The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-17
THURSDAY MUSICALE RECITAL

Sara Anderson and joseph Baernste,n
are good people to know and good peonle
to hear. A debt of gratitude is due the
Laoles Thursday Musicale for the prfvt-
iege gwen last Saturday evening Of hear
ing these two artists In a song recital.
1t Is pity that the First Baptist church.
where 1t was given, was not filed to the
doors Tor those who were fortunate
enough to be. there certainly enjoyed a
rare. treat AS it was, there was a fair
sized but very appreciative audience
present.
The recital afforded an opportunity to
near the noted barytone and his wife.
both In duet and solo numbers The Sc
lectlons were greatly varied in chara cter.
many, OF them new, running from grave to
gay and from those requiring the most
impassioned Interpretation to the most
delicate and fanciful. The singers took
for their duets two songs each from Hill
dach, Jadassohn and Helmund: All six
were unfamiliar and afforded the audience
an opportunity Of considering the com
posers as we'll as the interpreters Of the
music. Helmunds Elm zweigesang, "
which closed the program, was, perhaps,
the brightest and most entertaining OF
them all, and at it's close the singers were
recalled and dragged Her Oberhofrer, their
laccompanist, on the platform with them,
an unwilling recipient of we'll deserved
tribute. It may be questioned whether the
duets were as thoroughly enjoyed as the
solo numbers, although all were heartily
applauded.r @.ss+' "a = . r.,.
or Miss Anderson's numbers, the "Sons
OF the Tiger" from Masses Paul and
| Virginia." was far and away her best ef-
fort OF the evening. The song, which
has seldom, If ever, been heard here, calls
for great f1exibility OF voice, dramatic
power and intelligent Interpretation, and
! In all Of these Miss Anderson excelled
The effect she produced in the cry OF
warning was positively thrilling in It's cli-
mactic force. She was enthusiastically
| recalled and the last verse repeated. In
her rendition Of "Elsa's Dream" from
''Lohengrin." she was not so successful
Miss Anderson has a rich, warm mezzo-
soprano voice of considerable power, and
her stage presence Is altogether charm
ing. She Is undoubtedly most effective If
descriptive music, although she SANK the
flower song group. embracing MacDow-
ellis Glover" yellow Daisy" and Blue
Bell" and Reinecke's Spring Flowers
very daintily.,
Mr.. Baernstein accomplished all sorts Of
things with his splendid voice and seemed
equally at home In Koerbay's "Mohac's
Field" with its martial defiance anG
swing, to stanford's Quick, We Have
But a Second which he sang with in.
credible rapidity, using but a single
breath for each twelve-line stanza, ant
was accorded hearty encore. 1t seem.
to make little difference with this unusua
singer whether he sings In dignihet
measure, or scampers through the lines O.
i frolicsome airs. He is always effective
I always successful, and always ENJOYABLE
i Oneof the finest efforts Saturday evening
i was the rendition of a Schubert "Wohin,
which was sung with fine expression
although at an unusually rapid tempo
and was most delightful. Mr.. Baernsteir
I: gave a number of encores. among then
I: schubert's Death and the Youth" which
was exceptionally fine.
II -Boardman,