Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-13
WUSIC
BY ETHEL DOTlsEN

q INCE Nine. Gadski bounded out on
the stage of the old Hazards pa
~ vilion six years ago as Valentine
in 1.-THE HugueuotS," she has made
great gains in her art. When we sat
under the CHASTITY light shed by the
Sputtering arc lamps, with the hideOuS
red, white and blue bunting fiuttering
from the whitewashed rafters above,
we thought the radiant young German
singer brilliant. She was dazzling, but
unfinished; now she is all that and
much more. The intervening years
have added refinement that only
time and experience could bring.
Gadski has been heard so often in
Los Angeles, and she has been so
much written about, that an analysis
of her art is Superfiuous. 1t SufficeS 70
say that at her concert in Simpson
auditorium last night, which was at
tended by an audience that filled the
house from the front row down stairs
to the top seat of the perilous upper
balcony, she gloriously sustained the
reputation she has won in America as
a great singer.
AS she stood in the curve of the grand
piano, she presented a dazzling picture
of beauty in robe of blue velvet, bor-
dered with gold bands in Grecian de-
sign; on her white throat sparkled the
ties of Europe, and on her mass of
golden hair a glittering coronet.
Nine. Gadski well eXemplifieS what a
celebrated teacher of the voice said: at
is not the voice alone that makes the
singer; vocal talent is nothing without
intelligence" Her art appeals to the
understanding as well as to the emo
lions. She attends first to the inter
probation of the text of her song, and
secondly to it's vocaliZing.
Her first group of songs. simple old
melodies, were given most delicately,
with a fine regard to their poetical i'm
port. 1.-THE Lass With the Delicate
Air." the last of the number, was par
ticularly fine, showing the singers
wonderful tone control. The encore to
this, 1.-THE Year Is At the Spring." by
Mrs. Beach, was the first on the pro-
gram that gave her an opportunity for
dramatic effect and this reused her
hearers to the greatest enthusiasm.
Not the least enjoyable on the pro-
gram were the two songs by Nine. Cad
skis accompaniSt, Frank La Forge. In
Der Abendstille" and Expectancy,
both beautiful little melodies, there
were passages permitting her to give
the sustained high notes, which she al
ways executes SO effectively.
In the two Wagnerian numbers,
- .
"Dich Theure Halle" C'Tannhauser'O
works that only great singers can APP
proach, Nine. Gadski was most satisfy
ing. And, evidently just to show how
perfect is her art.N she followed this
with the most exacting thing. ever
written for the voice" Brunhilde's
Battle Cry" which she delivered with
the utmost ease.
Mr.. La Forge showed himself an ex-
cellent accompanist, sensitive and SYM
pathetic, following the singer most I'M
derstandingly. He plays with a low
ing touch, charming his hearers more
than astonishing. His two Chopin
solos were delightful.
Katharine Goodson, Pianist
Katharine Goodson, the brilliant
young English pianist who made a rec
ord last year in this country, in that
she was engaged to play with greater
number of orchestras than any artist
has ever before been in one season, and
who gave in particular such remark
able Interpretation Of the Grieg and
Tschaikowsky concertos on both Of
her recent visits to America, comes to
Los Angeles for one night only at
Simpson auditorium Friday, January
49, Miss Goodson has just finished a
tour around the world, having ap-
peared in India, Japan and Australia,
where during her tour she was feted
on all hands and overwhelmed with
floral and other tributes.