The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-09
IEAT CONCERT
GWEN BY HERBERT
WE'LL ARRANGED PROGRAM rs
PLAYED sUPERBLY BY HIS
ORCHESTRA.
SINGERS WIN TRIUMPH
AUDIENCE IN CITY AUDITORIUM
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Victor Herbert and his orchestra
was the, attraction al the City Audi
forum, Last ngnt, in the kadcidfe
bureau series OF concerts ana loT-
ntSned a magnificent entertaining nj,
- expected AIR. Herbert is not
only the most popular American COM
poser, but probably is the Rest Amer
lean conductor. with all due regard
u Prof. Chadwick. AS program
maker his genius is lust as remarks
able. He certainly knows how to
make n program. He demonstrated
this last evening when he led off with
the -Ip-raaring overture by Berltoz,
Yclept THE Judges of the secret
y Court. This wss followed with
Hsydn's "se-enade. as sweetly sim
nile as the Berlioz number was bold
and hraren; a right proper contrast.
Then. by way of variety. the orehes-
frs played the light. ripping scherzo
from Mendelsohn's Midsummer
NIGHTS Dream, and the audience i'm
n,edfately saw in fancy the elves,
rncmes and sprltes. headed by TIT
ania. Puck, Cowslip, or whatever
names Mr. Shakespeare gave them,
dancing In the moonlight on the fairy
green.
with those three numbers 20 start
upon the audience was we'll prepared
To give a royal welcome To Mrs. Edith
Kimbali when she came on Ia sing the
prayer and aria from WebeT's Der
Freischuetx" She deserved II. She
was arrayed IN a gorgeous gown. tire
chief part Of which was as emerald aS
the sod Of the old Isle. over which was
draped a cob-webby affair fringed
with pal. mink roses. Mrs. Kimhail
vas an radiant an her gown and her
voice fully eaua, to both. or course
the inevitable encore came and she
sang a sweet little song, the burden
of which was Come Away the SpriT. &
u Here"
A pebussey Selection.
After thi. anne the Petite suite
81 M. pebusry Mr. Herbert was re-
veaIing the versatility of his orchestra
- wolf IS his taien as maker OF
programs In the extreme. He had
shown the plain. honeiy sim plicity
of Havdn, the elaborate. ep'curean
simplicity OF Debussy and ne soon dis.
played the simple elaborateness OF
Mr.. herbert himself. This came M
tar Mr.. He-ner had PLAYED the an
dsnfe movement of Mr.. Herbert's own
second concerto and has re$ponded Ia
m encore and after Mr.. Evan Will
Hama had sung 80 Para dise" from
II, Africaine." for Mr.. Wil,tams. who
triumphed over his Eondtcap o'
ho.r~sn~ss next sang ''Paups Ad'
ir~ss." f-or, He-bart's "Natoma." 7
se~reed simple and sounded sublime
THE "Taeger Dance" from "Nato-
ma" had been received with raptur-
ous nprlause when IT was played as
IN encore TO the finale of the DehussS
suite. but the audience gave Mr.. VIII
lian.s perfect ovation for his sing
Ing of the Paul. number and he
reapo~ded with Bartlett's ever popu-
lar "nreamng"
y.isxt and Wagner.
Then came e selection from LISTS
"Mephisto' music. superbiy played
and following the auintette from die
Mefsterstngers.' This served 10 intro
duce MIR. Finneean. MIR. Croxton and
Miss Drew. as well as to bring on MIR
williams and Mrs. Kimhail again, Mr
Croxton and Miss Drew have been
heard here before, but Mr., Finnegan
II appears. is new to Richmond. He
10 sure TO be a favorite. lie Is slight
Of stature. but he has a beautiful
smooth, sweet tenor voice that recall
ed, In a way. the famous Bonci. The
Uuintette was so well delivered that II
had to be sung over, and then came
the finale, the great. grand prelude to
"Die Meistersfngcrs"
II was fitting climax 10 great
ocncert, and the audience departed
eatiated with a superb musical ban
quet. no less.
Two more concerts will be given to-
day. one this afternoon and one to-
night. and the afternoon program is
fully as varied and well-chosen as the
one last night. The main part tonight
vii be devoted 10 "Natoma" and
Judging from the music Of that opera
already given the rest will he well
worth hearing