The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
NINE. SBMBRICH
DELIGHTS AUDIENCE
Gives Programme Of Variety and
Beauty to Accompaniment Of
Frank La Forge.

Mme Marcella Sembrich appeared ir
recital yesterday afternoon at the New
National Theater for the fourth time In
five years delighting a large audience
with q programme OF variety and beau
ty. which she sang to the finished &C.
compartment Of Frank La Forge.
One OF the most popular Of all sing.
ers. Nine. sembrich can always be
counted upon to charm her hearers into
forgetfulness Of the practical everyday
world. and the audience yesterday set.
tied back into the comfortable assurance
Of an hour Of perfect unalloyed pleasure
This wonderful singer has one OF those
sovereign voices that time seems. with
difference. to have refrained from touch.
ing. The secret OF that sovereignty is. OF
course, its matchless training. She was
trained under q school and in the days
In which hard work was the inexorable
rule, and In which pure tone. perfect
enunciation. and intelligent interpreta-
ton were as inhexibly insisted upon al
breathing.
The programme was a string of jewel!
OF song. not lacking in that inimitabl,
dainty ballade Of DR.. Arne. with which
Nine. Sembrich Is thoroughly identified
THE Lass with the Delicate Air." Guits
SdBlnl opeHtu pFoSIdHiHC WIN
cluster OF Russian folk songs arranged
for cello. He Is a youth not yet seven
teen years OF age. but plays with grea
delicacy and finish.
Nine. Sembrich sang as her first mum
Der an aria from Moniuszko's opera
"'Halka," after which a group of French
songs followed. SO perfectly defined
through the emotional expression al
scarcely to need the translations with
Ia1
Dalcroze's THE Little Blue Bird
brought forth an instant call for a repeti
ton. After Carpenters aria. 'Depuis Il
Jour-" from the opera. Louise" sh'
sang Schubert's 'Hark. Hark, the Lark
In response to insistent applause.
After an intermission. a mixed groul
of songs followed. In which SchumannI
beautiful Brides Songs, set to Ruckert''
"Springtime Of Love-" and Greigs In
Kahne" were given with dramatic color
A repetition OF Grieg's song was callet
for by the audience. In contrast. be
tween these and the Lass With thu
Delicate Air" came a devotional soni
by La Forge. a piece Of great beauty
This, also was called for a second tim,
and graciously repeated. The programme
concluded with the beautiful "Storiell,
del Bosca viennese' by Strauss Tn,
audience. unwilling to go without an
other last song, Nine. Sembrich. alwayi
gracIously kind. responded with "Comin
Through the Rye
Special mention of the work Of Mr.
La Forge IL merited. for such work a,
his raises the accompanying Of the voice
to the rank Of one of the fine arts. ar
art that Is not generally sufficiently ap
preciated, and very measerly understood
Mr.. La Forge plays all his accompani
ments without notes. his eyes are on tn,
singer. his hands alert and ready to at
ford the most perfect supporting back
ground that, any voice ever had. H,
proved himself very capable. also as 9
soloist. in Bach's toccata and fugu,
in D minor. and in two Of his own com
positions.
Mr.. Casini added substantially to tn,
pleasure OF the afternoon in his cellt
numbers. a nocturne by Chopin, and 9
scherzo by Klengel. and in his obligatt
to Sembrich's encore, But Lately II
Danse Embraced Her. the latter beins
repeated in response to the insistent ap
plause of the audience. Mr.. Casin
played '-The Swan by Saint-Saens, a.
an encore to Klengers scherzo.