New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-02
4 DAYS MUSIC.

c,-,nlv N chronicle a days musical doings in the
c,e.ropo,is Is getting 10 be thing difficult of &C
complishnent so wishes 10 confirm the an
ropncenents by personal observations. Even tho
v,Annese bankers bird Of which DR.. Hanslick
makes mention in his memoirs would have been
embarrassed yesterday. for there were two con-
csrts O, nth and moment going on simultaneously
=, the afternoon in the Borough Of Manhattan. and
also two In the evening. with a stretch OF two
ho-ouehs and The East River between them. Mr..
Sa,dl with Mcssrs Ysaye and Pugno, neld for'h
q, tho Academy Of Music in Brooklyn. and the
Chicago Orchestra conducted by Theodore Thomas
and more than aided by Josef Holman, gave a
concert in the Metropolitan opera House in the
evening Simply for the sake Of the chronological
order The afternoon concerts may be disposed Of
erst-they were not the more significant. though
one OF them had an element OF decided interest.
This was the concert given by Chickorine q Sons
IN their hall IN the afternoon. at which also Mr.
seidl and an orchestra took part. and Mr.. Rummel
brought forward FOR the first time in the United
States a pianOfoTte concerto In nat minor oF
Wilhelm Siendhammar.
The name OF The composer was as strange to the
audience as the composition. Stendhammar Is a
Young musician-he born on February Z. lSh.
N Stockholm and is a resident Of his native town:
the concerto Is his first numbered work II mas
no, been played often enough to win a place in the
literature Of the pianoforte. and. indeed. though
the only record Of a performance which we can
recall was one by the composer at a concert or the
Berlin Philharmonic Society on December 10, 1874
IL Is therefore the work OF very young man ana
should also say very talented young man.
one whom the musical world can we'll ahord 10
keep It's eyes for 1t is a composition which is as
eloquent OF achievement as IL is Of promise Inc
prentice hand IS shown in fondness for reitera-
ton Of motives on different degrees OF the scale.
but the possession Of a genuine creative capacity
is also shown In the interesting character or the
themes and their development in both the orches-
tral and SOLO parts of the score one thing seemed
particularly encouraging in view OF the prevalent
tendency Of modern compositions. and that was
the simple diatonic character OF the melodies ana
The determination TO make music and not 70 dis
cuss philosophy.
Tho TWO middle movements Scherzo and An
dante. are beautiful pieces. and an unmlstaKaole
individuality speaks out OF the entire work we
wish IL were possible 10 speak Of the performance
with as much en- husiasm as was challenged by the
composition but that is impossible. Mr.. Rummel
introduced the work and thereby COMMANDED grau-
,ude but his performance of It not what
might have been expected from him. Parts OF 1t
went brilliantly. but other parts were full Of in
explicable stumhlngs.
The other afternoon concert was the first OF the
series Of musical matinees arranged 20 be given
semi-weekly at the Broadway Theatre. To give the
Undertaking a brilliant beginning VI. fsaye, MIS-.
katherine BloOdgood and CaIlos SoOrino lent thelr
services. They provided y casdnt entertainment,
bur the NANTES alton OF public interest il the en-
ierprise not striking.
The concert by the Chicago Orchestra called for
more careful and extended comment IMAM can ne
given TO 10 under the circums stances. Ii in
the b CHEST degree gratifying from every point OF
view 10 observe that the interest in Mr.. Thomas
ana his laDors Kind and vital as ever II was,
Despite the fact that he devotes his energies now
10 rather distant section Of the country. lie
had splendid audience last night in respect OF
both numbers aud character. and must have been
made 10 feel that ne is kept In grateful memory
BY the people from whom ne received his hrst en-
courd cement and among whom ne labored 30 long,
50 faithfully and successfully A. to the work
Of his orchestra, must perforce withhold com
ment thing that is The more excusable from
The fact that the public interest last night centred
chiefly IN the temperance. aitcr len years, or
Josef Hoffman,. He came the first time mar
relous ooy. ne presented himself last night as
one % the most finished pianoforte virtuosi
alive and thus demonstrated the wisdom OF The
men whO rescued him Il decade ago from the hands
of TIE spectators who were killing him physically
and artistically. and saved him for music and
himself To them let credit and gratitude be given
~ generous measure. and also 10 him FOR ne mas
not appOinted d single expectation. He PLAYED
last night Rubnstein's y minor concerto. Chopins
NOcturAe i'm " minor ana waltz IN 4 major. Rubin.
selns Rarcarollc study on False Notes and
melody IN F. and a transcTipnoE d one OF Schu-
bert f0ur-hand pianoforte marches.
, he study given IN place OF an unspccined
List Rhapsody announced on the programme. the
melody as a recall after the concerto and mo
march after the solo pieces No pa 'oforte player
tilcs Padere wski has dchies ed so de ICED ana de-
sstYtq success as was his Tn reasons may De
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