Omaha daily bee., 1890-02-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONCERN.
Its Effect such as Has Seldom Before
Reen Felt I'm This CITY.

A large and distin guished audience was
in attendance at the Sarasate-D' Albert con
cert last evening. The virtuosos were at
their best, and the genial responsiveness
which they kindled in the breasts of their
auditors was ample evidence of the power,
the spell of %suasion, that these masters OF
the sweetest muse WELD. Herr D'Albert,
who was heard in the first number, n senate,
or. SO in e, l.. Ian Beethoven, ut once ap-
Piled himself to the rendition of this
brilliant but dosultory quarto. The move
ment is lively, allegro con brio, but is
largely In o~ctaves, and therefore lacked the
more dulcet harmony of thirds and sixths.
Though replete with brilliant fiueucy, there
was some lack of smoothness and shading
in the forte passages. He plays with great
force and consulnmate eXecutant skill, but u
little more repose or nonchalance would add
grace to the general effect.
The next number, andante and variations
from Sonata dedicated to Kreutzer, l.. Van
Beethoven, was Nine. Berthe Marx aud
Senior Sarasate's initial. IL Q suo violino are
one. II is his fifth member. lie has all the
grace of manner which nature has so Law
ishly bestowed upon the Spaniard. This
number was hardly adequate to the exhibit
ton Of his most moving skill, having much
about it of technique and Journalism, but in
the later numbers he was heard TO better
advantage.
I1tTT alDoTt tuuh III tulTu hunIDtt,
solos a., Berceuse op. 81, Err. Chopin; c.,
Barcarolle, A. minor, A. Rubenstein; c.,
Valse, MAN lebt nur einmal," Strauss-Tau-
sig. The trst commenced allegro ngitato,
like an impatient nurse chiding u sleeptess
infant, but ended In the lullaby measure
with which u tender mother trains her child
to happy dreams. The Barcarolle was not
particularly interesting, nor yet the valse,
though there were some racy transitions
in it.
Tho fo,, rth MI nher tI ,,ehesfen fla foe
d'amour. moroccan caracterlsque) j. Raff,
evinced TO high advantage the marvellous
technical requirements OF tho Spanish ar
fist. AT first a rapid allegretto movement,
the sweetness of tone and the smOothness OF
measure. was a dear delight to the heart.
Anon he passes into the dreauiest an
dantino, and we gaze and listen enrapt with
the soul language OF this poet OF musical
harmony. Nine. Marx, throughout, lent
soft accompaniment at the graceful inter
lude.
Herr D'Albert gave the fifth number
solos, a, Norwegian Bride Procession" OPP
10, No. IL, Ed Grieg; b., Tarantella, "Vene.
zia Q Napoli,'' List. The first was filled
ing, which effects were lost, however.
at times in the velocity of
the arpeggio with sporzanda movement.
L Tarantella," a dance movement, was
bright and sparkling and filled with broad
and expressive phrasing.
Herr D'Aibert is a perfect instrumentalist
and only lacks a little offhandedness TO
make him an approach to the ideal, so we'll
exemplitied in his illustrlous confrere, the
Spanish v~irtuoso. This was his last num-
Der, but he ~graciously responded to an en-
core.
The closing number Faust Fantasia"
Sarasate, by Senior Sarasate, was u charm
| ing melody OF musical harmonies, now dar-
ing and inspiring, now dreamy and langor-
ous-''twas sad by fits, by starts twas
wild" and moved US to the very throes of
| feeling.
Az the conclusion Of this number Senior
Sarasate bowed and retired, and the audi
ence, not recovered from the spell of the
music, was slow in starting. Senior Sara
safe ~reappeared and rendered what must
have been an improvisation, a scherzo of q
dance movement, so full of short and ex-
pressive phrases as TO reveal the very soul
OF musical harmony.
The whole effect of the concert was such
as was never before felt in Omaha, and sell
dom in America, Senior Sarasate's instru-
ment was a little faulty in the lower regis
ter and married the beauty of some passages,
Nine. Berthe Marx and Mr.. Otto Gold
schmidt gave excellent accompaniment to
the renditions of the virtuosO.
The following Lincoln people were in at
tendance at the concert:
Mrs. A. M. Baird, Mrs. j. S. Slater, Mrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Hogenow, q. Bagnalf,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H.. Gere, Mrs. II. j. Hickey,
Miss G.. X. Rector, James Il. Wash, IL. q.
Cosgrove, George w. Gage, Mrs. G. A.
Weber. Tom M. Cooke.
The following Fremon people were also
in attendance:
f. B, Harrison and wife. George E. Nc
Donald, j. M. Mccarthy, @. S. Sherwin,
Thomas Anderson and wife, j. b. Jones and
wife and Andrew Smith.