Show CONCE BY WELSH hn singers from wales again greatly enjoyed by richfield music lovers H E krehbiel master of musical criticism writes in his book how to listen to music large numbers are not essential for choral music music neither is wealth some of the largest and finest choruses in the world flour ii ih arion anon the anvel welsh h miners in the united un cited states and wales fostered by a native love for the art and the national institution called eisteddfod one of these fine choirs known now in the old and new world under the name of royal welsh gleeden Gle emen directed by dr jos bowen was herd in richfield saturday evening in the high school auditorium and their offerings were received with enthusiasm the audience was not any too large but wholeheartedly whole heartedly appreciated the fine singing of the visiting choir it 11 i a pl pleasure indeed to listen to the singing of these men who a although small in number twelve all t told old produce I 1 a tone volumn which is surprising iz and which in fact in some places has the tendency to be overly large A sensitive critic might find that in in fortissimo passages the voices sound harsh and that the enunciation is not what it ought to be and that the director is somewhat inclined to mannerisms but such minor defects are overwhelmed by those dmn things 8 which make the welsh gleeden a an n outstanding choral organization the blend 0 of f the voices is perfect their atack is brilliant their rhythmic energy is wonderful der ful and listening to them singing and seeing them doing it bonvin convinces c es one that there is on the stage a crowd of men who sing for the singings kingings sing ings sake ake from the bottom of their hearts so to speak the director himself is all music every movement of his arms hands and fingers speaks and sin sings music music and he has his men so well ell in hand that one has the feeling beelin if he would put down his arms an and d let the singers go by themselves they could like the queen do no wrong next to the director the greatest help to them is ther their accompanist professor gethin B D davis avis who if not ass as a ss a soloist cerra certainly as in an accompanist 1 is ore of the very best in this line for one who had to do mu musical ical criticisms for so long a period and who was privileged and sometimes cursed to hear so many things musical it is tempting to g go into particulars particular and vent his feelings and observations eions regarding the d different if ferent numbers on the program there was for instance a baritone solo by one of the members of the Gle gleeden emen who makes the impression that he is more of a dark daik colored tenor than of a baritone and whose intonation is not quite pure there was a tenor soloist who is just the opposite and d seems to be more of a light colored baritone than a tenor but who has some delightful delightfully pretty head tones we greatly enjoyed the I tallian salad 11 and this might be taken as an especially fine co compliment to the gleeden Gle emen because it was vas our pleasure to listen to this musical ditty sun sung by the weiner maenner Mae riner gesang 1 iFe gerein rein directed by the composer genee himself aad and all the world knows of the exquisite ability of the vienna male singers the bass soloist has a sonorous voice of real bass character which would be still more impressive if the singer were able to modulate a I 1 little i atle A very pleasing performance was vas that of the duet tenor and baritone for two reasons first from a vocal standpoint it was pleasing eleasin F to the ears cars and second from the standpoint of acting without exaggerating and using using the finest means of expression only it was pleasing to the eyes undoubtedly the best numbers on the program were the ensemble numbers taken all in all the concert by the gleeden vas the best musical entertainment we have had here in a long while it was a pity that the rl richfield public did not respond more and the house was not better filled |