Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-11

The management ot the Bohemian Sing
ers' quartet OF Prague had reason to con
gratulste' itself upon the crowd which
greeted those singers last night at the
bohemian Turner hall. under the auspices
Of the Tel Jed. soKol. the more SO because
the concert was not announced until Tues
day and comparatively little advertising
had been done. Music Of Bohemian COM
pcsers was sung almost exclusively, Bendl
and smetana being apparently the most
popular. The program opened with the
singing Of THE Hymn Of the sIava9Jby the
quartet. The singers had to complete but
one number TO get enrapport withfthe audi
enee. and applause called them back. the
nrgt number showed the strength Of the
quartet. Antonin Mikolas has a tenor clear
and high without being metallic, a voice
hard to duplicate IN such an organization.
The voice Of the second tenor. Rudolf
Cerny, while not so high as that Of the
leader, is wonderfully nexibie. The barry
tone OF Jan Novak is full and smooth. AN
tonin Sro3sik. basso. has a voice which viii
be heard Of in America oftener In the fu-
ture. The best feature OF the quartet is
not. however. the Indivsdual voices. but the
harmonious blending of ali, which can be
the result OF nothing but constant training.
As the program was. arranged each solist
appeared once In addition to the singing, OF
the quartet. Mr.. MikOlas' appearance was
IA the second number. an aria from the
opera "Dalibor." In, this the range OF his
voice was demonstrated IN a manner which
brought forth calls for a second song. The
third number. 20, How You Are Beautiful"
brought forth an encore which was probably
the hit Of the evening. a medley Of Boz
hemian national airs in which there was
an imitation brass band accompaniment.
This caught the crowd 20 well that q Sec
ond call was made q responded 70. The
duet, Luke and Thomas. from smetana's
opera. ''rhe Kiss. BY Mikoias and Novak.
was the fourth number on the program.
the voice Of Norak IN this Was heard for
the first time In solo and was . revelation
TO the hearers. more than fulnlling the ex-
pectations derived from his work in the
quartet. The nrst half Of the program
closed With The Parting" BY Backiik.
sung by the quaftet-tket IL II did on the
program. but the,recaiIs made the intermis-
sion shorter.
with ponsfoos 'Ballers" a symphony. IN
whisS was heard an imitation Of guitars
and hanioSS In response to recalls twice
again the qnar5st produced the imitation
Of the stringed Instruments
h second number was humorous. 'The
Trials Of Married Lffe." a competition Of
Rutts. u BY Antonin svojsik. The song
did not give the singsf a chance 90 display
HIS powers particularly. but Il caught the
audience and svoisik was forced g refuse
to respond TO further recalls The hfth
number was Pivoda's 'szohn Waltz" and
again the audience went wild until the
singers eame once more.
How They Sing IN Blatna." was told
as q baritone solo BY Jan Noyak. being 3
sentimental ballad OF Bohemian life. he re-
sponded to q recall which would MOI 81
stlled until he appeared a third time.
The last number on the program Was
sends tn Farewell, and Where 10 NY
Home. BY ekronp. the Bohemian national
- ~ shA nuartaf
The quartet viii be At Boyd,s thsater
tonight and music lovers Will certainly have
a treat 4 they attend.