The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
DIVA TO PRESENT
VARIED PROGRAM
Noted Artistic viii Give First
of Local RecitaIS This
Afternoon
Priest to Direct Repetition of
David's Famous Compost
ton lie Desert"
By WALTER ANTHONY

flarrfck UheaIer this afternoon in a
song recital and win he assisted by
Francis Rogers, barry tone, and Frank
la Forge, pianist.
The program viii he catholic in scope
and splendid in character. Ii will en-
brace all schools OF vocal music from
tcrdi. i'm his most operate moods, to
~chUbert's perfect melodies.
-.Eruauf EnVOlami." from ssErnani, -
viii De ono of the principal offerings to
be- sung by the diva; Johan Strauss
brilliant waltz song. 'sNOce de Prima-
aHera.~ which the Viennese composer
wrote especially for Mme. Sembrich :
..Tiie ForelIe,'' ny Schubert: TWO Schu-
l1raun songs. Bizet's ssPastoraIe." Doc
tor Arne'S English classic, "The Lass
with the Delicate Air" and songs by
Rogers and La Forge viii be among
The solo offerings by Nine. Sembrich.
With Rogers, the famous prima donna
viii be heard in some Mozart duets
from "The Magic FIute" and %DOn
Giovanni
The second concert Of the Sembrich
engagement viii take place next
Thursday night and the final recital
viii be given next Sunday when s're-
quest" program viii be presented. The
singer viii be heard once in Oakland,
Tuesday afternoon. January is.
There was great success registered
last June when Rev. Father H NJ.
ThferE Of the Notre Dame des Vic
torres presented FelIcien David's mas
ter composition. "Le Desert" Plans
were at once laid TO repeat the splendid
work and now announcement is made
--hst lie Desert viii be given again.
under the direction Of Father Thiery, at
the Garrick theater the evening Of
January Is.
4--~5e7 ,,-o1-s7,, v-flI he given he
fore rhe presentation Of the French
composition There viii be an orches-
rra. OF 25 musicians. a male chorus Of
20 and q female chorus Of 80 under
Father Thiery's baton
Bsiss Julie Cote viii assume the solo
soprano roIe in Saint-Saens' chorus for
female voices, La Mutt Miss Cote
Is said to be one OF the best OF local
artists Prosper Reiter VIII sing Wis
tan Fugitive" by Massenet, and A.
FLesEers lie Cor" viii be interpreted
~ Eugene BoUrnizeay, bass Follow
ing these selection lie Desert viii be
given in its entirety and those who
heard the work last summer win be
glad TO get another glimpse Of Felicien
David's genius. TIE tenor solo in the
piece VIII be sung by Charles Bulotti-
Mile. Elizabeth le CIerc and Miss Fran
l.s Buckland VIII assist, the latter in
The role OF accompanist
Margaret Kemble. whose elucidation
o[ Debussay's music to -Pelleas ct Mel
5sand-" I'll the 81 Francis hotel last
season win be recalled with pleasure
.r many admirers Of the exotic French
rlp0ser's genius. viii begin series
rf piano lectures on modern music to-
morrow afternoon at the St Francis
hotel. The first discourse win be on
strauss Electra" "Ariane ct Barbe
Rleu." by Dukas; Strauss 'SalOme,' and
The Pipe of Desire" by Converse, an
American composer. win be the topics
OF her subsequent lecture recitals.
Nine. Schumann-H -Heink begins her
western tour tomorrow night in Den
yer. and Greenb baum has received a wire
10 the effect that every seat in the big
auditorium has been sold. The great
contraIto VIII appear here Sunday aft
ernoon, February 13.
The san Francisco choral society will
present Saint-Saens' Samson and De
Ilah" at Dreamland rink the night Of
January %. There are IS voices in the
chorus. which viii be headed by promi-
rent local soloists, and backed by an
orchestra Of so instrumentalists, the
whole To be under the direction Of Paul
Steind0rh.
The first concert Of the season to be
given hy the music center Of the
American music society was held last
Friday night at the First Congrega-
tional church. a large audience was in
attendance and the native music pro-
vided by the artists was greatly enjoyed.
Tt is an excellent cause that the
American music society is working for.
and IL needs and deserves all the as
sistance that music lovers with pa
tri0tic tendencies can give. The
American composer has been given
scant attention ia his home land when
ever DE has attempted to write in the
serious or larger forms. It is one of
The objects Of the society 10 foster and
develop American music.
Nothing but native made music was
PLAYED At last Friday nights concert.
George ~. Chadwicks quintet for
strings and piano was ably presented
r~ Hans Koenig, NJ r Fleischmann.
aries HeinSen. Arthur Weiss and
arthur Fickenscher. A group of songs
Dry Foote, Benjamin WhelpleY, Ethel
.art NcVin and Fred Bullard was inter
rreted by Lowell Redfield: Edward A.
Mcdowell was represented on the pro-
gram in fve piano compositions played
hE Eugene Blanchard, Mrs. NJ F.
Blanchard sang songs by Mrs. H H. A
Beach. Margaret Ruthven Lang, Arthur
Farwel and Charles Loefier, and
quartet composed Of Frank Onslow,
Carl Anderson. John de r. Teller and
Henry T. Perry presented some novel
part songs. A feature of the program
was SiEnor Antonio de Grassi's playing
of Arthur Foote's "Romanza" for vio-
lin. Wallace A Sabin and Frederic
Maurer Jr. were the accompanies
Georgiana Strauss. well known to
local lovers Of music, viii be heard at
recital which is 10 be given in the
colonial ballroom of the St. Francis
hotel Friday evening, January 2l.Miss
Strauss was the leading contraIto with
the International grand opera company
"A season ago at 5he Princess theater,
and her voice is remarkable for its
depth and beauty She viii sing arias
from Italian and French opera and viii
be accompanied by Frederic Maurer Jr.
Nine Nellie Widmsnn Blow, mezzo
soprano. whom Manager Ernest Horst
mann viii present in a concert al
Kohler & Chase's hail January q, will
offer z well selected program Besides
the ~Arie und Recitativ'' from the opera
''Xorxes." by Kaendel, and an aria from
The Prophet" she viii present songs