The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-08

I have ever seen ~ the artist / cannot
see ths. ha has changed much since I
frs heard min IN $50. when. N fns n''dst
Of ore Of MS delicate paanfssisno passages,
an usher banged a seat down -cF iasS
conner. Remenyi. who stood with IT'S eers
closed ana with his soul wrapped up IN ms
melody. stopped short. rushed OF the stage
and bsrate: the offending young man IN
q me mixture Of American ana Hungarian
lie 6oas noe Fska late corners. No artist
does Although a nervous. erratic player.
Eemenvf has A gracious stage de1neanor.
He likes applause twhat IS more gratifying
TO any artistic. and usually gets J. me
keen musical critics Of this country insist
tha- Rerneayi has some what lowered MS
first ;deal standard of music oy an occa-
Sional indulgenc in A little clap-ra2 70
cater 20 ths popular taste Tney rank nm
about Tfth or sixth in he list o. the zen
or twelve leading vioiiniSts OF The world.
Be that as e may. he always plays with
intense enthusiasm. and the tones or his
middle and lower registers ara seldom, II
ever, exceiled. II a player Is able 20 arouse
the interest Of the cultured artistic tenn
permanent, as well as the enthusiasm OF
the one which Is nusically unsducate3. he
may consider himself a successful artist.
Remenyi certainly has a magnetic some
thing which makes itself felt in the broad
Hungarian smile with which he sreats
his audience, and thanks them for apore-
citation, and which also asserts itself IN
the entire handling OF his instrument.
There have osen times when Remenyi was
not al his best. but have never heard
him play better than he did last evening
1 never supposed he would De guilty OF
making speech. He made TWO during
The evening. and ne handles his English
oetter rhan he used 10. His first was:
Mss Stein suffers from a COD. She bess
your indulgence I have spra.Eed my Al
k-e. therefore I beg you to permit me 20
SIT when I wish There IS nothing the
matter with my hands"
His rendering OF his first. and 30 my
mind by long odds the best number OF
the programrze. "Anialte and Finale"
Mendelssohn. MAS finely done. He always
Played thirds. rf,hs and octaves well. and
he threw his entire energy into the Finale.
which he rendered supe-bly. For al en-
core he gave Sciubert's ''Sereaa3e." I
have never heard any other artist give TO
IL the Individuality OF rendition that Re
menyi does. or pay il better. His second
number. "RomanZa AnGa.ura.' Sarasate,
and 'Barcaro1e." Schubsrt-Remeayi. gave
am an opportunity 10 smile over and
fondle his instrument. as ne always does
in delicate passages. His next number.
''Csoriccios." bv Pa anini. gave his audi
enCe an opportunity 10 smile with him and
grow serious by turns. The finale gave
Remeny! an opportunity OF showing what
he can do il octaves. The audience was
generous with appreciatIve applause. and
Renenyi gave some Scotch and Irish me-
odies arranged by himself.
The two weli-gowned well-featured
young ladies who assist Remenyi did we'll
what they had TO do. II ala not seem 90
me that any apologies were necessary Tor
Miss Stein. One would not suppose she
was suffering with a cold. unless perhaps
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and runs. For her first number. caro-"
Nome-VerIi she substituted a selection
from sra Diavalo." She has voice bet
ter than the average. II was a pleasure 70
hear her. and she is nice TO look at. She
rendered her second number summer by
ChamiRade. in a very acceptable manner.
she responded TO neither encore. Miss
Baker, pianiste. has an easy, graceful
stage presence. and rendered her most ar
duous number ''Polonaise' (heroique),
Tchaikowski-LisZt~ in a commentators
manner. 1t seems 20 me that her best work
OF the evening was done in the very diff
cult and exacting accompaniment 10 Med
deissohns 'Andante and Finale, the th.rd
number on the programme. Remenyi may
congratulate himself that Miss Baker IS
able 10 do il so well. 1t gave pleasure 20
many OF the audience when Miss Baker
gave "Murmuring Zephyrs," Jensen. as an
encore 10 her first number. "Nalse' par-
aphraseD. Strauss-Schutt.
For the final number Ensemble onter-
mezzol. from ''Cava.leria Rustieana.'
which we all wanted 10 hear. was substi-
tuted AVE Maria" Bach-Gounod. ard |
heard several say In passing oGt tnat they
liked the intermezZo the best Of anything
heard during the evening.
Remenyi made second speech. He said:
LAS | viii have 10 remain mere for a week
for treatment for nv ankle. | VIII give an
other concert later in the week.
THE FTRST-N LIGHTER.