Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-09
MABEL GARRISON
IN SONG RECITAL
PLEASES HEARERS
Concert Artist Holds Audience
in Tense Attitude During
Long Program.

Mabel Garrison, with her rare personal
charm, fresh beauty and clear, hutelike
voice, completely captivated her audience
at the Murat yesterday afternoon and
held it spelIbound through a two-hour
program Of twenty numbers of varied
character, embracing opera arias, folk
songs, ballads, sacred numbers, light
opera and even songs Of popular type.
But, whether simple or intricate, In her
own or foreign tongue, each song she
"Garrisonized" with the silvery sOftness
Of her tones and her unaffected, express
sive style
Her first group was opened by the
sacred number, shepherd Thy Demean-
or Vary" followed by Jeanne" a Ty-
rolean air, arranged by Weckerlin, AMI
concluded by the Mozart aria, mon Pa.
xentar," from the Magic Flute" which
4Eas a thrill Of delight with its truns
and trills The aria, Una VOca POGO
Fa" from 1.-The Barber Of Seville (Ros-
sini), composed her third group, with
Tiersot's ''Tambourin" as an extra.
In her third gtoup was the Saint
saens aid Du RossignOl," a series Of
ripping runs and trills that she Tilted
through so easily and happily that even
the nightingale himself might have been
deceived into calling back The remain
der of the group included 'Guarda Che
Blanca Luna" (Werner JOsten), "Madri-
gal" (Fourdrain) and a dainty little
French love lyric, "Vous Dansez, Mar
Quise," by Leamaire Pasternack. She
responded to the insistent applause with
De Bussey's "FantOches."
Her fourth group was sung in Eng
gfr-r-
ing Rudolph Ganzl, MY Hearts
Yellow Butterfly Charles BOchau),
which she sang so lightly and so delight
fully that she was forced to repeat it;
81 bring You Heartsease" (Branseombe) !;
"Raby" (Siemonn), which brought
stgrm Of enthusiastic applause from her
listeners. and Natures Holiday" (Hage-
mani, which has a ripping, intricate ac-
compartment that was artistically played
by George Siemonn, who is an accom-
PIANIST OF splendid ability. Her encore
number was the always popular kiss
Ne Again"
In her final group she sang with ten
derness and understanding folk songs OF
various nations. With frivolous airiness
she sang a little Russian number, Lit
tie Jashka" arranged by Kurt SCHNEIDER,
followed by a simple little Kentucky
lonesome tune, to which many grown
up folk In the audience had been sung
TO sleep, ''BiIlie Boy" arranged by H.
Brockway, With soft wistfulness she
crooned the old negro melody, Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot" completing the
group with a Swedish reverie, when
was Seventeen" sung by Jenny Lind,
land "Kom Kjyra," Norwegian echo song,
which she sang in dashing style. As her
finale encore number she gave another
popular negro lullaby of not so long ago
'AIsmmys Little Alabama Coon" singing
without a hint Of fatigue, which seemed
almost miraculous after a program OF
two dozen numbers.
The concert, which was given under
the auspices Of the park and school
boards, was one of the most noteworthy
given in Indianapolis this season. The
last Of the community, series Of concerts
will be given Friday, May Is, when an
opera night will be presented under the
auspices of the Harmonic Club in Caleb
Mills Hall