New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
MUSIC.
MR. PADFREWsKI,e THIRD CONCERT

lilo estimate Oh Mf. fducrcWshi I'll cAcShd'o
and creative musician flor he has come before the
New York public in both these capacltIes cannot be
said be closed yet must be confessed that 1t Is
not easy 10 define wherein yesterday afternoons con-
cert the last Of those which announced as In
augural. concerts, added material % that on which
comprehensive judgment might be formed IL is true
that he figured on the list composer, but his
pieces IN many respects charming adding nothing TO
the stature which his concerto gave him. IT Is also
true that he played Chopin's concerto in r. minor,
work which one might suppose TO be peculiarly con-
genial to his artistic temperament but the Judgment
upon his performance cannot be unqualihedly com
mandatory a. 1t lbs performance OF the shorter
pieces OF the same composer which he played on
Tuesday night II did not stand forth with the
original physlognomy which may have been expected
in certain quarters nor e;iaee from memory the many
admirable performances which the work has received
from local and visiting planlss IN the course OF the
last few years. Its greatest value, we are ihehheo
TO say after our avowal Of its gracious CHARM from
strictly artistic point OF view lay in the demonstra-
ton which II made that revis0ns OF the text OF CHOPIN
are not absolutely essential to his effectiveness Mr..
PaGerewski 30 far as were able to judge, played
the concerto without OF the adornments Oh ooefh
vlrtuosos lie did not think 1t necessary to INTRO
duce Tausg's fictitious octaves; yet the erect was
satisfying and invited the belief that the unatered
language OF Chopin Is AFTER all the language most
native to his thoughts and feelings.
The KEYNOTE OF his performance Of the D-minor
concerto OF Rubnsten sounded at the outset In SO
eloquent proclamation that 1t cannot longer be per
mitted TO pass without mention. One OF the respects
I'm which Mr. Paderews Is unique among the piansts OF
to-day is mis- command Of sonorous climaSes and MS
ability to niainain himself lofty plane OF emo
tionaI enthusiasm % secret OF this, more than his
extraordinary strength OF finger wrist and arm, seems
70 lie in his spendidy developed sense Of rhythmicai
symmetry With the least exhibition OF effort OF any
player now before the American public he eVohes inc
full power OF the pianofOrte, that Is to say, inc
full power within the limits Of really musical souha.
His forte seems TO be the normal tone Vi
the instrument: his forssimo is that tone
intensified Dramatically, yet unspofed musicaily'
The latter seems as little crude product Oh the
muscles as the most ravishing Of the soft tones wnich
he Uses with peerless skill in his sentimental cantlenas'
His 1imaxes do not depend on volume OF SOUND they
are achieved through the agency OF mastery COM
mand of tonal gradatons and an absolutely perfect
instinct for rhythm. In the most furious OF his sce
Messages the voice of this insnctis never uncertain
lie NAV misconceive composer; but the listeners
cannot misunderstood him. 1t seemed as II he was
weary near the close Of the Rubinsein concerto but
the impression was dlssipated in a moment, and ne
ended the work with glorious burst as Irresistible
as the first had been.
Of the four original pieces which he played fascf-
mating minuet in which archaic grace Is happily
welded with modern brilliancy the most hearcly
ertov.d and he was obliged TO repeat the number.
Af,.s the Chopin concerto he played the same com
poser's study in T-,Iajor from opus rs, after the
Second Hungarian rhn psody which wound up his solo
selections. he added Hungarian dance oy brahms,
also I'm F-major and after the Rubnstein concerto he
MA we'd Cloplns waltz In C-sharp minor. Following
Z tbr first OF Mr. Paderewsh's rccltals in the music
hall OF the Madison square Garden next Tuesday even
ing: ,...o,o,
sonata In minor. op. 57-.....;.L van Besthon ven en-
Allegro assai. Andsnte con moto. Allegro ma non
troppo Presto.
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