Evening star. [volume], May 21, 1948, Page A-19, Image 19

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Springmann Gives
Song Recital in
Constitution' Hall
By Alice Eversman
Fague Springmann, the young lo
cal baritone, who is on his way to
making his home town proud of him
in a big way, was heard in recital
in Constitution Hall last night. He
was presented by the Kiwanis Clubs
of Arlington, Fairlington and Wood
bridge as a first venture in promot
ing youhg artists of talent. Because
this is to be strictly an American
affair, the program selected con
tained only works by American com
posers. Mr. Springmann was ac
companied by Frederick Fall, who
contributed a group of piano num
bers as an interlude.
There are better songs and many
better composers than those on the
program list but, in a way, the con
cert was planned on the popular
line and so the selections fitted in
well. There was plenty of melody,
sentiment and drama, all of which
is suited to Mr. Springmann’s tal
ent. For he is greatly talented with
the kind that appeals strongly to
the public. His voice is a mag
nificent organ, he sings naturally
and with fervor and, given a bit of
drama to portray, he is at his best.
He has the kind of ability in that
respect that Tibbett possessed, as
was illustrated in his singing of
Foster’s “Journey’s End” and Ma
iotto’s “David and Goliath.” Again
in the sea chanty, “The Eddy Stone
Light,” sung to his own guitar ac
companiment, he could put over this
style of song with as complete suc
cess. The little departure he made
Irom the routined recital form by
giving the chanty and Niles’ “Go
Away From M.v Window,” with
guitar accompaniment, was another
instance of his natural skill in win
ning an audience.
Throughout the program his sing
ing as a vocal exhibition was su
perior to that of his former concert
in the same hall. The tones were
clearer and more vibrant and this
enunciation exceedingly distinct.
There is a tendency to use the full
volurfle of his voice, and it is power
full and full, for most of the time
and this does not permit of coloring
or nuance. The closest to such finess
was to be heard in MacGimsey's
“To My Mother” and "When the
Air Sings of Summer” from Me
notti’s “The Old Maid and the
Thief.”
It is to be hoped that Mr. Spring
mann will now set about cultivat
ing these things. He can polish up
his beautiful voice and bent it to
the finest kind' of interpretation.
When he has done this and co
ordinated his exceptional talent to
the highest artistic aims, his way to
the top should be freely opened.
Right now, he is a gifted singer
and musician who gives pleasure, as
he did to his audience last night
by the quality of his voice, his en
gaging personality and his real re
sponse to music.
Mr. Fall gave sympathetic sup
port to the singer and showed him- ]
self a pianist of solo calibre in
three Preludes by Gershwin, Guion’s
“The Harmonica Player” and, also
as a composer of originality, in his
own “Serenade Grotesque.” He was
warmly applauded and recalled.
Gonzales Presented
In Piano Recital.
Ramon GonZales of the faculty of
the Columbia School of Music was
presented in a piano recital in the
Department of Interior Auditorium
by the Club de las Americas and the
Puerto Rican Women’s League. He
has a brilliant, crisp technique and
plays with a dashing Are. This
gave a special quality to his per
formance of Albeniz’ “Tango in A
minor” and “Seguidilla,” Liszt’s
“Rhapsody No. 10” and his own ar
rangement of Astol’s “La Borin
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iquena.” While he has plenty ol
power at his command, he uses it
with discretion as in the “Rhapsody,”
retaining always a translucence of
tone.
His program began with Scar
latti’s ‘‘Sonata in C minor,” Bach’s
“Fantasie in C minor” and Bee
thoven’s “Sonata, Op. 57” including
further Debussy’s "Reflets dans
l’eau,” “Fille aux checeaux de lin,”
“Feux d’artifice” and Thomas Sim
mons’ ballet suite, “Never the Twain
Shall Meet.”
K. of C. War Dead Mass
Scheduled for Sunday
The 10th Annual Solemn Mass for
War Dead, sponsored by the Wash
ington General Assembly, Fourth
Degree, Knights of Columbus, and
the National Committee of Catholic
Societies, will be held at 10 aun. next
Sunday in the amphitheater at Ar
lington Cemetery’.
Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle
will be the celebrant of a pontifical
mass.
Deacons of honor will be Msgr.
Patrick J. Ryan and the Very Rev.
John Hugues, deputy chiefs of Army
and Navy chaplains, respectively,
and Msgr. John J. Russell, pastor of
St. Patrick’s Church, who will serve
as arch-priest.
The deacons of the mass will be
the Very Rev. Neil Gargan, rector of
St. Aloysius Church, and the Rev.
Joseph Moran, pastor of St. Thomas
the Apostle Church. The Very Rev.
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