The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
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Bijou-"A Lucky Hoodoop
Cruel accomplishments by brilliant o.

Cruel Accomplishments by brilliant Or
chsstra.
with two concerts yesterday, w. Ia
Radciife's admirable 'Easter Music
festlVal came to sonorous conolu-
cot ana warmest audiences of the nusi-
| cal Beason.
While many features combined to
| mako this festival delightful serI.e
or concerts and to AFFORD opportunity
tor endless discussion as to the par
tleuiar morits of singers, songs, arias,
suites. soloists. melodies. oyerturas,
symphonies or what-not that figured
upon each OF tho happily chosen pro-
grams. two points stand out I'm bold
reief In retrospective musical memo
| rles-the beauty of Victor Hcrbe1t'1
orchestral work. when the orchestra
| alone was tho instrum ant, and the
saVaSery OF his accomplishments to
the voices OF Mr.. Radclifres singers.
II Ia difficult TO understand how tho
man who was the friend of Dyorak
and who played his symphony, From
tho New World" aB&Dvorak said no
| other man In America could play IT,.
prayed II as exouisitsly as he did yes
to-day afternoon. could BIO the Same
man ms he who led his orchestra in
| great crushing waves of sound TO sub
merge the voice OF singer utter singer
| again and again. 1t is hard TO com
prehend the man who composed
his exquisite Sunset" and played II
like Grecian poet upon his Tyre. and
| who wrote Love Laid HIS Slceplcss
Head to Swinburne's word '.n notes
almost divine and then smoth.rsd the
I words and almost every tone OF the
fresh young voice that sang 4, for him !:
impossible to reach the point of Wow
| OF the artist who dreamed or worked
out the many beauties OF "Natona. -
only 70 suffsr even 80 mighty voice
as Frank Croxtons to dash itself
against tho brazen throats OF biaring
trombones in a vain effort TO make i,s
resounding tones heard.
I And IN this lics the only excuse thar
! al this moment present Itself: that Mr..
Herbert deems II music!anly. or he
would not hidc the voice parts of his
own works. He does not confnc this
orchestral bullying TO performances
OF other composers works. but i'm
partially and inexorably ovcrpowcrs
the voices that cndcavor 10 sing his
own music, beautiful as much OF it IS.
But the orchestral music when no
annoying voice sought to interpolate
Il sort of occasional obligato was
rarely beautiful and more than re-
paid those who subscribed TO the
festival.
IN the afternoon, Dvoraks sym-
Dhony. referred 10 above. was prob.
ably the most Impressive feature OF
tho concert It's title indicates TO
some extent the famous Bohemian
idea--that OF cmbodying into n school
of music our own plantation melodies
but II can give no suggestion or
the beauty OF themes as the COM
/, poser worked them out and as sir.
Herbert played them. In tile SYM
phony. opportunities were given TO q
man whose name does not aplear
upon the program. Alexander Lauren
deau, whose performance upon the
oboe, and tho English horn was that
of an artist or high degree. Later.
Fred L. Landau. the concert master
OF the orchestra. also very much or
an artist. played saint Sacns's
"Rondo Capriccioso" with 20 much
beauty of tone and perfection OF
spond 10 an encore and played for the
first time III public "Marche
CAPRICE" by Fritz Stahlberg. Mr..
Herbert's assistant Az an encore ,o
; the two numbers for string orchestra,
both by Mr.. Herbert and both charm
ing, the composer conductor. to the
JOY OF the house. played tho entr aote
from Naughty Marietta" with its
lovely Dream Melody
tnarles e. WashDurn maoO MS
first appearance during the series,
and sang the famous 'Dio Possente'
from Faust" without distinction. blu,
the audience liked him, and he re-
sponded with Homer's Banjo Song"
which he sang distinctly. distinctively
and badly. making a coon song OF
most of IT. Miss Clara Drew sang,
La Mort lie Jeanne dare" OF Benz
;, berg, and. for an encore. a brave.
rioting song with refrain Bravo,
Punchinello" THE program closed
with LISTS splendid Les Preludes
which we heard at our last May
Festival. with its stirring strain SO
strangely like the Vaikyrie cry. The
orchestral numbers. OF course. were
beyond criticism.
AT night most Of the program was
devoted to Mr. Herberts "Natoma."
After the fret number and its con-
scquent encore, Rubinstein's MELODY
in F." Frank Croxton sang. by re-
quest. Wolfram's song. ITO the Even.
of the programmed "Se vuol Ballare,
/. from ''The Marriage of Figaro" and
sang It superbly. his great. sonorous
voice ringing out in that master-song
with great power and profound
9 beauty For encore he sang My Lit
; tie Gypsy Sweetheart" from Herb ert's
"The Fortune Teller" and sang tina,
also beautifully. comic opera though
II is. Tho orchestra permitted him
to be heard In both these numbers
Mr.. Landau played the Meditation from
"Thais'' as exquisitely as no had
played his other numbers in the az
ternoon, and, again, was made to re-