The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-10
CONCERT OF
NINE. NEVADA
HEARD BY AN ENTHUSIASTIC
AUDIENCE IN LYCEuM.
All of the Numbers She Sang Warm.
ly Received-With Her Are Won
derful Group Of Artists-Chief
Among Them Is Pablo Casals, a
Spanish violincellist and Daniel
Maquarre. n Flutist - Heathe
Gregory the Basso and Leon Nor
eau Pianist-The Programme.


eau Pianist-The Programme.
| Enthusiasm of very fervid kind
| marked the woefully small audience
which last night at the Lyceun heard
| Nine. Emma Nevada the American
woman. whose voice during the last
| fifteen years has made her one of the
most noted of the worlds song birds.
With her are as rare a group of artists
| as have ever appeared in concert in this
city. Chief among them is Pablo
Casals. a volincellest and Daniel
Maquarre. II flutst. Leon Moreau. pia-
mist. and Heathe Gregory are the 9TH
| er members of the party.
Nine. Nevada's first number was
"Chanson du Mysoli' from the Pearl
of Brazile" by Felicien David in which
Nine. Nevada sang for II year contin-
uously in Paris. 1t gave the audience
an opportunity to marvel at her won-
derful pianissimo and marvellous tech
| nique. No singer heard i'm Scranton has
| voice more absolutely at the COM
mand of the singer than Nine. Nevada.
Her forte is her pianissimo and upper
notes. when her voice is of surprising
sweetness and true as the steel to the
magnet. In the deeper passages there
was less music and feeling and less
of that indefinable quality which for
want of a better expression is so often
described as sureness of touch. but al
ways there was that superb finish
which spoke eloquently of the weary
hours of patient training which brought
her voice to that degree of feXibilty
and vibrancS.
1T ESTABLISHED HER.
This first number not less than the
graciousness and winning personality
Of the artist established her at once as
a favorte with her audience and when
she followed with her famed BELL
Song" from "Lakme," there was moth
ing perfunctOry about the applause
that followed. 1t was a sincere tribute
of appreciation and admiration for the
singer. The Bell Song was the most
ambitious number she had on last
nights programme. 1t is a number
which did much to establish her fame
in Paris when she sang it for four
months in "Lakme." Leo Detibes
opera. which has never been heard in
this country. TO the persistent encore
she responded with Ryan's How He
Loves Me Best" which she sang in
English. 1t is u simple little ballad
and was rendered with a simplicity and
feeling that was charming.
On her second appearance Nine.
Nevada sang in French Tschakowsky's
"Travouschaka" in which the sorelv
oppressed Russian peasant walls forth
his sorrows. 1t was admirably inter-
preted. "Nogel i'm Waldo" by Taubert,
was her second number and for an en-
core she gave you and J." by Liza
Lehman, with that nicely of express
sion and execution that made each of
her numbers a joy.
On her last appearance she sang
"The Shadow Dance" from "Dinorah.'
by Meyerbeer. TO this the audience
enthusiastically demanded an encore
and the singer graciOusly consented
and seating herself at the piano and
playing her own accompaniment. sang
the "Mocking Bird" as few in that au-
dience had ever heard it sung before.
her clear flute like upper tones being
superbly suited to the selection.
THE VIOLINCELLIST.
Pablo Casals, the violincellst. is "a
Spaniard % years of age, who is in Il
sense a protege of Nine Nevada, and
has been with her party since he
finished in the Conservatory of Madrid.
He is rghtfully rated as one of the
greatest cello players of his day and
with life just opening before him his
future no one may foretell. 1t was
through the good offices of the queen
Of ha hi 10
his studies at the Conservatory of Mad
rid. her attention having been at
tracted to him by the unmistakable
evidence of genius he displayed. He
opened his part of the programme with
Faure's "Elegie" which told the au-
dience of his great mastery of that
magnificent instrument His whole soul
seemed to pour forth into the music as
the strings answered his every touch
with responsiveness seemingly hu-
man. Seldom Is found combined in one
person the ability to touch the strings
with faultless certainty and interpret
with the soul of IA poet 1t is this rare
combination of qualities that marks
SgnOr Casals for greatness. His sec
ond number was Saint SaenS' "Allegre
Apassionatio," and for an encore he
BuNt 'HullSoIi Ills Stt-
ond appearance was anXiously await
ed and after he had played "Romanza
Campagnioli," a great wave of applause
swept over the house. His next num-
ber was "Tarantelle Pepper" and to
which he was compelled to respond. lie
played Saint Saens' "Swan Song" The
audience called him back five or six
times but he refused to again invoke
his Violincello.
POSSIBILITIES OR FLUTE.
Daniel Maquarre, the hutist, is a
Partisan, ~ years of age, and only re-
Gently from the Conservatory of Music
there. Nine. Nevada was not very
wildly eXtravagant when she described
him as the greatest flutist i'm the world.
His first number. Saint Saens' "Air de
Ballet gave the audience a hint of the
possibilities of the humble flute, and
as the limpid notes of "A Chopin "Valse"
hoated out in the air the audience was
entranC ed. There was an enthusiastic
demand for more and he responded
with Dobbley's "Chanson d'Amorer"
Later he accompanied Nine. Nevada in
the "Chanson du Thysoli" number.
Leon Moreau had an unsympathetic
piano to deal with but Notwithstanding
this handicap demonstrated himself a
player of ability and feeling. His num-
Schuman Novelette, No. ?, the Liszt
Rhopsodie Hongroise No ~ and two
compositions of his own.
Heathe Gregory Of New York is the
basso of the party. He has a fine voice
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