Show I NE lY VOCES I 1 SING fOLK SONGS IN GREAT CRAT WELSH CHORUS Crystal Palace Audiences Hear Thrilling Music Musk Sung by Bards Bards' Descendants BY LILLIAN FRENCH I LOlD LONDON N. N Oct 14 The Tim larg largest t choir perhaps over ever massed maled In Europe Welsh singers was al hear a short Ihor tIme ago in palace when they thea ass assembled assembled assem assem- m- m bled to express their loyat loyalty loyal to the sovereign soy sov IO crell King ICing George V. V at the festival a of empire and to cheer and stir sUr tIr a 0 huge audience audience audlene au au- au- au with wih their folk songs patriotic songs and fine choruses from Mendelssohn's MEndelssohn's Men Men- MEn MEn- and Handels Handel's oratorios The sopranos wore white with blue sashes and the altos alos wore wor white with wih r red d sashes giving a dash s of l bright ht color to cO the ne aTI IncO 1 scene The men e were In conventional nv black There was an atmosphere of ol animation aton and expectancy that seemed to charge the building and the audience mostly Welsh people was in thorough harmony with wih the chorus When such a large chorus lifts Its Is voices in such sich beautiful and sincere muI music mu mu- I sic and when It I sings with such evident enjoyment and warmth t of feeling g In g buoyant fl rhythm 1 1 with ll precision lo e and wlm with 1 expression at al once natural and and 1 ly Iy modulated the effect Is grand elevating ele ole and arid inspiring But with Ith all al Its Is beauty Is its power and andIs andUs Us its Is feeling the singing sInging as a was a not without its faults The bassos basos lacked somewhat In sonority and the soprano section was occasionally a little shrill shri and out of time but the tone of ot the altos alos was Unusually unusually un un- usually line But In hearing the beautiful All Ati Through I t the Night t th the h hardy Men of Harlech W All ArI i Men All 1 Things h g lego from The H Hymn mn of Praise and Be Not Afraid from Elijah Eljah as 8 sung by this admirably controlled choir one was in induced In- In dured dued to listen with wih the heart hert The solos solos' sounded small smal and insignificant nor were the they conspicuous for their tone or style S Sharry Harry Hary Evans E of ot Liverpool Lh-erool Lh was the conductor At AH All music lovers look forward to recitals als ala by two t O such artists as Harold Bauer Baiter and and Heir Her lerr J Kreusler r whether they g go- go goto to 10 enjoy beauty of style or to revel In charm of ot tone or long for Cor the excitement of ot brilliant Those who at attended attended attended at- at tended th the concert given Ilven In Queens Queen's s hall hail hallby hal I by these artists last Saturday day were ere ful fully satisfied b by the beautiful performance perform ance ane The opening number was Beethoven's Beetho I yens ven's Kreutzer J Sonata Mr Bauer playing the pianoforte part The partnership partnership partnership part part- of ol the two great artists resulted in an excellent performance Shorter I pieces nieces of or a bygone age b by German Trench French and Italian composers followed so grouped as to I lead ad from frol grave grae sentiment sent sent- senti ment to gaiety and lightness gness pf it heart And It would be hard bard to determine which of ol them was the most impressive and engaging S Rud Rudger r Clawson Clason was as in London lat last week w-eek from Liverpool where he Is 15 engaged engaged engaged en en- for lor the greater geater part of ol the tIme time Ume as president of ol the European mission for forthe forthe the tho Mormon church He lie le returned to Liverpool Liverpool Liv Liv- after afler a weeks week's stay in London erool S Mrs Irs David Dayd will 11 leave for her ler home In Utah Ulah during October while the theUs Misses Us es Eccles s will wi remain abroad for time some Of all al the oung young Utah singers now nOW In Europe Mrs Grace Tout Pugh is II one of the thA most talented Blessed with a a beautiful contralto voice olce of ol splendid range with wih a rich depth of ot quality that that one rarely hears even among among- amons the foremost foremost fore tore most artists she has hs a a brilliant r future ture In music Mrs Pugh gh nas been the tIme constant companion companion com corn panion of her liar mother and on that account account account ac ac- ac- ac count has made cr very few lew visits to Utah her home state stale so Is perhaps not so sowell sowell s well known k as as' her bar three gifted fed Mrs wel knowl Pugh Is a close student