The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21

To what must have looked to him
like house full of empty benches-a
vast auditorium with scant and scat
tered audience-the most wonderful
| pianist that the Imagination can pic
ture. Herr Moritz Rosenthal. appeared
at the tabernacle last night.
| Those present must have been
ashamed at the showing made by salt
Lake-a town which has been heralded
far and wide as a center of musical
| taste and of musical culture-a town
to which the attention of great artists
has been called on this account, and on
! account of the wonderful auditorium
which can seat 1000 people or there
! abouts. but which never does, owing
largely to a difference of opinion be-
tween the managers and the public as
TO its suitability for a concert hall
Two empty houses in one week would
seem TO be a good plea in favor of the
Salt Lake theatre. What effect it will
have on the housing of future concerts
remains to be seen, for we seem to be
slow people to learn.
To say that Rosenthal more than jus
titled all that has been written of him
would convey but little, for one part
of this busy world usually finds no
time to read the opinions of the rest,
unless it is directly concerned. There
may NC OtHcI pldIlISlS III The WOIlQ VINO
are his equals, but finer playing there
cannot be. Enthusiasm is weak
word to express the feeling he creates
II is rather wonder and GREATNESS as
constituent. He is. indeed, a wizard.
His much advertised technique is mar
Vicious, as is also the wonderful volume
of tone he extracts from his instru-
ment. Then, again, in the quieter pas
sages, his touch is as soft and delicate
as a woman's.
The quality of his playing shows
nothing of the effeminate, and vet he
misses no point OF delicate beauty.
Particularly was this noticeable in the
Chopin "Berceuse" For dramatic tone
pictures, he is unsurpassed, and the
Schubert-LisZt 'Lindenhaum' was a
marvel of expression.
Herr Rosenthars programme was Of
the popular order of high-class music
The Schumann Carnival is a concert
piece which IS seldom played, on ac-
count OF its enormous technical difficult
ties. For Rosenthal there are no tech
nical difficulties. His own "Carnaral''
number which closed the programme.
was a brilliant composition which
brought out to best advantage the WON
derful breadth of tone and technique
of the pianist. So might one take each
number by itself and exhaust all the
superlatives in the English language
upon II.
The birds-eye view of the audience
VIII probably not tend to make Herr
Rosenthal anxious to visit Salt Lake
again, but if he should, the day would
be holiday for those who heard him
last night.
John Griffiths and his company pre-
sented THE Bells" at the Grand yes
terday afternoon. The part of Matthias
is one which was made famous by
Henry Irving. and Mr.. Griffiths finds |
in it convenient field for his ten
dency toward strong character acting. |
His company gave him good support. |
In the evening The FOOLS Revenge |
was given. This is also a play with |
an admirable opportunity for strong |
touches. A good audience was in at /
tendance. This closed the engagement. |
and the Grand will once more be dark. |
The Shannon-Kelcey company left !
for the west last night after the per-
formance