The Washington herald., 1911-01-07
SCORES IN CONCERT
Nine. Lehman Presents an
Interesting Programme.
HAS A CAPABLE COMPANY
Music LOvers Hear Delightful Re-
cital Of Nine. Lehmann's Compost
tiOns n Interpreted by an Ex-
ceDtiOnally Good COmpany-Au-
thOr's Accomplishments Feature.

Mme Liza Lehman and her English
company attracted a large audience Of
real music-lovers to the Columbia Thea
ter yesterday afternoon to hear a recital
Of her own compositions. She was as
sisted by Miss Blanche Tomlin, soprano:
Miss Palgrave Turner. contralto, who
was with her last year; Mr.. Hubert Els
dell, tenor. and Mr.. Julien Henry, barry
tone. They sang Mime. Lehmann's dis
tinctive and exquisite works. and she
played all the Accomplishments, which
was easily one of the most important
features of the afternoon.
Miss Palgrave Turner repeated her
successes of last year. and. IL anything,
sang better. Miss Tomln's voice is of a
charming quality, and blends delight
fully with the ether voices. The chief
feature of the singing was this blending.
and the delicate and perfect shading of
their work. in which they have been
carefully trained by Mime. lehman. The
most pronounced success of the after
noon was the singing of the selection
from Golden Threshold an Indian
Song garland, as it is designated on the
programme. The audience grew so en-
thusiastic over it that they brought
Nine. Lehman back several times to
bow her Acknowledgements. This is a
beautiful work which had not been
heard here before. Another special sue
cess was the Two Seal Songs from
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book'D. sung
by Miss Palgrave Turner most beauti-
fully. and which were veritable gems. In
fact, there are few of Nine. Lehmann's S
songs which are not gems, and so
distinctive are they that their very SIM
plicity makes them most difficult.
Many Song Cycles Given.
The programme gave a sample Of al
most every one of the COMPOSERS song
cycles. the works which have made her
famous. Mt. Eisdell and Mr.. Henry
were both excellent in their respective
songs. and their voices are peculiarly
well adapted to the concerted works.
their pleasing qualities being entirely
necessary to the success of the quartet
singing.
The other cycles represented were I'm
a Persian Garden Breton Folk Songs"
selection from the Golden Threshold"
selections from THE Daisy Chain and
More Daisies" the nonsense songs from
Alice in Wonderland" and -Four Cau-
tionary Tales and a Moral
Miss Tomln's numbers were three bird
songs. THE Wood Pigeon 1.-The yell
low Hammer" and THE OWL and
Pearl ard Song" ''Everybodys Secret"
'If No One Ever Marries Me-" The
SWING and You and L.
Miss Palgrave's songs included "Abou
ben Adhem and the Angel Two Seal
Songs, THE Lake Isle of Innisfree," and
Thoughts Have Wings
Mr.. Eisilell Scores.
Mr. EisdeIrs songs were all especially
beautiful. and were five little love songs:
There Is Bird Beneath Your Window"
Along the Sunny Lane" Just Multi
tude of Curls.'' IF I Were a Bird Would
Sing All Day." CLASP Mine Closer, Little
Dear White Hand and You Flaunt
Your Beauty in the Rose '.If I Built a
World for YOU and "Ah. Moon of My
Delight
Mr.. Julien Henry's selections showed
his great intelligence and required good
voice and style. They We're Incident
of the French Camp THE Mad Dog"
scene, with My Bible and My Staff
Myself When Young