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...transition from opera to art song within a recital is always hazardous, and Mme, Crespin had a bit of trouble adjusting her voice to the intimate demands of a group of Schubert and Schumann lie.ler. Schumann's Mondnacht, for example, was "crooned" rather than sung, and in general one missed just that quality which Mme. Crespin's recent teacher, Lotte Lehmann, would have brought to the songs, a sense that one was hearing a singing actress rather than a merely vocal phenomenon of the order of the Colossus of Rhodes...
...Harkless' voice has natural limitations that have not yet been corrected or turned to more effective use. The very thick and rich sound he produces cannot trace the delicate line of Schumann's Mondnacht nor suggest the naivete of Schubert's love-sick miller. In the lower limits of his range, notes lose their individuality and produce an unpleasant drone. Above his beautiful middle voice, Harkless' pitch control gets out of hand, with climatic high notes sometimes painfully flat. In short, he knows what effects to strive for, but he can not always command them...
...principal numbers on the program. A few tickets for the performance are on hand and may be secured at the box office of Symphony Hall. The Complete program follows: Ave, Verum Corpus Des Pres O Gladsome Light Davison Ecce Iam Noctis Chadwick The Harvard Glee Club Widmung Schumann Mondnacht Schumann Ave Maria Schubert Hark, Hark, the Lark! Schubert Miss Hempel Echo Song Lassus Far O'er the Bay Franck (Soprano Solo by Miss Hempel) Choeur des Chameliers, from "Rebecca" Franck City of Chow Bantock The Harvard Glee Club On Wings of Song Mendelssohn Virgin's Lullaby Reger Fetes Galantes Hahn...
Schumann--Mondnacht...
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