The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-28
IT WAS GLORIOUS MUSIC
Ysaye and Gerardy Captivate a
Butte Audience.
A MASTER OF THE VIOLIN
Gerardy Was Possibly the Favorite With
His Wonderful Interpretation OF
Magnificent Music-Hearty
Encores.

II would have been interesting 10
have polled the audience at the close Of
last nights royal recital in Maguire's
opera house. just for the sake Of find
ing out whether Ysaye's share in the
programme or Gerardy's was more in
favor with the majority. The stand
ards guess is that Gerardy woul have
proved favorite. and that's denying
nothing 10 the splendid gifts OF Ysaye.
He confessedly is a master of the vio-
lin. But Gerardy's instrument is the eel
10. and. after all is aid and done, that
divine Instruments soulful tones find
the reader response in the heart Of the
average lover Of good music. Besides,
Gerardy was singularly happy in the
selection of his numbers. That is true
enough in the case of fsaye. too. but
IL the conclusion of the whole matter
were put into the form of a count Il
would probably be the verdict of the
people in last nights audience that
they heard violinists who, In their opin-
ion. are not surpassed by Ysaye. but
that they have not hitherto heard The
cello played by anyone who is Gerar-
dy's peer.
Thu trio in whose four movements
Ysaye. Gerardy and Lachaume, the
pianist. appeared. was a charming in
PRODUCTION for the programme OF the
evening. 1t was brand new music for
almost everybody i'm the audiencc-it
brought out no startling effects in in
s-trumentation. but ii served To show
how admirably the musicians were
fitted to the ensemble. each to his W
and To his associates work.
The trio was a preface to Gerardy
rendering the Boccherini sonata-he
e~aptivated the audience before he had
played two dozen measures with mis-
magnificent mastery of the cello as
well as with the extreme sympathy and
winsome beauty of his Interpretation
Of glorious music. In answer To an en-
core that assumed the proportions of
an ovation. Gerardy played Peppers
dainty gavotte, which Americans
learned to love so long ago as the time
when that splendid cello player, Wole
Fries. used to harm his hearers with u.
He did not play il as well as did Ger
ardy last night: the selection itself IL
as worthy a composition as any Of
Gerardy's numbers for the recital.
Those whose feeling II is that the vio-
lin is mightier than the cello had the
opportunity to make the comparison
pleasantly last night-Ysaye's appear
ance in two solos followed directly aft
err the Gerardy encore. Never had an
artist in Butte's opera house a more
attentive or a more appreciative hear
ing. The fact was realized at once
that a noble violinist was there. Tn"
elements that enter into the splendid
playing of that instrument all found
Illustration, ichness of tone, extreme
delicacy in touch, splendid force when
need was for il. a striking clearness
which in the rendering of some of the
intricacies of the music came upon the
audience like a pleasant revelation, aud
with mechanism hat seemed perfect.
a fervor and a ems of sympathy 50
natural yet so artistic that II easily
carried the great audience captive.
1t was the same with the second hair
of last nights programme. which NJ.
Lachaume's piano solo separated into
two parts. Gerardy's second appear
ance in number five of the programme
seemed to evoke even a heartter re-
Spouse than that which greeted him
at the conclusion of his first pea
ance. earlier in the evening. His selec-
tions admirably illustrated the mag
nifcent possibilities of the instrument
which, under the hand Of SO skilled a
performer. seems to be but little below
the well-trained uma voice itself.
The aria by Pergolese. with which
Gerardy answered his recall to this
number. was one of the evenings best
enjoyed selections. Again Ysaye ap-
peared. and a stranger who had
stepped suddenly into the opera house
at that moment woIld IA said that
the man with the violin was bringing
his hearers absolutely under "a spell,
with his playing of the Schuman
Evening Song" In the hush you
could have heard a pin drop on the floor
Of the stage. This was followed by an
outburst of music in Ysaye's second Sc
lection, the Gypsy rhythm, which
presented opportunities which the au-
dience marked for the perfect render
ing of extreme difficult passages of mu-
sic. A majestic trio was the pro-
gramme finale. At its climax, after n
nod of assent from Ysaye to his asso-
ciate. the familiar strains of the star
Spangled Banner brought the enthu-
siastic audience 10 its fleet.
Throughout NJ. Lachaume was ad-
mirable in his accomplishments. His
solo was a Chopin scherZo. He played
the same selection on the occasion Of
his former concert tour in this state.
At that time some of his Montana
hearers eve ventured the opinion that
he played IL quite wrong in some essen
tial particulars. He played IL the same
way last night. and these critics-well
they have not changed their minds.
But IL was a glorious concert, Butte has
almost never listened To the like of il.
And there vas hearty applause when
: Manager Mcguire from tho
stage hat these sterling musicians will
appear again Sunday night in Butte.