The herald., 1897-11-13
THEIR ONLY VISIT
BRIEF CHAT WITH Mr.. AND MRS.
0EoRG HENsCHEL
To Settle in England-Mr. Henschel
Will Confine His Attention to
Composition

as in public their work is unassuming,
while it is exquisite, so in private life,
both are transformations and charming;
and their influence on people. profess
sionally or otherwise. is like breath of
fresh air across field of heather.
Yesterday morning. in an informal
chat with a Herald reporter at the Van
Nuys, both Mr.. and Mrs. Henschel ex-
pressed their pleasure in the appreci-
ative demonstration at the recital the
previous evening. They spoke enthusi-
astically, too, of the enjoyment they are
deriving from this, their first journey to
California; and they are making the
most of it, since it will probably be their
| last.
Mr.. Henschel, who was born in 1850,
made his first appearance in public as
a pianist in Berlin when he was II years
old. At that time he played a Weber
concerto with orchestra. In 1866, when
| 16, he made his initial appearance as a
singer.
| Mrs. Henschel.who was born ten years
later, also, by a curious circumstance,
made her first public appearance as Il
| pianist when she was twelve years old,
and she, too, played Weber number.
Again, when she was 16 she made her
| debut as a singer in the city of Boston.
And" said Mrs. Henschel, glancing,
| with a merry smile, at her husband,
perhaps the most curious circumstance
of all is the fact that we both met on
the same day; and exactly two years
later we We're both married at the same
hour"
$50 you see' said Mr.. Henschel, TAX
ing up the thread of conversation, 1--WE
have been long time before the public
have many ideas in composition that
want to work out, and it is our hope
that after this tournee we may settle
in London or somewhere in the High
lands where 1 may be free from teach
ing and other Interruptions and may
have the time and opportunity to give
myself seriously to composing"
Yes" said Mrs. Henschel, "our pub
lie life, while it has been very delightful
in many ways, has not been all beer and
skittles;' we have worked very hard and
very steadily, singing abroad during the
seasons there, and in the east on this
continent between seasons Last year
ill-health enforced an idleness OF six
months, which l spent in Carlsbad, and
although l am very well now, it has
warned us that repetition may come.
1--WE are looking forward with keenest
pleasure and pride to our daughters fu-
ture." and here Mrs. Henschel's face lit
up with a beautiful mother love. Il
don't often allow myself to extol her, but
| she has really most rare musical gift;
and while she is a thorough child, al
| though nearly 16, and is most compan-
ionable to us both, she is studying hard
and doing promising work with her vio-
| lin and her voice."
| In answer to question why they had
chosen the concert platform in prefer
ence to opera, Mr.. Henschel replied:
Because we are not operate singers,
but we draw from any school of any ma
tionality, so the composition be purely
musical. Anything that is good music,
of whatever age or whoever the COM
poser, that we sing. Now, that buffo
duet from Don Pasquale', which We
sang last night, is from an italian opera;
but it is perfect in itself, it loses nothing
by being taken from the opera and sung
by itself. But this habit of singing an
aria or whatever from operate music
is never done on the concert platform
elsewhere except it be some bit like the
Don PaSQuale' duet; because, gener
ally speaking, any part of an opera has
a relative value to the part preceding
or the part that follows, and is COM
paratively meaningless when taken
alone.
"The song, pure and simple, however
is composed for and by itself alone, is
in itca1f mr. whether If ha
classic or modern, French, German,
English, or what not, so it be purely
musical, we give it place on our pro-
grams"
The program for the song recital to-
night at Simpson tabernacle will be as
follows:
Duet from "Giannina e Bernadone"..
....."... :............. Cimarosa
Mr. and Mrs. Henschel
(a) Sacred Song, wait Thou Still''
$3.50 .........................J. w. Frank
(b) Serenata from "Agrippina". Handel
(c) Aria from ''Elmira'' ...........H Handel
Mr.. Henschei.
(a) Canzonet, MY Mother Bids Me
Bind MY Hair ..................H Haydn
(b) Song, "Nymphs and Shepherds"
(c) Song, "Where be Going?" old Cornish
Mrs. Henschel.
(a) Cantata. "Vittoria' ....... .Craissim
(b) Song. "Wohin" Schubert
(c) Romance, $50 Whilst du des Ar
men ......................... Brahms
Mr.. Henschel.
Songs. (a) 'Die Loreley'' ............ List
Songs. (b) Der Nussbaum". =. shumann
Songs, (c) ''rausendschoen, op. Sc. No
(new) .........................H .Henschel
Mrs. Henschel.
Duet, "Oh. That We Two Were May
Mr.. and Mrs. Henschel
/ (a) Song "Auferstehen" (Resurrec-
tion), op. 81, No. 3...............H .Henschel
(b) Ballad 1.-The Ruined Mill" .Loewe
(c) Ballad, Henry the Fowler. .Loewe
Mr.. Henschel.
! (a) "Midi au Village" 500. ..Goring Thomas
% "Margonton" ...............Old French
(c) Spring Observation-Disclosures. Henschel
Mrs. Henschel.
/ Duet from ode Nouveau Seigneur de
Village" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Boildieu
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Hensche.