The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-18

.r.. w~<ro,oaitan Concert Company"
-Four singers and q pianist. making
music under the modest arm name aho
.,vIe OF The Metropolitan Concert
~ompany." presented last night At the
civ AudIto, en- the second concert OF
This seasons Radcliffe Series, az
these entertainments nave oeeome
widely and popularity known. Tenn
cally, they are offered by ine Hao
clifre Attractions" doubtless corpor-
alton: actually. they ana the praihs,
enterprise, energy and money Denina
,hsm arc owned by the indomitaoie
". I. Radcliffe. for many years I'M
nresarto-in-chief to Richmond and q
dozen other cities. and OF late. In ad-
dition to his own undertakings. tour
manager of the great New York fni'-
harmonic Orchestra
Last nights concert company was
composed Of Miss Edna Durham. so
nrano. Miss Marion May. contralto'
yobn Finnegan, tenor. Royal Dadmun.
~. and Miss Ethel Tozier-Hardy'
,ianist and accompanist, and the pro-
lam presented ranged from the quar-
tet from "Rigoletto' and the tenor
aria. che Gelida Mamma" from Ia
Roheme.- down to Il Hear You Caii-
ing Ne"
In addition to the pleasure derived
from tn artists employed by MT. haa-
cI;fre and the program selected ny
them, the audience was furtaes ae
Iectated by the unAnnoonceo anu
yratuitous appearance OF the jAn"ol
Of the building, who. during much OF
,be evening. stood upon the stage
io,ned occasionally and fsetinsly by
irrI{rAi DOliC0man.
Passing lightly over the perform
ana Of III sse two ofhcials. 1t Is some
what dtnacult to decide which OF the
regularly engaged artists was most
acceptable to the audience. and the
ain1culey = increased by the conscious
ness Of the fact that many In the
audience failed to hear several OF the
numberA The concert b.Gan Q Kew
minutes after the hour set, $40. ana
the last comsrs were not seated until
after $50. while numb .rs left during
the sinxinS II the last quartet
Miss Dunham's voice and method
arr A we'll known to Richmond that
extended comment on her singing
unnec .ssary. Perhaps the most salts
tying and artistic Of her numbers was
the little song of Rogers, Clouo
|Shadowa" which she sang with an
sxquisately soft and peri. iesato' an
effect most dimcult Of attainment BY
mos SINCERE In the Arditi waltz
song. which the audience liked best.
there seemed to be q curious incom-
patibdliSy Of pitch between voice and
piano. but then this 10 IN elaborate
vocal exercise, requiring all the re-
sources Of the colorstura singer. ana
the criticism may be hypercrttical
Miss May sang McDoweirs The
sea- very well. though with an occa-
sional huokiness In the middle voice.
as II from cold: tn IN the Spross song.
VIII o. the wisp." in which she was
Handicapped BY singing against the
memory Of Alma Gluck's charm. and
concluded her solo Numbers by sing
ing extremely well, with much Ora
matte forct and temperament. The
Cry OF Rachel" . most potent song
~ Mary salter Turner, which fire.
auenfly appoaEO On concert programs
In other o0ssos. but has rarely besn
heard here veS1tsble CRY. tragic and
intense.
Mr.. F7npsgoo Displayed tbs sene
purity Of ss0s and lyric quality that
hs exhibleea when ~ tried 20 sing
through victor Herosrt's orchestra last
spr1ne. a genuins tenor. but With
neither votes nor Temperament Tor
grsnl opera sfSeoI
Nr. DsAmun, though suffering Sseo
cold % ead that ~ was compelled
70 sing ever" g. Drovea TO % one OF
the most thoroughiy occepsaess low
voiced men that We have nearn- bese
he N csIle6. bosoo eoasasss ~ ". with
the sciiAisy OF the true base ana yet
win q rare sweetness Of the upper
$50 tss. <or,6atS0n msYre6 the ef-
seeffv~oess Of the telling 'rnvSesus."
Sv Huhn. bot only because he was un-
sN,e 20 five fun voice 90 the brave nne.
~ An eNs Dsseoe - ~ sSse. sAs cap
tain q nv sooI-. hte artistry wes ee-
veoa shs reach % unfavossole com.
nssl A. ~ hsle-SuaG eass-eessse'