Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
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ROSA PnNsELLE,s RECITAL.


Two First Ladies of the Land sat in the
terday afternoon and enthusiastically
led the applause that followed every
number sung by Rosa Ponselle. The
brilliant young American prima donna
was in excellent voice and gave appro-
pirate dramatic background to the
singing of every song. During the pro-
gram she received a huge bouquet OF
American Beauty roses over the foot
lights. At the conclusion OF her last
group, which were American songs, she
stepped to the presidential box ana
presented the roses to Mrs. Hoover, VINO
thanked her graciously for them. Mrs.
William Howard Taft, wife of the for
mer President and, until his recent III
ness, Chief Justice Of the supreme
Court, was Mrs Hoover's guest Of honor.
An audience that packed the house
gave hearty applause, requesting en-
cores after every number. Miss Pom
selle did not comply as frequently as
the applause warranted, but she was
very generous. Her encores ncluoeo
..VergeblicheS Staendchen" OF Brahms,
''The Nightingale and the Rose" by
Rimsky-KorSakoff, He Loves. Me.
Loves Me Not" by MaScagni and THE
Night Wind by Farley.
The exquisite spinning Of tone" that
is bel canto at its most beautiful, was
a feature of Miss Ponselle'S singing
throughout the entire program. Her
voice is rich full and colorful as ever
and her production as apparently Ell
fortress and perfect as one has, come TO
expect from this young but, sincere
singer. Perhaps the loveliest number
of the afternoon was Contemplation,
by Widor, q beautiful song marvelouSly
interpreted The air, 20 hume Tutelar,"
from Spontini's Norma" which opened
the program, was another song which
showed the complete mastery this
singer has over the finest shading of
tone and her genius in infusing exactly
the proper dramatie quality into her
voice in reading the more subtle moods
Of song. In her last group, Hue's ITO
the Birds" was a pleasing song with
the actual notes of the thrush cleverly
used in its writing, and Max Rogers
virgins Slumber Song" was the most
dignified and musically worthy number.
Stuart Ross, who always provides
Miss Ponselle with admirable accom-
paniments. played several piano solos
attractively, especially Liszt's arrange
ment Of Schubert's "Du BiSt Die Rub"
His encore was Modern Hunting
Song" by Grovely. H. 2.
MUSICAL ART CONCERT.
An unusually successful concert was
that given by the students and SYM
phonic orchestra of the Institute of
Musical Art Tuesday night at Vermont
Avenue Christian Church.
Each number, from Mendelssohn'S
alfalfa" overture with which the con-
cert opened, to the last, Glenn Carow's
performance of Beethoven's &C Major
Concerto" was well rendered. As each
student gave his or her offering the
auditors who have followed these young
people in their work could detect EVIL
dences of musical growth.
The singers heard were Dorothy
Quinn in Care Selve" from Handels
"Atalanta"; Sylvia Shapiro in "Ro-
mama" from "Cavalleria RuSticana,"
and Hazel Gem Hughes in Jensen's
'Murmuring Zephyrs." The pianists
besides Carow were Emile Bishop, who
played Chopin's "Ballade in @ Minor, "
and Hanna Booth who played Sonata
Opus 81, No. g." of Beethoven.
The violin department was repre-
sented by Daniel Gevinson, Concerto
in D Major" by Seitz; Charles Hyder,
"Cavatina," by Ran, and Flora Clayton,
de Concert" by Musin.
The orchestra did creditable work IN
the first movement of Beethoven's
Symphony No. l." as well as in the
accompaniment to the concerto.
| The audience was large and enthusi-
astic in praise of the program. DR..
Christiani and Karl Holer were the
accompanies.