Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-05
Music
Mr. sobe.kr,. song Recital.

MIR. sobeskI's song Recital.
(a) Caro- Milo Ben ............ .Giordani
tb) Come. Ragio d .Caldara
tcD Love Me or Not SecChi
(d) The Sighted Swain ..."..... storrance
te) How Deep the Slumber. .......Car Lowe
Piano Soil
(aj Lesende, op. Is, No. ....Paderewskl
(b) Etude. op 10. No. Chopin
Miss Meek.
(a) Celimene. Bcrgerettes. ........ wekerllu
tb) Ltsettc, Bergerettes ..........'. Wekeriin
I'D Shena ii. Reach
(e) Come Into the Garden. I'M T. salter
Mr.. SObeski.
Arioso from Rio de Lahore. .. Massenet
Mr.. Sobeski.
(a) sunset. ....... ..........., ..,, EDWARD GREG
Cb) Jeg Elsker Dig......... Edward Grieg
(C) . Lovely Night. ...... ...".........R Ronald
couoo-. MI Nj sob9skt liza,
Miss Meek.
ta) The Moorlands Fair Are Dreaming
C) Du Dist vile cine Biume r.. scrhumann
(Sl .ckrutt kuchaut
The Schneider & MueIrer hall is a nice
place In which to hear an intimate" re-
cital Of planoforte music. or string music,
but for a song recital it is a questionable
auditorium, from a purely acoustical point
Of view. 1t would be msniestly impossible
to do full justice, therefore, TO the voice
and method of MIR. Carl Sobeski, who gave
the above program there last night. Mr..
Sobeski's voice is capable of large and
brilliant effects and 1t is to be hoped
that when he next doth sing a public
recital he will see the ACCESSIBILITY Of Sc
curing a larger hall.
Mr.. Sobeski opened with "Caro Mic Ben
the favorite old love song Of Giordani, and
Mr.. sobeski sang it "con amore'" and with
ey,.. ,-l F.gNLF,,a 5000 e. 81 .--Hg
tior al treatment of that most exquisite
Of love songs. His mezza vocc tones were
good, well on the pitch. and supported
with a completely adequate breath control
The beautiful number which came second
on the program was hopelessly marred by
the noisy entrance Of a dozen people into
the reserved section, actually during the
singing Of the artist. OF course, after the
usual manner of Omaha criticism, this
should not be mentioned for fear it would
hurt somebody's feelings" but nevertheless
attention is called to it, first, to assure
Mr.. Sobeskl that Omaha knows better and
does not always do things that way, and,
secondly, to prevept the immediate re-
curTence Of the affair.
The other numbers of the group showed
Tat Mr.. Sobeski had made a very careful
choice of real gems to present to his first
Pupllt dhhlVlCt III Cllldld, anu ne us
played them with the personality and earn.
estness of one who really loved them.
In the French numbers by Wekerlin the.
singer showed that he was completely at
home in. the difficult art of surrounding
these exquisite "Bergerettes'' with real "at-
mosphere:' His French was above suspic-
ion and the daintiness and delicacy Of his
voice was well brought out. In the arioso
from the King of Lahore" by Massenet,
Mr.. Sobeski was full of dramatic fire and
vigor.
The favorite song, Itch Liebe Dich,' of
Grieg, appeared in new form under the title
"Jeg Elsker Dig" and was well sung.
Among the hits were Mrs. Beach's
"shena Van" Mrs. salter's Come Into the
Garden" which was re-demanded, and
'Lockruff," by Ruchauf.
Mr.. Sobeskis tone production is very in
teresting and sometimes very puzzling. His
method of beginning a tone is frequently
accompanied by an undesirable rising
from a lower pitch, and he has a tendency
to throw his tones SO far back in the mouth
that they become dangerously near being
'throaty,' This is doubtless the thing that
accounts for his peculiar pronunciation of
the German words in the Schumann songs.
Mr.. Sobeski has repose and ease of man.
ner which appeal very strongly to an audi
ence; lie has temperament beyond question,
and he sings with a style and finish which
come not to the singer except by very seri-
Gus work. With more distinctive vowel
coloring his work would ne still more In
teresting than it is, and that is saying a
good deal. His phrasing and his breath
control are examples of good work which
all students would do well to emulate.
Miss Marie Meek. a young pianist of
much promise, played her piano forte num-
bers with splendid technical showing and
much taste.
Madame Borglum played the ccompani-
ments in her usual characteristic style.
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