LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13111, 9 May 1908, Page 10

LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

Taken ac a whole, the concert given, by the Liedertafel last night was, one. ot the most successful for some time past. The body <v voices vrm (satisfactorily full and there wns plenty of power in the forte passages, whilst the harmonies were well snaded. In tho part songs the base was at times somewhat nigged and was hardly sufficiently in evidence, the regrettable abi-e-iu-e c{" Mr-Millar's iine support noticeable. Though this was so. tho effect was go<xl and the tenors ami lighter voices showed a good body of sound. Two new soloists made their debut. Of those, Mr J. F. Peake, who has a. sweet light tenor voice of gocd qualky, sang "She is Far From the Land." fie sang it well, though there was a tendency to forte his upper notes somewliat that resulted in his Retting slightly out of tune. In tho middle register his voice is very sweet and firm and" with practice aud care he will make a valuable addition to the soloists of the Liedertafel. For an encore ho gave '"'lis Spring" excellently. Mr OCallaghun, the other new soloist, has a powerful but somewhat uutnanc-d baritone of good quality, but selected a somewhat commonplace song for his tirst solo. He was. much bettor in his encore number, "The Trumpeter," which he sang very well indeed. Mr Hollow sang '•The Bygone Days" with a good deal of success, and ho wan also excellent in his _ encore number. Bonis' song ''Boreas" demands a far heavier voice than that ot .nr G. 1 , ,. Collins to do it full justice, though he sang it with a good deal of expression. lie was encored and sang "liig lien,'" in which he had rather a severe .struggle with the final lower note. Tjio audience again recalled him and he sang 'Tho ) Gladiator." This was by far tho most | succnsetul of tho three, being sung with much smoothness and expreesion, besides being well within the range of his voice. l>r. Crook* played "Polonni.-* Heroio.uo" excellently. Til© rhythm 01 the composition was "well marked, and it was brilliantly played. For an encore Dr. Croote gavo a. "Gavott-o" by Bach very well. Of the part songs, these deserving special mention were "On the Water" (in which Mr Geo. March sang the solo finely), ''The Sea Fight" (wnich was one of tho best of tho evening) and 'The Gay I'ilgrini." In '"I'm! Letter," thov-gh tliere was a little unsteadiness at times, 'the fiiwj broad huriaoui-es at the concaupion of the. different verses were given with much effect. Dr. Bradshaw conducted, and Mr Alfred Bunz played the accompaniments with taeto and effect.