Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-03-23
GREAT BARITONE
SCORES SUCCESS
CONCERT BY WERRENRATH
FRIDAY is PLEASING
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| ReinaId Werrenrath, famous bari
tone, made his initial appearance in
Wausau last Friday evening. March
III, at the Grand Opera house under
the auspices Of the Tuesday Musical
club True to his reputation as a
1 peer of the American concert field,
/ Mr.. Werrenrath charmed his large
audience Each number entranced
the house and a roar of applause that
forced encores, greeted the conclusion
of each of his carefully selected songs.
Few artists have ever been received
with SUCH whoIe-heartea admiration
as was Mr.. Werrenrath Friday.
1t is a treat to hear a baritone of
such splendid range as that which Mr.
Werrenrath has developed. His is .
unique accomplishment also in inter
probation for in rendering the num-
/ bers Friday night the feeling was in
stantly conveyed that every detail had
been mastered Every word every
phrase in all of his songs was under
standable and for this any audience
feels grateful. Mr.. Werrenrath never
stumbles over any part of any song
for effect when he reanzes that the
significance of it's wording may be
lost to his hearers All in all this
great baritone's characteristics make
success inevitable.
First Group
Four groups of solos were present
by Mr.. Werrenrath and Harry Spier,
accompanist, rendered two piano
solos. Four old and rather familiar
number constituted the first grow
Some Rival Has Stolen My True
Love Away" arranged by Lucy Broad
wood: Little Mary Cassidy" arrang-
ed by Arthur SomervilIe; "Over the
Hills and Far Away" William Arms
Fisher and "The Pretty Creature" ar
ranged by Fl. Lane Wilson. An encore,
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes,"
concluded this part of the program.
The second number was "Pagliacci,"
a standby of baritones and number
which it was expected would be on his
program for the evening. 1t is in this
prologue that Mr.. Werrenrath dis
played his great dramatic ability and
in which his vocal powers We're wholly
utilized. The prologue won instantan-
eous response and Mr.. Werrenrath
sang as as encore Caro- Mic Ben"
Mr.. Spier's piano selections came
next and proved a most pleasant in
PRODUCTION. Chopins Nocturne from
opus q and Prelude in e. Minor by
Rachmaninoff were the two and so
well were these two executed that an
encore was called for.
Songs OF the Sea
The three songs of the sea- Mase-
fields poems set to Frederick Keel's
music, were Mr.. Werrenrath's fourth
introduction The audience raptur-
ously received Port of Many Seas y
TRADE Winds" and Mother Carey"
all of them old. providing ample OPP
portunity for consummate grace and
ingenious Interpretation. The audi
ence was not appeased with these
three successive numbers, and two en-
cores, Il met Man in Khaki" and
Go Not Happy Days" were sung in
"a beautiful way The former was an
especially impressive selection, sad
and overwhelming.
With the beginning of the final
group. the audience seemed loathe to
allow the ending of any solo without
an encore. Love Went a-Riding,"
by Frank Bridge; "Duna" charming
poetical song; "The Wreck of the
Julie Plante" were followed by Dan
ny Deever" by Kipling, arranged by
Walter Damrosch. To the men of the
audience, as well as the ladies', this
remarkable poem was eminently
pleasing in music. permitting the
freedom of Mr.. Werrenraths ultimate
dramatic art. From an interpretive
viewpoint the selection was truly
wonderful.
Concludes with "Mandalay-
But concert conclusion with such
a number. tragic yet beautiful, would
hardly have been appropriate and it
was with an encore; "Mandalay,' an
other Kipling poem pui 20 music, that
Mr.. Werrenrath's program ended. Mr..
Werrenrath will always be assured
an audience in Wausau for his guests
We're even then disinclined TO depart.
II. Spier's effective work as accompan-
ist added much to the pleasure of the
evening.
The Tuesday Musicar club is indeed
TO be congratulated upon its success
this season. Through the success of
its tire concerts. Miss Marion An
6rews, of Milwaukee. under whose
management Florence Macbeth, the
New York Chamber Music society, and
Reinald Werrenrath we're booked,
Geraldine Farrar. operate star, will
appear hero soon