New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-15
MUSIC.
NINE. CARRENOs RECITAL.

Tho first OF Nine. Teresa Carreno's pianofor,. -.
citas took place In the ballroom Of the Waldorf va
terday afternoon. II was sadly marred by the no,,.
made by the builders at work on the adio,n,r.
building, circumstance that recalled several ots
unhappy experiences which concert audiences hsv.
made this season. An intolerablc noise OF faIl,,~
hammers disturbed the singing Of Nine Lehman,
at Carnegie Hall last Tuesday afternoon ana
some weeks ago 81 concert OF the Oratorio was an
but broken up by the stencil OF creosote Whit.
was being applied to planks In the bud,n-
II Is singular disregard OF the rights OF m.
public which permits such things on the mar, =.
the managers Of concert-rooms. and II neh.,
they nor the managers OF concerts correc. -.
eV the public will act wisely in taking the remed,
In their own hands and refusing to 20 n a, =.
tertainment unless they have assurances that ,ha.
pleasure shall not be spoiled by outside noise. Mn.
Carreno VIII give two more rectas At the Waldo,s
on Wednesday and Friday afternoons OF next wet
Ii Is to be hoped that the nuisance which n,er,.,~
with yesterdays enjoyment will then be aha,sd
Inc size OF the gathering and the INTENSIVE A.
interest displayed by the listeners were ho,s
demonstrations OF the admiration in which Nm.
Carreho Is held here Under the circums,ar..
therefore. 1t desirable that the list OF neo
which she played yesterday be correctly prin,ad
which vas not done on the programme put int
the hands OF the audience. They We're: Bach,.
Chromatc Fantasia and Fugue with the br,s.
ornaments appended by Won Bdlow); Beethoven,
Sonata in + minor. op. 8. Camiliarly known a.
Appassionata'): two OF Cbopin's twenty -four nrs.
ludes. OPP 2s In b fiat major and r. fat minor M.
nocturne in G major OPP 81, No. q his Etui. 4,
q fiat. the Polonaise in A fiat, op. So Schubert.s
impromptu I'm fiat, 90. AZ. No. 8 tho sorss
de Nienne No g. OF Schubert-I.szt: La csnn.n
ella by Pagann-TAsZt one OF LISTS 'sonns,,
del Petrarca" and the same composer sixth Hun.
garian Rhapsody. The least familiar o. ,hs..
pieces was the before the last-a iranscrin,lon
OF of three melodies written bv Iisz. %.
sonnets by Petrarch. Nine. Carreho wrought "a,
tho enthusiasm of her listeners to high water rn,rt
with her performances the Chopin study (Which
she repeatedly and the tintnabula tory stud, con-
cocted by the List of the violin and the Pac,nlui
auditors without moments cessation FOR nearly
two hours under trying conditions. Her Dlavjn1
most strongly characterized by dash and iar.
reached in the 'Campanella" and the Hungarian
Rhapsody. In the latter. however, the boundary
line between musical sorority and noise was sew
eral times overstepped. Nine. Carreno 40 all her
friends know, Is a virile player her sentiment "a
far removed from sentimentality at all times, often
too far, in Chopns music. But she never fails to
stimulate interest the part OF her hearers An
excessive fondness for the tempo rubato ~ an q.
tremely cratic kind Cat least i'm the rason detrs
OF which is not always obvious also marks her
playing and, coupled with her technical fearless.
ness and daring makes up the strongest element
in her ndividuasm We fancy il this element
which won for her so much acclaim in Germany:
but We have known it acre as long as We have
known Teresa Carreho.