, 1876-04-03
AMuStM

GAAL HOLkSoAA LuOE4H WEEIIAIe
Mr. Woliaohn's piano zoeitats ns Standard
Hall each Saturday afternoon aeom to bo mnk-
ing quito stir In musical circloh, Judging from
tho worry largo audiences which attendcd them,
and from tho interest takun IN them by musicians
md amateurs. Each succeeding recital Las boon
attended by d larger Audience that Its predo-
cosaor. The programme Saturday afternoon
was moro varied than tho othora hnvo boon,
10 compare the different atylen Of Chopin's COM
poattions. Tho programme consistod Of tho
third Bcherzo In q aharp minor, op. 90; four
Etudes In z mojor. maioI, r minor, and o
minor; and tho Ronao, op. 1G,-Audanto md
Allegro yivacc.. Iho sohozzo Is probably tho
the tlne'' aamo style as the Tie others. %
beginning with vigoFoua fortlasimo passnges il
which Chopin seeued 10 a1onBe and inspire his
countsymon to actIon, and then Of a sudden q
worry soothing. tonder passage, and thcn tho
two principal motives nro augmented until tho
grhud climax Ia roached. 1t Ia evidently 1lr.
Wotsohh's intention to instruct tho public to tho
hn stated to tho audience slat ~ t1te waa proIa-
bly, the first timo thhs tho Bobcrzo had been
playod In Amoriea, and aa ho Desired that they
should Get good idea Of It, he would repeat It
case ho played tsagasn. Each Of tho tour Etudea
is 3 lttfo lyri3 poom in itsc1f. Chopin wan, Of
nil composers who attempted til!s style Of COM
position tho most successful, and succeeded to
ho filled oaoh Etude with certain technical d!f-
Aculty,-for instance tho . major, With Buc-
cuBsion Of e1tbH aud thirds, and the minor
with m tmmcpsely difficult left haad
Fnpning 1d,g; moyo@sntyet asn ,hoso technical
10 eutirely secondary to tho Distinct sono poems
underlying each. Cboptn's stylo waa soon cop
pied by other composers, auch M 1lonselt,
Thaibe1g, Taussg and Kubiustoin. OF whom
mono waa as successful as Hensot. still nouo Of
their compositions would compare with Chop!n's
ip grandeur aud beauty. With thom tho gigau-
tic teehnca! difficulties stand foremost. and nono
have been able to breathe such sou1-1ife into
that apeciea Of compos!ton % Chopin.
Tho Lass number On tho programme. the Rob-
do, pago ID, shows the true elegance of Chopin's
Atylo to tue boat advantage, md is an entire
contradiction to tho BcAerzo, being from tho
nseng sssss to ss iDa VIII S M
md graceful - airs, Which zouinds
tho heases Of tho two iast moyoments Of tho
two concastos which arc 30 woil known to all
concort goorp. OF Mr. Wolfspbn's playing Of
apcak. us mastered tho varioua technical d!f-
1lcultica III an almost marvellous tunlilIor, while
cach number was plaYod With sucl poetic color
Ing ~ to shoH that he has made OF them q lito-
] study.
MI. 1amos Gil! furnished the vocal part Of tho
programme, singing two sougs OF Esaor, entitled
tho j." boutheshera Nocturne, :" and "The Min-
Uhlaud aud nru known a. nDur Haenror's
Fluch." These songs aro eomparas
lively, now hczo: They rro soldon, in-
cludtd IN y slaEers rrrertoire On No.
account OF thor immonse diilicnitv nnc vo,ui-.
lux an artist OF great dramatic power. Mr. ali
for whom ouituro has coitaiuly dona mnra
than natu1e:-suoeceded to some extent, s,pe. @
yeor; but ia tho after pnsssaes X va n,,ra
re1t that there wero obstacles IL his yoee ws',c,,
la could nat contond viii. "a 'I5 s5ss "a1sn sss
as times produced tones which wou!d not sat,a9v Nv