New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
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NEWS CHORAL CLUB
 IN FINE CONCERT.
Soloist and String Ensemble
 Yield Distinctive Aid

The first thing that greeted visit
 ors to the concert of the Mems Choral club of New Britain at the
 Senior high school last night was a
 program pamphlet with cover in daubs of modernistic, futuristic sym bols-the triangles. cubes. half moons and such thereon startling the beholder with red, green, blue, gold, silver and black ,colors. This made quite an impression on sensitive minds.
 The next surprise came when the concert started, after the club had sung it's motto" back stage. The curtain parted and the stage setting in all its golden glow appeared, with nothing more in sight except a piano in the center of the setting. After moments of pleasurable
 surprise, the musicians of the Max Barr Ensemble strolled to their places, carrying their instruments; then the singers, who took places around the piano, then the accom- panest, Theron W. Hart, and then the conductor, Roy Williams Steele they had the appearance of com ing together for an evenings sing at somebody's home.
 Then, of course, they sang. And at the conclusion of the song, with another by the club immediately to follow, what happened? Did they stand there a moment and proceed with the next number? Not at all Off they marched from the stage, m single file, slowly and sedately, un- til the stage again was bare of every thing except it's golden glow. Eyes in the audience were open very wide and most mouths also. Nothing like this had ever been done in these parts.
 Then after few moments of grim silence, the entire company marched back on the stage again, as in the beginning. And thus it went through out the concert, every number be- ing duly and solemnly introduced by the stage setting,
 President Frederick w. Macomber and Conductor Steele, who evidently had figured all this out, were bound to put on a show of class and dis tinction. They succeeded.
 The performance was one of dis tinction also. The club. under it's efficient direction, provided a well balanced even flow of tone that was most gratifying to the ears. Its pianissimos ranged from whispers to mellowing zephyrs. And as many Of the selections were of quiet nature, this feature of the performance was prominent and widely commented upon with favor. Conductor Steele inculcated a delect- able evenness of tone, eXpressiveness and an accurate reflection of the moods Of the compositions.
 The Max Barr Ensemble quite duplicated it's success of last year. playing with bravado and spirit.
 Herbert Goyld. basso- -cantante. as the program had it, was a soloist who in two appearances sang wide variety of lieder, receiving much applause for his pains. His most unusual stunt was 10 present group of four songs by Henschel. who once flew quite high in the realm Of art ;.N, this group was dramatic. His best contribution. however. was "The Blind Plowman,' in which his body swayed to and fro, as though be- hind a blow, and the telling poem was delivered with rare musical elo- quence. But after the impressive words. God took from me my sight so that my soul might see" the singer allowed himself 10 he ap- pauded into an encore which was d scntial called "The Floral Dance." q sad antiClimax
 The Choral club did so much fine singing that it is entirely a matter Ul IdSlc IO Stlctl W Hat appeal GU lO be it's star numbers. But it surely did exceptionally well in the Good News from Heaven" by Bach, and in the Shepherds Christmas Song" an Austrian folk classic. The club | was at the top of it's fortissimos in the stirring King Olafs Christmas" by Dudley Buck, the words being the poem by Longfellow. This compost l ton provided fitting finish. Inci- ! dentally it must be emphasized that l the string ensemble as well as the ! piano most frequently contributed l to the harmonic background Of the l chorus. providing a richness Of tone | and sorority.
 The Ensemble was at it's best fin | the Glazounow "Orientale" and not | so good in the "Gopak." the Russian | dance by Moussorgsky. there being | a tendency not to hang together in ! hair-trigger fashion during that 1 selection. Its most telling number, | both in popularity and verve, was . an added number during it's first ap- pearanCe, when it played Percy . Grainger.-G. II.