Evening star., 1934-03-21

cert platform has equaled if no
One of the delights of Mr.. Schipa S
concert singing has always been his
delicate feeling for nuance and the
intelligent use of his voice in subtle
phrasing and dynamic coloring. He
has far outdistanced other operate
tenors in combining the established
Italian braVura singing with a more
refined style of bel canto, but it was
not until the end of yesterdays pro-
gram that his virtuosity in this re-
spect could be fully appreciated. 1t
was a pity that Mr.. Schipa could not
have gone back and sung the other
numbers again, for he would un-
doubtedly have done so with greater
finish and inspiration.
Mr.. Schipa achieved many ex-
tremely beautiful effects yesterday
that could be the envy Of any type
of singer. His emotional freedom,
his exquiSitely planned dlminuendos
and the sweeping power Of his voice
when he sang fortiSsimo, were not
only the height Of artistic vocal train
ing. but of feeling as well. For eX-
ample. his Interpretation of Lock-
hard -Manning's often-heard In the
Luxemburg Gardens" Fugiuele' S
My Lady Sleeps" his own "Serenata
Matutina" and the encores, La
donna mobile" from "Rlgoletto,'
20 sole mio' and another of Schlpa' S
compositions, Il Shall Return" en-
compassed the full range OF his tai
ent. In these, his voice, fresh and
pure, was admirably controlled ana
he sang from his heart, a thing not
always accomplished by the best Oh
singers.
There is a fastidious refinement In
all his works that never oversteps the
bonds OF good taste and Whlcn Is
ALWAYS under his command. HIS
pianissimo passages are as 1ne as
whisper and his manner OF arriving at
them from a tone Of power IS SO
smoothly done that the ear follows
with a rare pleasure the lovely thread
of vocal sound that is spun with con-
sumnate case. His first group IN
clIded two arias. one from Wclf-Fer-
rarTs lie Donna Curlosc' and the
other una Furtiva Lagrlma, from
Donlzcttis "L'Elisir dAmore. -. IheSe
sbould have been placed later in the
program when. having swung hlmSeu
into the proper mood, Schlpa couio
have made a greater impression. AS
composer Schipa disclosed VAL
liable talent whose original turn Is 10Y
the effects that singers enjoy ana
which brings cut the best registers
of the vocal compass. There was a
generous number of encores, given in
response to an enthusiastic appeal
from the audience, particularly de-
hehtful being the two Neapontan
songs and a tender Lullaby by
Sodero.
Mr.. Schipa was accompanied by
Julian Huarte, who also played two
Spanish numbers. Albeniz's GRANADA
and his own Spanish Dance. as
solos. and in the second part OF the
program Chopin's prelude in D Flat
Major" and another in A fiat major.
He is an excellent and sympathetic
pianlst. more individual as accom-
PIANIST perhaps than as soloist, for the
musical background he provided 1oT
Mr.. Schipa added greatly to the ar
tistic pleasure Of the recital.
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r TNDER the auspices of the Danish
- Club of Washington, the Wash
ington Orchestral Society presented a
program of Danish music in honor
of the Minister of Denmark and Nine.
Otto Wadsted last evening at the VIII
lard Hotel. The orchestra, under the
careful direction of c. E. Christian,
is doing progressive work, and yester-
day played a long program with
conscientious regard for balanced
power and technical requirements.
The soloist of the occasion was
Marguerite Carter. violinist. VINO
PLAYED the Bruch Concerto with the
orchestra accompaniment. Mrs. Car
ter is a violinist who should be heard
more often. for she has much to give
both from a point of mechanical I'M
ish and interpretative ideas. Gifted
with a large tone of warm resonance
which carries a touch Of fire IN ORA
matte moments, she is an artist for
whom the bigger works Of the violin
repertoire should be especially well
suited. Her reading of the Bruch
Concerto" contained many poetic
passages that were colored with a per-
sonal feeling, genuine and broad: