The Washington times., 1902-01-18

Piano
,ssrabande" Rareau-N Mac 3 eDoTeli
wedding Day at Troldhsugen'' ......... .Gries
Miss Corneiia Dyas.
Songs
''stsndclicn' Richard Strauss
''Meine Liebe ist Grun' Brahms
Mrs. Dyas-standish.
Introduction and Andante Reiigioso from
Miss Louise Dyas.
Etude, c sharp minor. Chopin
TO Water Lily -.--''.---.'-'.- MaeBoTei MaeDowe1I
Miss Cornelia D!as.
.'The Young Rose" Macpherson
The EnfoTgotien'. n'.........--......L Louise Dyas
-'Chanson de Juliet t-..-.-....---..-...Go .Godard
Mis-. Dyas-Standish.
Violin
Aria ....................- .yicuxtemps
Preislied Psraphrase. agner-W ihelIni
aiazuTjia .......--.-..-.......-.... .Wieniawski
Miss Louise Dyas.
Violin oblicato-'.whcn Celia Sings .Mor
Mrs. Dyas-standish and Miss Louise Dyas.
Sisters three. all robed in white, two
of them scared out of their precious lives,
the third bubbling over with confidence
and enthusiasm enough for all three!
Such was the picture presented at the
piano, song. and violin recital given yes
terday evening at the New Willard, ball
room by the Misses Dyas.
fashionable and. better yet, Il cul-
tured assembly greeted these very charm
ing girls on the occasion of their first ap-
pearance before a Washington audience,
and a very delightful musical evening 1T
was. / am sure there were few, II any,
who left feeling other than very well sat
ished with the use to which they had put
. the hour and half which the programme
occupied. A glance over this programme
printed above. shows at once that it Was
arranged with good taste and a nice sp-
preciation of the occasion Ii was good
music throughout. entirely devoid OF fire
works and 1.-The strenuous" No attempt
was made by these Three Musical Graces
TO storm their public. On the contrary.
they sought to coax their way into the
hearts of their hearers-and they sue
ceeded
am quite sure that neither Mrs. Dyas-
Standish nor Miss Louise Dyas will feel
any chagrin if confess frankly that Miss
Cornelia was easily frst-the bright par
Miss Cornelia has had no small expert
ence in concert work and chamber music
recitals A pupil of those two poets OF
The piano Joseffy the Hungarian and
MacDowell the American, she has played
with the late lamented Anton Seidl and
the Kneisels and Kaltenborns, receiving
highly honorable mention from competent
critics.
So was not at all surprised at Miss
Cornelia's admirable work yesterday eve
ming. Almost virile at times, 1t never
lost its tenderness. In it you had poetry
and imagination, rhythm and reason, in
teIlectuality and soul. ! do not say that
IL was the playing of a Carreno-there is
but one Teresa-but give Miss Dyas half
a chance, who knows what she may make
of herself! She has an excellent tech
niuue: witness her runs, her passage
work. always clear, clean, crisp. And II
she is not truly musical then no musician
that l know of is.
Were you to ask me which of her num-
bers / enjoyed the most / would say Mac
DowelPs ITO the Water Lily Her in
terpretation of this was exquisitely poetic
and so intimate that she must have gotten
her inspiration directly from the COM
poser.
Now for Mrs. Dyas-S -Standish. 1t was her
first public appearance since her return
from abroad. where she had been studying
singing. So nervous was she that she
seemed to have lost all control of her
breathing apparatus. 1t would, therefore,
be unfair to form a final judgment uptn
the merits of her art. She has a voice,
q light soprano, of agreeable quality,
quite fresh and youthful, which. toward
the end of the programme, developed
volume that rather surprised the listener
When she sings with as much breadth as
she does musical intelligence she will do
herself more justice.
Much Interest was felt in the debut
of Miss Louise Dyas, who for some time
past has been studying with fsage and
Caesar Thomson. Here, again, extreme
nervousness of the debutante compelS
pause on the part of the honest critic. So
completely upset did She seem to be In
her opening number that her passage
work was very shaly and her intonation
quite uncertain, but when ] heard her play
toward the end of the programme the
prize Song from die Meistersinger," |
was SO impressed with her appreciation
Of its loveliness and with the beauty OF
her intonation that could not help feel
fns that with plenty of hard work and
more self-confidence this girl should make
a name for herself in the musical world.
Taking it all in all. it was very inter
esting musical soiree, and when the sis
tiers Dyas-Graces Three-again make
their bow before Washington audience
It is to be hoped that there will not be an
empty seat in the house. W. ]. G..