The New York herald., 1875-12-28
AN MUSEM EN1S.
HANS Won BuLow.

The great Isnist n-law and pupil of Franz List
ave asl night, Al ChickcriDg Hal, the hrst o. his
second series of piano concerts IL New York The fol-
owing vas the programme and a very choice one q
,he old school Il was II = $ Bach concerto in tse
Italian style; allegro andante presto. Handel ,al
prelude and fugue IN minor; lbl chaconne
+ major 8 J. s Bach concerto in
major Tor two pianos and string quartet
Messrs Richard Holman and Hans Won Bulow
l. hozar, ,al fantasia IN major, No 8, dedicated %
his vic; Haydn IN, rondo in major s. j s Bach
concerto for three pianos and strings N minor Miss
marion Brown pupil Of Won Bdlowl Messrs Hoffman
md Won Baiow l. Van Beethoven adagio with
variations opus "a = j. s Bach. concerto for four
pianos ana strings 10 2 minor, Miss Marion Brown,
Mrs Charles = foote, Aessrs Hoffman ana Won
bulcw
-Four coueertos sy Bach at piano sorce is strong
of the appreciation ana endurance
" our concert audience, vet a large ana
attentive assembage listened 10 them
rom nrst 10 last. aud the applause ~ tunes, Was
hearty and sustained. Those concertos were edited
eoarly forty years ago by committee 81 artists under
Ihe direction of Herr Dehn musical librarian in the
Rraud Library al Berlin The bestowed uron all
ais WORKS by stgrdy Old master and hs anxiety TO
render them as intcigible as possible, even
ia manuscript to poster.tv made the
ihc oily dGoaIty being % collect data
century old. Thus IN Germany was not 50 hard as
might be imagined at the present day ~ this country
Hans Won Rlow Vel supported by miniature
orchestra OF strings-our volins, Two voas, two
vsolonceh and two contrabassi. Among them were
some OF onr nest local artists such as Molleu hauer
Maizka. Bergner aud PieHenschneder. Although
Bach IN the concert room comparatively stranger
nowadays, yet when he hnds such an accomplished
interpreter as Won Buow, his presence is always
welcome There is little for artist Of less cabre
essaying this masters works Sustained originality
elevated style, with tnge or melancholy melody,
often bizarre and rugged but always sublime and ever
effective harmonies, characterize the works oi me
''Father of Music - Bach has been termed There
rs nothing dramatic in his measures, but the serious
ness OF a lue-lunE kapelmester aad orgahSt ~ Ohe
who wrote less than 250 religious cantatas ms
organ work 70 be the keynote of those he wrote
for the carichord and certainly the aer require on
amount Of dglta power very rarely found among mod
ern planlsts-Liszt, Rubinstein and Non Bulow ex-
cepted The Italian concerto known 20 the puolc
for the first time In 1855 lhow different m
style from Italian music OF the concerloD
is one OF the pretest and most telling
Of the maestro's piano works. IL was gwen ~ Non
Bllow with degree Of power that seemed organ-hke
in volume Of tone ami yet entirely IN accord with the
spirit of the composition. The three movements,
peclally the rugged declamatory dHddHts were dev-
cred 10 such mastery manner that every phrase was
mrrcred n modern work me othef cohcertos, ln
which Won Balow assisted by Mr. Richard Hon-
man Miss Marion Brown and Mrs. Foote, were less sat
isactory the for three pianos showing the natural
prodominance in tone style Of playing and IRE Of the
great pianist over those who assisted him. Dr Won
Bllow has disagreeable way OF conveying
10 the audience his of this predom nance by
suudry gestures and Mss whenever anything dsluroS
him When an artist OF eminence consents TO the
operation OF other artists in the rendering Of music by
such a composer Bach cordlality and encourage
should characterize his efforts public In the
works played solos by Won Buow his great
talents were shown TO the utmost advantage The
Handean selections were given with wonderful dash
and power; Mozarts poem to Constance Weber
was q triumph Of expression and passion and Beetho-
ven's SIX variations original theme in T, dedi-
Gated to the Princess Odeschalchi we're played in
style that appeared 10 be the very climax Of digital
strength and artistic effect The second concert Won
Bllow takes place on wednesday.