Show CHARMS SALT LAKE HEARERS Silver Notes From Gold Golden n. n Throat Cast Spell Over ver Music Lovers I JJ I IJohn John ohn McCormack lc C Is indeed the Fritz Kreisler of the tho singers He is the singer of f the masses masse as well wi as the experts and genius therein lies his Only a John McCormack r th the cold cold critical ear of the intellectual can charm j with the songs of the people and then render the songs of the Cl classic masters and lure the people to tears That hat is i Just what this master can do and did last night at the tabernacle when h he r held spellbound an audience of several thousand housand musically inclined who camp came irom every walk in life lite to pay tribute te I to this great man His singing is a blessing to a tired world It was a revelation to hear this famous Irish tenor with a voice as fine as a golden thread and as melodious as a silver bell gently tenderly drawIng drawIng drawing draw- draw Ing the tones from his marvelous voice until they reached reache l every nook in the big tabernacle He seemed to do it without effort McCormack l sang last night as if he were giving praise Much has been written and said in commendation of or II I this his great man and much more will wil be said but words do not convey the I remotest suggestion of the charm and manliness the tenderness and puis puissance puis- puis sance ance t the beauty and the vigor of Mc- Mc I CormacKs voice x I Even as it it was McCormack was not In n his very best voice A remnant of ofa ofa I a bad cold which caused him to postpone postpone post- post pone one a whole week o of the he the coast recently hangs reluctant to leave eave his golden throat and though this his evidence was observable only in inthe inthe the he the finest of his spun tones it was there here more to Irritate the singer than I to affect the hearer The great tenor was greeted by what I was probably r the largest audience that has ever gr greeted eted an artist from the I world of music in this cit city McCormack McCormack mack sang nineteen songs As usual I the encores were a great factor In the McCormack l scheme of programs He carried away the audience so completely completely com com- that through insistent and prolonged pro pro- l longed applause he was forced to comeback come comeback comeback back time after time af after er each number number number num num- ber and generous with his encore i numbers he demonstrated his appreciation appreciation of the regard in which his auditors held him Whether he interpreted the classic Handel in O 0 Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Leae Me the weird When Night Descends the beautiful Irish folk songs the better known ballads such as Drink to Me ie Only With Thine Eyes or I 1 Hear ear You YOt Calling Me le his voice responded with wonderful To hear him utter the he name Norah ONeale is to receive a revelation in inthe inthe inthe the beauty of language HIS lis Mother l Machree given as an encore after the Irish folk songs held his aud audience ence in a tense grip All of his Irish songs were a feature of course for fol they reached reached- the hearts of the great crowd of Celts that had gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered to to hear him They could not fail fait to carry arr Joy to to- the hearts of every everyone one els else whether Celt or not Assisting Mr l Ic McCormack were two artists of unusual ability Donald McBeath McBeath McBeath Mc- Mc Beath violinist and Edwin Schneider pia pianist The latter's work was all that could possibly have been desired Young McBeath plays the I violin lin with witha a tone that i ittle less than wonderful |