New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-04
YESTERDAYS MUSIC.

There has been a great deal OF worse IMAM !Gls
talk about Americas duty toward American ar
lists OF late and & ought not 70 be encorrassd'
yet no harm can come from confession o. sIat'
fcacon ard pride in the work done oy TWO is1eA
artists in our concert-rooms yesterday At the hTst
OF the seidl Morning Concerts al the Astoria ,i''
Maud Powell played Bruchs second v!oa son
certo so well as 20 ob.terate the best impressions
made by some Of the foreign artists WAC aa''
played that work here. and in the evening AiosT'
Lockwood gave concert In the Music Han 81 The
Madison Square Garden at which, in one respect a.
least he showed himself the peer OF the best o.
the foreign piansts who are soJournins with US
II is a pleasure to record such fact. but IL does
M, follow that the fact itself is OF stupendo4s
significance to the future welfare OF n'us.c !"
America So far the executive branch OF 'he
art IS concerned Il has been matter o. give hl'
take between Europe and America Tor many
long decade and It ought not to be felt as
humiliation that America has received. and Is SIN
receiving. moro than II gave and gives. 1t 5 ONLY
natural that IL should be So NeYeitheiess' ~
are justified In n feeling OF pride that We nave SUI"
native-born artists as Miss Powell and MF' L.
wood. and when they go abroad again II % - y
hoped that they Will not be received IN LUZ
with such silly chauvinstlc ciamor Hs &c"
foolish and self-seekiug persons have sought u
late N raise here against the foreign artists VINO
cross the water TO add to our delights anu 'An'
AWAY our dollars There must De no 'eP''s"'' ;"
art OF the kind commercial politics delight IN
Mr. Sedvs concert was the first Of a new series
and the beginning of a new experiment !. ~" ~.
that are 20 follow shall be half 50 enjoyao'e '''
greatest financial success should De '"e"s' ''
Seidl and his played two OF their mast
~ Observation-Disclosures en's overture Leoh0'e
No g. and Tscha!kowsky's "Patheuc ssm9"'"'
As Mr. Seidl has worked out the latter coHpOs'S'
It is not only heartbreakingy palmetto ou' dsV.
ing Such an expression OF hopeless despair a.
published in its last movement Is Almost W0
ou,slte for enjoyment We could wish that u na'
haen given the first place on the programme
x,s,d ~ the last so that the audience hsi
carried away Beethoven's apo;heoss OF con!rsa
happiness instead OF the Russians cohleSs'"
mortal dependency. Strange how the sp.''' u
composer can take possession OF musician OF 80
Of musicians at times. For the evening eoh'e'' 81
Sedl had put Tschaikowsky's Anddhte Cs"'' =,
uhe slow movement from the String Quartet o2' AZ
on the programme. and though In feeling Il = w
very opposite OF the symphony. It was Played -
srch a manner that II became The supreme nv
ment of Mr. Lockwoods concert, as the 'ast NOV
men, O, the symphony had been " the mo'h"s
affair. -
too much In praise OF Miss Powers playing no
cannot recall a tine when sae displayed slch sl'
nerb dash and spirit. CT when she OF any3oiy e'''
nlavea With purer intoNation II was performance
that couli be measured by NJ. lsayes peTloE
nances az the Philharmonic and symphony socie.
ties but by nothing else that Ne@-Yofk mas Hea'N
in the department OF violin playing tbs yeaF
It's dominant quality Of passionate expression was
the one thing IN which Mr.. Lockwood's otherwise a'-
miracle pianoforie playing was def lent HIS CON-
nand OF the technical element OF his arr Il aTAt.
ing and enables him 10 preserve a .eposefg.ness 9,
manner that is almost obtrusive. but h!s command
OF the varied accents OF feeling is not arse and "
consequence he does not move his listeners nan -
much as ne astounds them. But numerous audi
ence applauded him 70 the echo after his l4si SCI
piece which was Saint Saens's Concerto In G mnos
Before IL he played schlmann's Concerto and -Four
solos-not a nissardiy Offering