano, is a delicious little bit. But the
club was tired from Paul Revere's
Ride and couldn't sing it as lightly as
it deserved.
There are some people who like boy
sopranos. There are few who object to
them, in the proper place-chanting
in a church choir. But as finished vocal
lists, singing love ong to a large audi
ence. boy sopranos are all wrong. The
one last night, Master Earl Quick sang
Because 1 Love YOU" Hawley; Japan
csc Lullaby" Neil, the alleged Ave Ma
ria of the Cavalleria Rusticana, and
-Four Leaf Clover" Brownell. All the
boy like Master Quick. He is young and
he is a pretty boy and his youth warmed
the audience. His little voice in a room
like the Tabernacle was as inappropriate
Mr.. Julian Walker had but one solo
number. He rave % Thou Sublime
Sweet Evening Star" T~annhauser. He
has a large and thoroughly sweet voice.
His manner leads one to think that he
is singing with an effort, but his tones
come easily. The reeitative was sung
powerfully and the sweet, air was beau
tifully given. Mr.. Walker sang the
Romance with a great deal of feeling.
The audience listened breathlessly. Mr..
ak did not sing his encore, 'Thy
Beaming Eyes" any too well.
The number of the evening was the
a and b by the orchestra. Mr.. Baier
led it admirably. He led in a manner
that showed he felt the beautiful strains
Godards "Canzonetta'' and Filtration"
Steck.
The members of the orchestra were
Paul Gaehler, first violin; Sebastian
Laendner, first violin; John Rietzel, sec
ond violin; Gustav Wolf, second violin;
Oscar Frentzky, viola; H. Riederich,
violincello; Felix Leifels, double. bass;
Otto Stoeckert, flute; Emil Scheick,
clarionet; Emil Wissler, clarionet; Will
helm Schulze, horn; Wenzel Ringer, horn.
The orchestra played with d~elicacy of
touch and expression. It's playing could
not be adversely criticised. z Everyone
wished for more and was unsatisfied with
the repetition of Filtration
The programme was varied. There was
an absence of the SamenesS frequently
observed in club singing. With a fine
woman soprano and a stronger club for
those two big numbers, the programme
would have been the best the club ever
rave.
The club was burdened with two
Dromios last night. Mr.. Pattou, who was
70 have SING the incidental tenor solo.