Unfamiliar Paths
ISS DOROTHY HELMRICH, who is making a tour of the YA stations, is that comparatively rare phenomenon, an intelligent singer. Her programmes have struck a happy balance between the well known and the unfamiliar. Among old friends was Schubert’s "ErlKing." Miss Helmrich’s interpretation of this was nothing short of thrilling; the voices of the boy, the father, and the Erl-King not only had a different quality but a different character, But her excursions into the less well known have been even more interesting to the adventurous listener. There was some Moussorgsky-the delightful children’s "Evening Song" and the exciting "Gopak"--and Mahler, little known here-the very moving "Songs of a Wayfarer." As delightful as any was a little song by Massenet, who is usually
| associated with light if not trivial music. "Crepuscule" is songwriting at its very best, a mere suggestion of accompaniment, the interest lying in a perfectly balanced vocal line which matches the words and carries them along, light as a zephyr.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 345, 1 February 1946, Page 9
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164Unfamiliar Paths New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 345, 1 February 1946, Page 9
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