A FEAST OF SONG

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1638, 3 January 1913, Page 5

A FEAST OF SONG

kADAME KIRItBY LTOTN TIUtiMPM,: > Madamfc Kirkby Liuin .is an amaaingly'' fino artist.. /This was • established long r ago on tho other- eido of the world and ia " Wellington a few Weeks ago, but lost emi'-i'-- : ins at llio Town Hall 6a\y tho great Eilg. Jisli contralto produce further twasuroa' of.eotig from Jier apparently inexhaustible « .p^ortofae^•• H*r;- , 'Wrfaerftil 'art'had toaiiy facets as a diamond, and tech cp- J >- pears to bo cnricbed With its own paiticufar set of ttanl hues to fit tho mood of the Bontf and pive the fullest and most sym- ' ibatMio iiprisssion to tho lyrics. And all 1 Alaflanio Kirkhy Limn sings is enhanced • and elevated ',by : har incomparable ; style - ■and nbsenc© of all straining for effect. ;Apairt ; voi<k! J ..tho .chief - chami' About singing is tho case ' Aiia repose id ta'ecution, 'had the edncority v - .and": wrtainty; which mtikcs one feel that IhG. way slio.suigsia.©on# is ibo only wnv to »mg it, and that any other wav woull.: ■ bo,an ofienoo. She disdains all potty arti- ■ fioe, and rather inclines to be: reticent in l tone, than desirous of displaying her vooal power/, eu :of which Jnwlaimo her to be' an artist iti ( the most cital.ted' sense of tho ■ .word;,., thing could'Jiave .. been more charmingly . 'And emotioiially expressive ; than her treatment of the Brahmo brocket last evening. "I'he Sapphic Ode?' she has : - 4ung Mtor in Woll&irton, but "Von Jiwi&or, Li oho," "Wir Wandolten,'' and u simply cat Tied the laudicnce ' off its feet. Nftvcr has German . liedior aroused such genuiflo enthusiasm and chll- ' forth applause, In ''D<i Jfamicd,,; Madamo, Xunn ~ eang as if sho ' 4 eimply gloried in tho physloal oi > her:wwfi tho 6mithi' An imperative enw o ; «o5? i? t ftnolher Branms song, of-.brilliant lus- ; -" ' ..wmujeit .was , represented .. .by ~ . Dor .Tod .und das -Mfldchen.'V.and i Qrewhen ain . Spinnradc," in which ■ the singer's deep, dramatic fu)o found ' expression, Richard' Straiiss by tno sweet- • lyi melodious "Traum duich tfioiPamihcN ' ' iUng, ( and ' by: his (fMorning ■ Hymn... - Madame luan -«as a!go heard' Tvitli pleasuro in Jfallinsin's "Tout by tho , Clock' and, tho: fancifuli Moi>at- -My•' Fifth Moot AVjndQH'.";.. Lidgey, .&';ooui»' poser- not; well, kiiown in New Zealand,'. " has writteft- soma chiirmihg Bongs with ■ ■ •hi old-world air set to lyrics brcaohing a spirit of tho, purest poosy. i One very Ijeuutifully meditative song t\ a 9 "Earl Bi'iatol's; Fare^ll," and another,-a-sparklinff 1 littlo rondel, entitled "Seo Whero My l/)vo Qoe3 : Maying,captivated the au■dlfeitco tftinplotely, and the Singer had to . respond onco more, this tame with Mftlid Yalerio White's Song. !'A- Ifcmory,"' Tho ««»: recital Mould not be complete without par- ' . i ticular nleiltioh of-tho'opiratio numbers.' Thes6 ■ w'era '"Onm .'tyro Immortelle" .■•;(•: (Gounod)i:and tho gay-''SegnediHe»'* from > Cnrilioft. Tlio boWilchiiig. nrchness and < . ftildacityy.'with wluich Madame sang the \Bieet-ntiraW lOreateil -yoarnings.. tO"Se« • •' vier'in that opera, in which fehi nas chrnt larelS in-England and' America:"' . ;•' ' :-i , | The ferfeat sifigei l wits inatorially,f> ssißtod -.. '' the cXcelleht nccoinpiuiments of,'Mk • ;• JiViilllanl Murdrch, ,'Thnt friflcd pianist, . - .«>•; nervously sympathetic. in 'tono and touch, played a triolet of Dobussy's diat s , , .pbanous tone sketches-tj'Clairo do Tjiuie;" - . : *la Cathcdrole Englontie," and "Reflets' ; ■ dalis L'ettu," eftch light, delicate, olid : strangely-liarnloniouu - , ... . Among those nreseiit last evening were c\.s the. Countess -of Livor.pool and-'a party from-■ Government Houso..:. THE FINAL CONCERT.' 1 /. At to-rnorKWv's .■ farewell • concert,. ; Madame Kirkby tunn will include In the programme "0 Rest ilv the Lotd" (Ilan-: . del), "MarienWurmßohon,'' '(Wid-i«' niung"(Bchuninnnk "In tho Deep Silenco .■ :6f the Night 1 ' (Phillips), and "Tlio Thresr . PishWs" (Itullah). ' ' - His Ercelloncy the Earl of Liverpool : , and, party'.wlll.bo. present.