New-York tribune., 1910-11-09
music
Mime. SembriCh's Recital.


Nina brich gave concert IN car-
- r4au yesterday afternoon She mas
80 81 for wears. but never failed 10 oiier
>. me reviewer OF musical occur eii.e
= y ,,r;cs for comment Details OF the
p .-.-,-,e. the Interpretation Of the songs !
a-,aienoe. fts character and its behavior
"a ,besa matters and many more seem
acquire a new and enlarged interest
-rb.,e-er she sings. Perhaps the most
v,o-toeahie feature At every recital IS the
ceiling of happiness which pervades the
-oo-, from the beginning 10 the end Ine
number of hearers is always as great as
,he walls Of Carnegie Hail viii accommo-
date and embrace the fine flower Of the
citv's connoisseurs Of song. Glad eNpec-
-ancv shines from every face before sne
comes -pon the platform. and happy con-
1eu-renr. mingled with regret. when she
leaves IL after she has sung for an hour
and a half or more. Those who are pro-
foundly ve-sed in the literature Of song
are kept n as delightful a state Of excite
-nent as the noviCes in the interim. II Is
this which makes her recitals absolutely
and wholly unique since she came 70 New
York more than quarter of a century
ago. she has sung hundreds of airs and
songs. illustrative IF many styles ana
periods. Vet a Gewy freshness has pervaded
all that sne has done, and the pleasure
which she has given 10 connoisseurs. ANA
1eurs ana mere layner alone. has scarcely
left room for critical thought. while cal
IengtnE Il. n its best sense. more than the
performances Of all her colleagues
Age cannot wirher. no- custom stale. her
infinite variety" The quotation Is apt. but
Il seems pity - use il il comment on
- rr1
oC yesterday. although both singer and
songs were olG in public Acquaintance Not
al o. me SONGS. however although the
composers 10 whose music she gave voice
v-t-h one OF Two exceptions ,snd those not
.- The printed list. have long had their
places In musical history. The set songs
ca yes-erdays programme were chosen
from tle works n schubert. SchEnlann and
Brahms BUt il addition TO songs BY these
-ras-e-= which all song lovers know. Nine
S,rur--rr brought forward Others which
dis. .os-G how far her researches and her
knowledge have gore beyond The conVen-
--Cral limits. There was in her list "a beau
1-r-- Illustration of The lndivid ia thought
and manner ot each of lhe three masters
q romantic so-G. but also ~ their aEtiCiDa-
ZION 2 what was 70 come Thus Schu-
l.e--'s .Dass So hier zeweeenr was not
psychol7z-sa al ur-era-ces but also of those
Ct the latest r-en who have re.oEnlZed III
equal potency OF harmony and melody in
The Interpretation OF verbal poetry; and
Schuraau-'z -Schreez-6o okcher~ vas a love
j bridge over t- the highly eroti0ra-lzec
s-1Cs -f Brahms %. which TWO We're IN
familiar to rEa majority # her hearers
These were Is neh- siCh so EehliCh i'm
Lenze~ and ''Sch0n war cas- ich dir weiilte'
both extremely charaCrerisJic examples
OF the composers arr.
Madame Sen h~lrh's voice vas tELI 0f
charm. and because sra placed i - the
service uredoulirantlv Of the composer she
r. made an exquisite revelation Z the musical
.aoresr=~ce-th- r7elodic A-anatiOrs-0t
The verses written hy the poets She was
naDpiesr in her exposition Of the ecsta-lc
moods. q fact TO which the audience as nu-
nerous as rEe vast room could hold gave
recognition hv asking reuetirions 0f Sc1u-
,e--'S An cine C-eIIe." Schumaun "Isotos-
hume. -SchreegI6ckchen" and the delight
~ novelty Der Sandman. but there was
e--aerce Of hearty appreciation of the art
n vni-h she is aluoT the last surviving eX-
errrfa~-- -he zurlause which followed her
singing ~ PurreIr-s .Nymphs and SheP-
herds after the first part and Dr.. Arne's
The Lass with the Delicate Air" after the
second IN her choice Of these songs she
exhibited Hne taste. for II would not have
been wise 20 mix the style # German com
uosers and she had brilliantly illustrated
her chosen favorites. But when the formal
ra-- of the afternoon was over she did not
hesitate 70 meet the clamor which always
follows he~ last number with chopin
..Naieer'z WISH without which no sem
l-ich audience is viIlin= 10 90 home. nut
also with q song by Arenskv and two songs
IN English which Jared on good taste Nj
Ia Forge played her accomPaniraents de-
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