The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-20

faye's farewell 70 Seattle was -. oc-
cassc8 to- memorable demonstration az
The S~astle theet.- last right The ac-
ro-nr2lsaad vSoIinist. with Gsrarslv and
Lac1a1Tse. his brother artists gave a
thousand music lovers Ar evening or IN
a4ioyed rapture Applause and other eon-
seai1oaal rneans o. expressing the delight
and appreciation il felt were tna3eguace
Tor the cultivated audience. and the artists
were casere1 again and again Recalls
were the order from the beginning Of he
programme. L seemed as II the audience
could TOT be satisfied. and after going
through with the already weu-ba4rasr1sa
programme, the artists Willingly and ua-
conpiaiaaagiy gar. more wtea - was DE-
manded- Cera-dy received rot less than
nTe recalls after his first SOLO a concerto
hy Sa1nt-sae1s- The piece called sor ey-
cry resource at the command % .hs. ar
list, both % a technical and emotional na-
furs, bat the gifted young cells returned
after the dfta recall and gave The
Swan" a beautiful melody by the same
composer. Saint-Saens
The audience was most de-7acastrative in
It's reception Of YSaye. After the Mendels-
sohn concerto he was rscallss. five or SIX
times, Until TIE AUDIENCE caeerei hin
Then ne gracefully responded 20 The de-
nand for an encore and there were more
cheers.
Ysaye and his fellow musicians .as one
Of the greatest il the city's history
The programme follows:
Trio in minor ..... Beethoven
i. Allegro con brio.
: Audante con varIaZioae.
3. Tempo De n.uuetto.
4. Allegro finale.
Ysaye, Gerary ana Lachaume.
'S'' II. Jean ;a'i Gerard sa'n'-saens
Concerto IS movements Mendelss.obu
NJ. Eugene Ysaye.
moonlight Il aIme I.acaau3 1;.- Beethoven
a. Ara De Ire Giorni Persolese
NJ Jean Gerard.
a. Prs1s!ied from Der Msisters.nger"
b. Airs RusSes -. .......... wlanlawski
NJ Eugene Ysaye.
Allegro from Trio Ii B fiat Rune-s,eiu
fsaye. Gerardy and Lachaumae
A discussion OF the clements that 20 20
make up the marvellous technique OF
fsaye would be Improbable. He may 10.
iraptiy be termed the Rubensteia OF the
VIOLIN, The day is past when wonderful
technical powers in a violin virtuoso would
cause The sensation that ruled = genera
ton ago when Ole Bull first appeared n
American cities Even Paganini would no:
starile people nowadays. The age demands
more than Here technical lrIckery on the
violin II demands Z mar Ike Ysaye who
IL az once equipped with every technical
resource and is an artist as we'll Won
derfui as is Ysaye's technical equipment.
h,s breadth. his deep scholarship and his
comprehensive musical grasp and mex
aaust!hle emotional power-these qualities
command tbs hishss; admiration and are
10 he considered first In an estimate of the
man
Seattle music lovers viii wait a long
time before they hear the "Andante" from
Mendelssohas conosrto played with any
thing approaching the depth and style ard
defeats feeling which characterized
Tsaye's Interpretation % Il. They will not
soon listen 20 the surprisingly beautiful!
melody % Wagners "Neistersinger Preis-
led as played by Ysaye. These were TIA
notable numbers in a programme filed
with great things.
Gerardy's triumph was no less feature
OF the evening than was Ysaye's. The
young 'cell.st was heard 10 fine adyan-
tage in the Saint Saens concerto a pie>e
worthy o. his best efforts. II was inter
preted and executed in the manner of the
true artist Gerardy. although hut TWEEN
~ years old, has outstripped all the 'cei,ists
of his day. He is ranked only with josef
Hoffman the phenomenal young pianls,
abou. whom New York has just been
raving. Gerardy is the confrere Of Ysaye
and this may be said 10 he the highest
compliment that can be paid him
Iachaune displayed his exceptional tai
ent 20 advantage IN the Beethoven trio
and In the accompaniment 70 the Men
deissohD concerto. Besides this he PLAYED
The Beethoven Moonlight Sonata with
Tenderness