of music and for the last ten years yeal's has devoted her time to th the training of ot her voice un under under un- un London's leading teachers She Is Isnow Isnow der del II now studying German lieder under tinder the tie noted singer Fraulein Frulein Jennie Matten Maten S Mrs Pugh was married maried June 21 1 of ol Ibis year ear Pu l to Ralph Push Pugh PURl a a prominent J London ondon business man also a a student of ot music Mr and nd Mrs 1111 Pugh expect to take a trip to America next nax rhe r. r They Flies will wi In all al probability Join the Tout family in New York ork and are lookIn looking look look- In ing forward quite naturally with a areat great reat deal of pleasure to a a visit in Utah when It is likely that a series aeries of ot concerts concerts con- con carts will wi i be given Riven by hy th the family After i Visiting friends and relatives in Utah i and Mrs Irs Pu Pun n will wi tour the Pacific Pacific Pa pa- coast coat returning to England early In the autumn Covent Co Garden opens Its Hs season of oC grand opera and Russian ballet batet October Octo Octo- her ber bel 16 to continue for eight weeks j The Russian dan ballet balet will 1 appear In their repertoire rep rep- reI- reI on alternate nl nights of opera with I th their lr own scenery and costumes On I Iome sonic some evenings the program Is to be b de devoted devoted de- de voted to ballet batet only pro rm and on others balJet ballet bal bal- let Jet and opera wilt wi be he given Riven conjointly I de-I There are to bE be two coincide cycles of ol Per Oar Ring fling des conducted Bv liv 11 Herr Frank Fank Schalk of t the Imperial opera opeia house Vienna The repertoire In addition addi addi- tion to Time The will wi Include Tristan slid and ton Lohen anI cnn In The tIme riving 1111 Dutchman torn Wagner Wagner- and anil lr r the new opera which lisa has ha attained to such success abroad The most niost Interesting concert conceit of or tn toe tM i week Ek will 1 be Madam laan farewell Care el when ben a galaxy Ia of ol celebrated artists an and musicians will 1 assist Among AmonI th these so will willbe wi he be Madam Patti Pat Madam Albini AlbinI Miss 16 Muriel Murti Foster Madam Ada da Crossley Plunkett Gren Greene ae Elwer and Sir will sing ln and Madam Charles St Stanley wi Sarah Tah f Bernhardt is to give a reading I Miss Adela Verne and Hayden I are also alto t to hi app appear ar and at the new 1 orchestra and the Small Smal Wood 0 choir are areto areto ar to contribute to the program Next we week k of o pianoforte recitals Ma Madam II- II dam dan Teres Terue Carreno Carno will m make mak her bet le- le r- r e Th Thursday and on 11 tho the 1 ler Brazilian Z plays I I at Madam dahl hall hail RU Budge Rudge-MII- Saturday 1 will 1 mark mork the appearance of o the th noted I German pianist lIen BACkhaus Backhaus woo wio t will wi sive aln iv his lila twenty fifth London recital In O Queen n's ns hell hall hll The Casal-Baur- Casal trio wilt will wi draw a great audience to Qu Queens Queen's en's ens hall han Saturday right and ear ar- early lv ly In th the corning week fk Leonard Bor- Bor wick who ha lies hal just jut finished a I successful Australian Is I. to rear near In London Lon ln ro don halt hall at a a pianoforte recital at QU Queens Queen I hal S I The Th first l all of or the season MIf was A held at nt Covent ent Garden Garen tat lest night and the elite tte of ol London was waa out in force lor The e beautiful opera house hous was converted Into a bower er of ol roses Tn Toe Dan Godfrey orchestra provided tt th the music end and Ind tb be program besIdes an n fx exe excellent In Indication In In- of o t the admirable selection of m music mimsi I. I suggests th the hf cl that is ii most mot popular In I the th most ball ball- bl- bl rooms With lh the th of the th open open- In me and the cl clot gallop th the waltz walz an anSI anil th the former elv predominating comprised th the program A A. A 5 to the composers drawn upon they tant tan tand 1 for all al th thAt t I li is best bet end and rn most mot wt captivating cap cap- 41 In the tenter music of the th mo mo- ment Such eames Iel AS am A I char Leslie Leo Ie 0 Fill Fall Fl mv In Richard Strauss whose 0 n ali t r waltz I is at prescot present pres pres- cot ent n the most I 1 of if the r hour Dunkl Dunkl and no Oscar scar St us prominent nent pla places place In In the list The Th special specialS lighting arrangement added add much to the th S fe effectiveness If in th th onn u of f Russian th- th tl ballet balL |