New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-14
MUSIC.
THE ESsIPOFF CONCERTS.

At Steinway Hall last night fairly large
and decidedly enthusiastic audience welcomed NINE
EssipoR her return to New-HOrk. she mas oeeh
greatly missed during her absence proraoted tour
through the south and West, by many lovers OF good
piano music and the announcement OF her return was
heard with great and general pleasure. The pro-
gramme which she selected last night was not
one of the most Interesting that sue mas
given u.s. had much in IL which served to show her
best characteristics and strengthen the impressions
which she made when here before II contained 'ne
Sonata OBJ no, of Beethoven two Chopin selections
Nocturne and a PolOnaise, a ChopinLisE "Chant
Polonaise" two Schunann numbers, Phantasiestucke
and an Intermezzo substituted for two other numbers
which were announced and "a Romance and a study on
False Notes by Rubinsten.
With each piece of Beethoven's music when NINE
Esslpof has given we have been more and more i'm
pressed with the fact that she not thoroughly at nome
or at all at her best with his music. The Sonata last
night strengthened this feeling II came at the head OF
the programme il ia and certain amount OF cOln
ness and cOnstIant on Nine. Esslpon part might pe
accounted for by this. But her rendering OF II was
not only cold and sti1-it did not seem rs
though she thoroughly understood the music
or was in complete sympathy with it. From
this IL resulted that while separate parts were
sxauisely played, her rendering of the work as whole
was not satisfactory. But whatever was lacking ID the
Sonata was more than compensated for IN Tue o'ner
selections As interpreter of Chopin. Nine Esspon Is
ureduaed and her playing last night OF the Nocthe
was charming, instruct with N" melancholy spirit winch
in one shape OF another pervadrs all Chopns WORK ye
not sentimental or weak The POlOnaise Vas gwen WITH
alb the dash and brilancy imaginable Tie Chant-Poio
naise with changing rhythms and strongly contrasted
coorlng, was capitally done, but the two schu-
manu- numbers not quite so good. Ihey
we're full of grace and poetry which belong peculiarly
to schumann but the pianist had infused into them some
of her own wild COssack spirit and this gave them
little tone curiOusy variance with their general fee
ing The triunph Of the whole performance was the
Rubiustein Romance Here full scope was given to all
the poetrv and tenderness of Nine Essofs nature so
eminently poetic in itself and she played 1t with exqu
site sentiment and the tenderest dclcacy Nothing coud
have been more thoroughly charming. The concert
closed with the brilliant difficult +" study on False
Notes" which superbly done.
Mile Agnese Palma sang aria from Mercadante's
Giuramento" one from GOunods Faust ana
song by Gordigani all very nicely. NJ WHEN the
vioinisr played quaint and interesting sonata by
Rust the first three movements OF which were very wei
done and Fantasia by Vieuxtemps for which ne
gained an encore.
The next concert takes place Friday evening when
Nine Essipon will play part of Bach's major suite
Rhapsodie HongrOise No. 2. by Lisz one OF Mendels
sohns sones without Words, and other pieces by
Henselt, Raft, and Weber