Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30
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by Florence Bosard Lawrence

All those persons who attended the
Schumann-H Heink recital yesterday
afternoon felt themselves admitted to
intimate personal friendship with the
singer SO engaging is her personality,
so Winsome and appealing her frank
coquetry with the audience.
Remarkable as is the voice of this
talented woman still more remarkable
is her temperament An artist to her
finger tips, vibrant and responsive to
the slightest mood indicated by the
music or words of her songs, yet she
is undisturbed by the fact that nearly
a hundred persons sit so close to her
that they might touch her did they
but stretch out their arms. Serenely
enthroned in her position as artist and
commanding the homage of thousands
of listeners at her every appearance
yet when page of music was missing
she thought nothing of lifting the great
cover to the Steinway grand that her
accompanist might make further
search.
From the naturalness of the singer
she might be your neighbor or mine
come to try over some faVorite song.
Perhaps you say to all this, well
and why not?" Quite right. There IS
no reason why not. The fact remains,
however, that this particularly gra-
cious singer, whose every minute is
worth gold dollars, whose every tone
gladdens the hearts of many listeners,
is in a class quite by herself in this
respect.
In her program yesterday Madame
Schumann-Heink struck a note of re-
sponse in the breasts of her hearers
which moved them to storms of ap-
Diause. The devotional songs, with or
gan accompaniment, with which she
opened her program were introduced
by request in place of. the Aria Sextus
from "Titis." She sang La Schiachia
Pianga" (1andeD and an aria from
Mendelssohn's "St. Paul" "The Lord
Is Mindful of His own" with reVer-
ence more impressive and inspiring
than MANY sermons, while in the love
songs of Schubert and those passion
ate il strange songs of Strauss, she
swept the audience with a flood of
emotion which could scarcely be ap-
peased.
other natures felt the strong appeal
in her simple rendition Of Margaret
Ruthven Lang's Irish Love Song,
which she repeated During the Cradle
Song by L. Stein a charming song of
which the English translation on the
program gives but a poor version,
Madame Schumann-H -Heink sang it di-
rectly at little girl in the audience
Her attitude was touching. for it re-
called to every woman present the fact
THAT IIlt SlllStl - SNBetA e'NNN ~ tAiSN
sands of miles from her own beloved
little ones.
The dramatic spirit which is every
where visible in this singers interpre-
tation found and made the most of the
opportunity in Schubert's "Erl King"
while in the Chadwick "Danza," re
peated by request, and the Drinking
Song from "Lucrezia Borgia," sung as
an encore, the abandon and gaiety of
her singing were most infectious.
Several of the lighter songs on the
program were repeated entirely, and
after the close of the second group the
singer gave the Schubert "Frulings-
nacht" to the further delight of her
listeners.
Mrs. katherine Hoffman, whose ac-
commandments are so valuable fea-
ture of these recitals, was accorded
full share of applause after her splen-
did work in the "Erl King" and at
the conclusion of the program, too,
Madame Schumann- -Heink brought her
before the audience.
Continuous applause from within the
recital hall offered insufficient outlet
for the enthusiasm of the listeners,
and after the program was finished
practically all the women in the audi
enee formed a great aisle from the nan
to madame's carriage, and when she
came forth showered her with millions
of violets while she nodded, smiled and
chatted, delightfully."- appreciative of
the testimonial
The next and final appearance of this
singer is announced for the auditorium
February IL.
Local musicians and music lovers
will be interested in the announcement
that the Passmore trio is to play here
at the Friday Morning club February
Is. The recitals which these artists
gave last winter were among the most
delightful of the musical affairs of the
winter, and notices of other appear
ances here are anticipated.
The recitals before the Friday Morn
ing club are limited to so few persons
that it seems probable that these play
ers will give one or more other recitals
before returning to San Francisco.
Quite the most interesting of the
educational concerts that have been
presented to the school children this
wear will be that to be given by Bruce
Gordon Kingsley and Mrs. Bertha
Vaughn under the co-direction of Miss
Kathryne Stone of the public schools
and l.. E. Behymer. February 10 at
o'clock the Tannhauser lecture-recital
will be given by Mrs. Kingsley explain
ing at length the theme of the opera,
while Mrs. Bertha Vaughn will inter-
polate the arias and songs most prom
inent in the opera. Tickets are on sale