The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-11
SAENGERBUND CONCERT
APRONOUNCED SUCCESS
National Filled With En-
thusiastic Supporters.
FAIR ELLEN" is WELL SUNG
III Duftey and Mrs. Hardy Heartily
Received-Chorus and Orchestra
in Splendid Form.

Inc Washington Saengerbund gave
,.'St night at the National Theater its
iiSt concert of the current season. Di-
iector Henry Xander followed an es-
'dDAshed custom of the Btnd and ar
'aised the program so that il included
wen numbers by the Saengerbund Or
chestra. four by the Saengerbund. and
eht solos. the soloists in this instance
oeing Mrs Caroline Mihr-Hardv. So
prano' and John Humbird Duffev. bari
Tone both of New York The concert
was heard by an audience which crowd
go both parquet and balcony. and the
high musical standard to which this OK
ei.enI pody subscribes was again at
py demands for many encores
ana almost continuous handclapping.
by an ingenious arrangement of his
program. Mr. Xander focused the con-
cert on Bruch's cantata. Fair FIIen >.
spirited and moving composition for
male chorus, soprano, and baritone
rms work was performed last year bv
the BunG, and was received with so
Hiuch favor that a general request was
made Tor its repetition. The chorus
sang Its part admirably-Wfth precision.
Vlgor' and fine responsiveness to Mr.
Aander's leadership. Mrs. Hardy en-
tered into the spirit of the work heart
lily But the cantata WAS more a tri
umph for Mr.. Duffey than for anyone
else. The baritone has three solos. At
Mr.. Duffey's hands they were a cres-
cendo of dramatic interest until after
the Iast-"and out with the swords from
their scabbards the audience inter
rupted the progress OF the work with
tumult of applause.
Mr.. Duffey,s other numbers were the
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'Tannhaeuser;' Schubert's Am Meer.'
Chadwick's 20 Let Night Speak of 1
Me, and the "Fruehlingslied' of Won |
tleItz, with ''Wohlauf, noch getrunken 1
den funkelnden Vein" as an encore. 1
HIS voice has been much developed and /
improved since he left Washington TO |
study in New York. and in its middle
register Is marvelously rich and warm.
but long siege of illness. from which
the singer had barely recovered. les
sened its volume last night to a decided
degree.
Mrs. Hardy made most favorable
impression. Her voice is more than
adequately trained and yet retains so
line a personal quality that even its
highest tones have distinct color. Her
solos were "Dich. TheUre Halle from
Tannhaeuser;" Foote'S Love Ne If
Live; Helen Hoods sweet pastoral
Violet" and Wells Spring Song
with Rogers AT Parting for an en-
,ore
The Bund and orchestra reflected the
Utmost credit on their conductor. and
both were heard with manifest favor
The former performed three choruses-
Sreus "Fruhling am Rhein,T an ar
angement Of odd Black Joe" by Van
Ter Stucken. and Wagners IAN die
Nunst iii addition 10 it's part in Fair
Ellen The orchestra played accom-
'animents TO the two "Tannhaeuser.
olos, An die Kunst" and Fair Ellen:"l
iozart's Don Juan overture; the in
from "Cavalleria Rusticana. -
'ierne's ''Serenade. and two Bunga- J
ian dances by Brahms. The forte of ,
his body lies in sentiment rather than ;
D force and the intermezzo. serenade !
nd Hungarian dances were, consequent {
y. its best performances ,
In every respect but one the concert 7
'as a pronounced success It's only de-
lerit lay in the fact that, again fol- T
owing an old custom, the Bund held b
one OF the seats in reserve and those Y
the audience-members of the society =
nd outsiders-seated themselves pell- Y
lell as soon as the doors were opened C
his element of disorder in a concert n
therwise entirely enjoyable was widely
oticed