Jessie Maclachlan.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9592, 26 July 1907, Page 4

Jessie Maclachlan.

TIIK .SCOTTISH QUEKX OF SOXti. On August Ist Miss Jessie Maelaehlan will mako a welcome reappearance at Oama.ru. on tho occasion of her (living a farewell concert, for one ni'iht only. Almost from her earlier vears, surrounded as she was bv a.ll tlto 'traditions of the Hijdikinds, Miss Jessie Maelaehlan devcloped a power <if expressing ill sni>£ the deep pn<thos. the sturdy patriclism. and the intense love ( >r the l,aii<l of the heather ami the. flood which has inide her Hi.great singer she umlcmhtaMlly is. She «liters so thoroughly into the spirit of the music she interprets, which is tlie heart songs of the Scottish people, that she conveys tlio same spirit to her hearers awakening in them an intense patriotism and enthusiasm which culminates in a storm of .applause as she conclude oik- of these stirTing wai songs which are so eiiiinentlv ch.araoterifttie of the music of Scotland. Xo oi>o has over so thoroughly and completely understood and appreciated the true spirit of Scottish soil'js as Jessie Macl.'iehliin, ami it is therefore hardly to Ik l wonderi-d .at that in whatever paTt of the world she has sunt;, she has created such ,'i furore. All over the world, tfiroughout Canada, the United States. and Australasia, the same result has l»en achieved. an<l her singing has lieeu universally received with the utmost cMitliu.sin.sm. Another point with respect to Miss Maelaehlan is that she is, though intensely Scottish in character, widely cosmopolitan, in her art. She sings Kngli'sli and Irish songs with almost as much .acceptance as the hest. known and world-wide appreciated melodies, and herein lies her wide-spread popularity. Since her return to Scotland she has 'associated with herself, in .addition to Mr John M'Limlen. whose splendid 'cello plaviug is jilmost as widely .'Uipreciatwl .is' Miss Maclachlan's siirfrintr. :i Scottish tenor of high repute. This is Mr Douglas S'oung. of whose fine voiee golden opinions conve from elsewhere. Duets by Miss Mariachf.an, and Mr Young form a mnst interesting .and artistic feature of the pronra.nlmo to be presented. Mr Holwrt ISucliiaiun acts as accompanist, and conductor.