Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
THE MUSIC WORLD.
Enthusiasm Aroused by Miss Aus der
0he's Artistic Performance.
A VERY ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME
Which Was Received With Every Mark Of
Warm Appreciation.
MUSICAL EVENTS OF TIE PAST WEEK

It is pleasant to record the fact that the
audience which so warmly greeted Miss
Adele Aus der Ohe, at Old City Eall, on
Friday evening, was fully twice ss
large (or half as small) as that of the previ-
Gus night Still the spacious hall was not
half FULL. It was pity that the rare oppor-
tunity afforded by these recitsls should
have been seized by so few, compara-
lively, Of those who would have had
great pleasure and profit therefrom;
a pity also that Messrs. j. b. Cuttings and
A. h. Brockett, who contracted for the re-
citals, should have sustained financial loss
BY their unselfish endeavors in the cause of
art. However those who were present made
up in enthusiasm what they lacked in numbers.
Recalls, more or less numerous followed each
number Of both programmes. and at the
close of each evening the audience remained
seated and kept up saliva OF applause until
the gifted young pianist had come forward two
or three times TO bow her Acknowledgements
In this city any hearty applause not intended
to gain an encore piece is phenomenal for an
audience to sit still and applaud long after the
last number is simply miraculous
That this review cannot include the Bach
TausiC Toccata and Fugue and the moonlight
Sonata-which opened Friday evenings pro-
gramme-is the writer's misfortune, not his
fault; if wishes were horses cable passengers
might ride faster sometimes Chopin, Rubin
stein and Liszt made up the rest of the even
ing. Here Miss Aus der Obe was in her native
element: free and graceful as swallow on wing;
reckless and impetuous as q WcLkyTte ga Hop
ing down to the battle field.
Chopin's A fat Nalse, op. a. was treated with
great inesse and brilliance; the rhythmic
quality in this as also in the Rubinstein Valse
of the same key from lie Bal" (MdsQuef) was
remarkably preserved, and yet their playing
was quite fancful withal. In the latter work
the delicate, sparkling octaves full of danger
Gus Skips along the keyboard we're given with
an easy infallibilItv almost provoking The
Berceuse and the Andante Spisnato were
models Of pure legato playing, refined phraslng
and delicacy of sentiment
In the @ minor Ballade and the e fat Polon-
aise Chopin's most virile and heroic moods ap-
pear. No one could doubt his possession of
these qualities in full measure after hearing
Miss Aus der Ohe's interpretation of these two
high deeds oflove and war, with a somber-hued
setting that made it more human
and less legendary; the latter seemed
glorious pean, celebrating great chiValric
victories, not won however, without cost of
brave lives. Miss Aus der Ohes reading of
these great combinations was such as to make
one forget the tremendous technical difficulties
she was overcoming with such ease and bril-
lance; yet her exquisitely well-proportioned
shading of Chopin's characteristic embellish-
ments is point not to be passed over.
Rubinsteinis familiar BarcarOlle in G major
and Giszts equally familiar transcription Of the
spinning Song from the Flying Dutchman''
afforded an opportunity for the display Of a
lightness and velocity that even that specialist,
Josefy, cannot surpass. The contrasting
episodes of the latter piece-where the Dutch
n1dT'S motive is introduced, for example-were
and with true musicianly grasp. The
programme closed with Liszt's "Tarantella
di Bravura" which is not often
played, though Miss Aus der sOhe had
given it here at one of the day Festival mat
nees last season. AS played on Friday the
piece richly merlted its title. 1t was perfect
carnival of bravura playing. Its enormous
difficulties were overcome with freedom and
daring that positively thrilled the audience;
the break-neck speed and the increasing power
OF the climax were stupendous and amazing
even after all that had gone before.
Let us all hope that Miss Aus der Ohe will
return to Pittsburg and that right often. And
when sheer any other artist Of the first rank
tunity will be fully realized by as many listen
ers as can crowd into the hall
s*s o..
This gossipy bit from the Musical Courier's
''Raconteur" will be of interest in this city
where young Wilczek made his first American
home:
"Nu was?
''Yes, it is too true, WTczek has been half
''Aber wirllich besoffenf
"Ho, stupid, I mean he was shot At and
missed; that is. half shot NIGHT wahr.
Seriously, this young blonde vIolinist whose
talent is genuine, has achieved something
that Sarasate couldn't He had nearly col
umn in Saturdays Herald. Mysterious shots
were fired and holes are in the window. Fran
has taken out permit to go armed. A Young
lady sneers at the idea of anybody killing the
Violinist and thinks-well. all sorts of things
WIlczek (whom the Her0Td calls "Wflyn)
carries blunderbus abouttW0 Get long loaded
with old slugs, and after darN is looked after
by that Hercules among managers, Henry
Wolfsohn. So look out for squalls if you
tackle WIlczek or Wolfsohn."