The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-13
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
PEOPLES. CHURCH.

Petschnikoff, the Russian, played the
violin at the Peoples church last night
MS recital was the fifth in the Artists Sc
ries OF concerts-and, listening to his
music one. could only marvel afresh at
the fire, Verve and genius that flourish
and are perfected in the despotic land
that borders the Baltic
They all seem to have temperaments
alike, these Russian geniuses Bashkert-
self. Turgenieff, Tolstoi have poured out
their souls with tremendous unre5erve In
Whatever field it has pleased their genius
TO md an outlet. and the result is an
unusually intimate Knowledge of the
racial character. Bnt,sof course, it is not
temperament alone that makes Petschni-
hof playing SO satisfying a musical
feast. His technique-Is superb, his in
sight into the character of the compost
tton he tnterprets complete, and MS utter
forgetfulness of his audience has a unique
charm, when one considers how few
celebrated artists there are absolutely
free from mannerismsst Had Petschn koff
played nothing but Rachs "Chaconne."
the audience could hardly have been dis
satisfied. The motif of the piece is
lofty one. The grave, sonorous tsnes,
the slow tempo, suggest some noble ed
ifice with lofty dome deep nave and spa
cious aisles. And as ths listener wanders
through 1t, uplifted by IT'S splendid space
the theme changes and the merest thread
or voice steals from the violin. 1t is
the meZzotint. 1t stands out distinct
like thread Of gold-the CLINT of color
in the darker web of the music. It was
superbly handled by PetschnikoR last
night and when the artist resumed the
opening theme an audible sigh came from
the audience. The violinist played other
things remarkably we'll. 6eethoven's
sonata Qn g. No. y, the accompaniment
played by Aime Lachaume, was given
noble reading. In the Wieniawski con-
certo (No. 2, D minor), Lachaume did
more than accompany. The number was
almost duet between piano and fiddle,
the former instrument strong and sure
and masculine, the latter sweet and deli
cately feminine, and attuned always to
the plaintive minor. Lachaume accom-
panied Petschnikoff in Tschaikowsky's
'Melodie' and Bazzini's "Calabrere" and
he was heard besides in three solo num-
bers, Chopin's Polonaise, played with
dash and brilliancy; Liszts arrangement
of the Spinning Song from Wagner's
Flying Dutchman," and Schumann's ex-
quisite symphonic studies
Both artists received ovations last night
and encores were lavish, although there
was no response. The audience was fully
as large as any that has attended the
series so far.
METROPOLITAN
"The Royal Box will be presented at a
popular price matinee at the Metropolitan
this afternoon, and will be the bill for
the remainder of the week, closing Satur-
day night. The play has scored bril-
liant artistic hit.
THE Fall and Rise of Humpty
Dumpty," the revival of the famous old
time pantomime, will be seen at the Met
ropolitan for tour nights and Wednesday
matinee, commencing next Sunday even
Ing, The sale Of seats for the engage
ment opens tomorrow morning.
GRAND
There is scheduled for today at the
Grand the first matinee performance of
1.-THE City Of New York Those who are
partial in any manner to mclodraua will
find this performance interesting and di-
verting in the extreme.
The new Inelodrama London Life an
nounced for the Grand the coming week,
was first presented in Paris under the
title of ''Le Camelot," where it had a
successful run of two years.