The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
PLANS FOR THE
 BEEcHER-ALDRlc CONCERT.

Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves C1an- i deb, MT. Stults.
 Gavotte (Gluck- -Brahms), scherzo D. l min. (Mendelssohnl. Novelette, E. maj. 1 (Sehumann). Mrs. Aldrich.
 Traum durch die Dammerung (R. 1 Strauss), Verrat (Brahms), Standchen l 6Brahms), Die Beiden Grenadiere (Schu-
 Baroarolle (Grodzko, Rakoczky March l 0isZtl, Mrs. Aldrieh
 Love on Tiptoe (Kaun), The Horn 1 (Flegier) Mandoline (Debussy), The Paul per's Drive (Homer). Boat Song CHar- riet Ware) Widdicombe Fair (Andrews), Mir. Stults
 The Ballad of Despair (Bemberg), Mrs. Beecher, MT. Stults Mrs. Wells, Mrs. AL drich, MT. Klenk
 The programme for the concert to be given for the benefit of St. Mary's Free kindergarten building on the evening of Tuesday November g, at the Jefferson theatre, by MT. Walter Allen Stults one Of Chicago's leading bassos; Mrs. T. H. A1drich, Jr.. pianist; Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher. reader; Mrs. Edward Wells. vio- linist; and Mr. Clarence Klenk. cellist, will be of unusual interest to the rapidly growing music loving public of Birming@ ham. It's selections display a catholicity of taste that ranges from Handel to Richard Strauss, and besides the beau a delicate and bewitching impressionistic sketch thoroughly characteristic of the modern French school. and which was recently given most successfully by Mir Stults in a recital in Chicago, embraces two compositions by contemporary Amer ican composers. Sidney Homer, author of the well-known Requiem and Flows My Boy" and Harriet Ware, young woman composer whose Boat Song" is appearing just now on half of the artists programmes given.
 MT. Stults believes in an addition for American composers and always includes songs by our own writers in his recital programmes.
 In speaking of the work of Mir. Stults. the Chicago Musical Leader and Con cert Goer recently said, in 8 most dis eriminating notice: MT. stults, who has come prominently to the fore in the past season, Is gifted with a basso cantante of good range and beautiful quality which has been thoroughly schooled. To this is added a pie asing stage presence, and a comprehension of the eternal fit- ness of things along interpretative lines which makes his work of decided value Mention in especial must be made of Debussys Mandoline This is intensely difficult, but as sung by MT. Stults and accompanied by Mrs. Aldrich, could not have been improved upon. It was enthu-
 
 Mir Stults differs from the average possessor of a true bass voice in that while he sings a low D with ease, as shown in "'rhe Horn'' of F1egier, he also has at command an unusually beautiful pianissimo. so that instead of being lim- tied to the'usual bass repertoire, in addi- ton to 1t he sings with consummate charm and delicate lyric beauty such ex- acting numbers as the Richard Strauss "Traum durch die Dammerung' and 'ILeure Exquise of Hahn Absolute command of perfect, unwavering mezzo voice is the supreme test of artistry as regards vocalism, and 1t Is seldom that a genuine basso with the bigness and power expected from voice of that type can so polish and refine his vocal mechanism as to include in his repertoire and make distinctly his own the number of compositions specially exacting in this regard that MT. Stults is now singing, successfully, in public.
 MT Stults Is coming down from Chi cago especially to appear in this concert, and the ladies in charge of the arrange ments feel that in presenting his work together with that of the other artists, who are well known to the Birmingham public, they are offering an opportunity for an evening of genuine musical de- light.