The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-02
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MUSIC.
The fourth and last OF the series OF
Piutti- afternoon concerts was
given yesterday at Bartlett's hail. The
programme, although shorter than the
others. was equally interesting. and the
audience rather larger. although the
latter have been regretfully small.
Messrs. Piutti and Krauss have tried
to give course of concerts with only
high-clasa music on their programmes.
yet not 80 classical bat that it would
have been within the comprehension Of
most people who really care ior good
music. Their rendition throughout has
been conscientious and most admirable,
and as an education, as we'll as an en-
joyment, deserved better patronage than
they have had.
The opening number yesterday was
Beethoven's great sonata. opus 81, No. 2.
popularity known ~ The Moonlight, of
which the wonderfully beautiful adagio
Mr.. Piutti read with dignity ard very
fine feeling; the other mum Der was the
Lisst Hungarian rhapsody No. 6. which
showed him to lsse advantage.
Mr.. krauss seemod to have recovered
entirely from his indisposition OF last
week, and he interpreted the Wien
iawski Legende with his usual scholarly
and artistic manner; the Vieuxtemps
Fantastic Caprice was his second nu N
Der, and although IL bristles with tech
nical difficulties he surmounssd them
with mastery ease.
Miss Jennie Winston assisted yester-
day, and in both her songs showed q
fine method Her trills are remarkably
good, her shading and tone meditation
most artistic. and in Gregh's Dream of
Love, dainty little song in waltz time.
her tlexibility was displayed to good ad-
vantage. Mrs. Larrabee. who had been
the accompanist at each of these con-
certs, did her ueual conscientious and
able work yesterday at the piano.
FULLER>BLAIR TRIO CONCERT.
The last of the course OF Fuller. Blair
trio concerts was given last evening with
Mrs. Washington Berry and Mr.. G. J.
Muskat assisting. Blanchard Fitzgerald
hall was we'll filed with an audience oil
cultivated people, and except for the
annoyance caused by 4 few late corners
during the first number, the evening
WAS one of musical enjoyment and an
artistic success.
The programme was very fine, and
the treatment all through scholarly.
Miss Fuller's Interpretation of the
glorious sonata Pathetque, by Beetho.
ven, was most satisfying; her intelligent
appreciation and expression OF the
poetry and sentiments in the great
master, added to her mastery technique,
her exquisite tone shading, her forceiul
attack aud clean touch in interpreting
his dignity and majesty, make OF her q
very superior artist, and it 10 to be
hoped ane will do more solo work in the
future.
Mrs. Berry's two songs, an aria from
Gluck's Eurldice and graceful elegie by
Massinet, for which Miss Helen Fuller
played violin obligato. served to show
her method. and the range and quality
OF her rich contrRlto voice, most effect
lively.
Two delicious aolos for the cello by
Davidcff, an adieu and barcarolle, fol-
lowed. daintily end gracefully played by
Mr.. Blair.
The last number on the programme
was Schumann piano quartetts in
which Ny. Muskat, the viola player,
made his first appearance here. As a
composition, it is one OF the most inter-
esting and beautiful OF Schumann's
works. and "a it was read last evening,
none of Its interest was allowed to flag.
The simple theme OF the first two move.
ments with their intricscies of elabora.
ton; tho tripping scherzo with it's fas-
cina'ing counterpoint in which the
theme was tossed from string to airing,
or to piano and back to string; the
beautiful andsnte with it's syncopated
time, ard it's delicious melody that ia
also passed from instrument to ustru-
ment; and the rsotless fugue.lko finale
that never rests for moment until the
sudden end; all were played with mas
terly skill by the Mispss Fuller and
Messrs. Muskat and Blair, and the
various and wonderful beanties were
admirably brought out. E. NJ. O.
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