Evening star., 1923-12-14
CONCERT
WINS HIGH FAVOR
Nine. Gauthier in Delightful Pro-
gram in Willard Hotel
Ballroom. '

One OF the finest concerts of this
season by a local organization was
given last night by the Rubinstein
Club. of 100 Washington women, un-
der the splendid direction of Claude
Robeson, with Eva Gauthier, famous
Canadian mezzo-soprano, as assisting
artist. The large ballroom of the VIII
lard Hotel was completely filled
with a representative audience OF To-
cal musicians, singers and others So
cially prominent who are patrons of
the musical art. Although 1t is re-
grettable that Nine Hulda Lashanska
should have had to cancel her en-
gagement for this concert because of
in the delightful program offered by
Nine. Gauthier.
The club opened the program
promptly at $50 with the Rubinstein-
Lynes 1.-THE Dream" and Spross' "Will
o. the wisp." There are many rich
voices in the club. the sopranos being
unusually we'll unified in their blend
ing OF tonal quality. while the deep
contraltos gave a mellow and effec-
tive foundation for the songs. Five
Little White Heads" by the late DR..
John W. Bischoff, the famous blind
organist, so prominent In the local
music circles for many years, was
given In fine form and shared popular
lar APPROVAL with Bemberg's '"Tis
showing" among the lighter selec-
tions The Beethoven -Ebel Might"
was full of soft solemnity of.tone.
Mexican Songs Interesting.
Unusually interesting was the group
Of Mexican songs, which were select
ed by Mr. Robeson last summer while
in that country. The first four were
specially arranged for the club by
Mrs Elizabeth Collison-Htll, q men,
Der Of the club. The last was the
well known La Paloma." which was
sung with apparent gusto. The final
number was Bantock's "Elf1n Music. y
Mrs. Adele Robinson Bush gave fine
accompaniment at the piano.
Nine. Gauthier was evidently in the
mood to please her audience, and her
charming personality, with it's allur-
ing suggestion of French brilliance.
was a large factor in gaining sincere
attention. Nine. Gauthier's voice is
colorful and she sang with legato and
dramatic emphasis. Her first group
of old Italian and English songs, was
full of contrasting melodies and
moods. Her aria was Rossini's Una
voce Poca Fa," from "Rosina." in the
original key of E major. with the
original cadenzas written for Marietta
Aloni by the composer, which is very
difficult to sing.
Madame followed the aria with a
delightful little gem, koechlin's
"L'Hiver." The accompaniment of
this song is quite as beautiful as the
melody itself, and Max Jaffe, Madam $
excellent accompanist, co-operated
with the singer particularly well,
living an exquisite moment of music.
The audience insisted upon its repe-
tition.
The last group of Nine. Gauth-
ier's songs included Winter Watts
Arrangement of Sara TeasdaIe's poem,
Wing of Night; a fascinating Chi
nese melody, "So-fie Gathering Flow
ers," by Critics.. Debussy's delicate
Green" and de Falla's eccentric and
vivid "Seguedilla-" In her encores,
madame sang Carl Engel's Marching
Song" the old English What Can the
Matter Be-" in which NJ. Jaffe gave
a pfquant and unusual accompani-
ment, and a French music hall waltz
that Will surely gain popularity over
here with its rare melody in delicate
setting, "Je tie veux" by Erik Satie
Madame preceded all her songs with
charming but brief explanations