New-York tribune., 1900-12-05
MUSIC.
MME. sEMRR1cHs REruRN.


No demonstration az operate performances
with OF Mr. Gran's "sH star casts could have
aroused profound. sincere. so lovely en-
thnsiasm that called for BY Nine Sembrich at
her first recital IN Carnegie Hall. yesterday after
noon. Even the weather. which seemed 70 threaten
ruin to the undertaking. made IN the end 70
pay tribute. too. to the marvellous woman. the
charm which her ART exerts over musical natures
and the hold which she has won upon popular ad-
miration and affection. A more depressing day
could scarcely be conceived constant cold
rain driven aslant BY clustering wind. held from
early morning tin nightfar- Under the circum-
stances audience OF a thousand persons woulI
have been an eloquent tribute 70 any artist But
Nine sembrich's audience Of the Psderewski
type, filing nearly all the chairs and boxes with
all the standing room crowded The audience was
Glow IN coming. and no wonder and the concert
began twenty minutes or more late. yet the people
remained TN the streets dark-re-nainsd 10 in
sist upon repetitons. call the artist the stage
over and over again. and finally to call for one OF
her oldtime performances OF Chopin's "Maiden's
Wish" with the singer herself at the pianoforte
Beautiful the peoples tribute to the singer
was. her tribute TO the people was more
beautiful First, she enlisted the services OF Mr.
Ludwig Breitner at the pianoforte. that artist
has made speciality Of chamber music. paying his
own tribute by taking the accompaniments upon
himself and lifting them into the regions Of refined
art. where they belong. This insured symmetrical
beauty IN the performances. Then she presented
a programme. which was as unconventional as It
was interesting and had but the one defect, which
the listeners by their conduct refused 20 charge
against it-excessive length. Nine. Sem5rich's YER
satility IN opera is as nothing compared with her
versatility IN the song deld She - plainly an in
defatigabe searcher IN the musical literature OF all
periods and all peoples. AS the most capable
emplar Of the oid italian bel canto IL was 70 be
expected that her audience would be regaled with
some last century airs. and she gave two; then
she into the regions that belong chiefly to the
musical antiquary. and brought forth a dainty
French romance Mon petit cosur soupire" from
Wekerlin's Album de ls Grand maman." the old
English ballad The Three Ravens and 1T
a Lover and his Lass" with which she delighted
her hearers at her recital last season With No
zart's 'Veilchen.' the loveliesr blossom in the
artistic song Of the eighteenth century she brought
after we had modern German. French Russian and
Polish songs. her voice growing warmer and richer.
more luscious. her manner freer. her defamation
more varied and eloquent and the enthusiasm Of
her hearers greater from minute TO minute. In
everything especially IN the songs OF Brahms.
Schubert and Franz the beauty OF her voice was
paired with Mr. Breitnsrs sxqusitely beautiful
accomplishments. some OF which. Ike those 10
Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade'' and "Du hisr
die Ruh,' Brahms's ''Wie Mslodien zieht es'' and
"Standchen'' and Zelenskfs MazUrka being reve-
lations OF sympathetic appreciation OF the lovely
union between the sentiments OF the poems. the
vocal melody and the instrumental part Altogether
the afternoon was one OF exquisite and perfect
enjoyment. Next Tuesday there will be second
recital. with group OF foIksongs its character
ist1c feature.