New Britain herald., 1922-01-30
PHILHARMONIC IN
 SPLENDID CONCERT
Music Guild Also Presents George
 Morgan, Baritone
tBy HoraId Reyiewerl

The Music Guild of New Britain
 added to the musical history Of the
 city yesterday afternoon ut lfoN's
 theater, spendidly artistic enter
 talnment that will be long remember
 Hartford Philharmonic orchestra
 Henry r, Sehmitt, conductor, and George Morgan, of New York, bari tone. with Theron w. Hart as accom- panist. presented q program selected with fine discrimination, interpreted with thorough understanding and cN- ecnted with Il perfection frequently reaching the heights Of bril!ancy.
 Noteworthy for its high musical quality. its faithful adherence to the bpirit O. it's conception. it's transpo- sition into truly allegorcal theme and for the sympathy with which 1t was sung by Mir. Morgan, was tho ballad. Autumn" by A. G. kimpall of this city. The beautiful, sometimes wist- full melody, touched with tho sadness associated with the season, remains prominently in the recollection of those who enjoyed the afternoon of harmony full ts it was of passages of more than ordinary excellence.
 The large audience, representative of the most appreciative of New Brit ain lovers of musical art, caught the spirit which pervadcd the work of the musicians with the giving of Mas senet's Scenes Pittoresques," the CT chestrn's first number of its initial group, and maintained the same atti- tude of appreciation and enjoyment through the whole program until the last strains of "Bohemian Carnival, Opus 92." brilliantly presented. had died away.
 On Mir. Morgan's first appearance he gave Aria De FArt Splendeur Inn mortelly - (Benvenuto Cellini.> by Diaz. The deicacy of his tone, some times of almost lyric quality, was dis played especially in the higher reg ister. His mastery of execution and never failing adhesion to the musical cadence of thought underlying the rhythmical theme were especially noteworthy. A repressed power of dramatic expression was here indicat- ed as it was fully justified in his sing ing of the ever popular kipling- Damrosch Danny Deever'' with which he closed his portion of the formal program which, however, Mir. Morgan was compelled to extend over two well rendered encores. Danny Deever," intense, dramatic with it's tragic story of "They're hangin' Dan ny Deever in the morning." was es- pecially effective following as it did the work of Mir. kimball which pre- pared those who heard, with it's at mosphere of falling leaves and sad ness, for the melancholy of the words 1.-The Color Sergeant said''
 While the Prelude and the Finale Tristan and Isolde, Wagner, displayed in a marked degree the high perfec- tion of artistic execution and unity Of the orchestra, it's presenting oi Griegs '.The Last Spring and "NIarch of the Dwarfs" was more en- joyed, probably, than any of the other groups. In the former, ap- propriately bright as it was, there was note of youth, gentleness and tenderness which flowed through the masterpiece like a constantly moving stream of liquid sunshine and which created an atmosphere rarely induced by an orchestra of so many pieces de- voted to complete delicacy of express sion. "The March of the Dwarfs," on the other hand, brought before the eye of tho imagination the sight so perfectly pictured in sound.
 Henry r. Schmitt, under whose di- rection the orchestra played. has talk en place in the estimation of music al experts of this city and of those who are fond of music without laying claim to extreme accuracy of judg- | ment, of which he may he proud. The appearance of any musical or ganization under his leadership will be welcomed here always
 Mir. Morgan delighted and charmed Seldom has there been heard a singer who combined such rare eXactness of fine performance with natural voice resource and attractive personality. He will be pleasantly and intimately associated with the noteworthy con- cert
 MT. Hart showed more than his customary ability to enter into the spirit of his work and to partake of the interpretation of him whom he accompanied on the piano, making his share of the entertainment more than merely secondary achievement.