The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

a rare treat was given the music-lov-
ing public Of Salt Lake at the Theatre
Ia-St evening, and it is pleasant TO note
! thdt 1t was well patroniZed and thor
Oughly appreciated. The audience
which assembled at the Salt Lake the
atre was not the largest the house ever
neld, but 1t was probably the largest
Tor a piano recital at the prices charg-
| ed, and this meant much from a bOx
| once standpoint. for half the usual
J audience at double the price would
about even things up. The people at
/ the Iheatre last night represented the
cultured and musical element of the
city Very few went who did not know
exactly what to expect. and how TO
appreciate it. The audience was at
tuned to the performance, and this
surely IS an ideal condition. When the
great P'aderewski appeared here be-
fore, it was in the vast auditorium of
the tabernacle, and the majority of
peopla were disappointed in the vir-
tuCSo. 1t is safe to say that their i'm
preston was very much altered last
night, when conditions were so very
much more favorable Everyone in. the
auditorium was able to feel in touch
with the player, and the player could
sway his audience as he would Sym
PATTY was in the atmosphere, which il
possible only in an auditorium of rea-
sonable size. Herr Paderewsl1 himself.
at the close of the concert, said that the
Theatre was preferable in every way
as concert hall. The tabernacle was
very unsatisfactory to him. and after
his last visit he announced that he
would never play there again.
OF the playing of this great pianist
vt seems impossible to add to the ex-
tIaVag CANT adjectives which have been
applied to it so many times. His tech
nique is now as dainty as a flower, and
NOW as dramatic ais the thunder, as he
wills it. Each one of his fingers is an
actor, which helps TO bring out his in
depreciation He handles his inStrI-
nlent as lovingly as the violinist does
his violin, and his face-like a mask
when he is bowling his. acknowledge
mentS-refiects all the emotion he feels
as he plays. The secret Of his magne-
tism is that he. feels the music as he
plays it. It strikes one that 10 matter
how difficult the technique of a passage.
there seems nothing mechanical in its
rendition.
The programme opened with Etudes'
SymphOniqueS Op. Is, of Schuman.
Three movements of the Sonata in +
minor, OPP. 81, Dy Beethoven, were mar
velously given, and heartily appreciat-
ed. 'Harkt HarkI The Lark" and
''Erl-King," Of Scbubert-Liszt were the
most dramatic numbers, and were rem
dered with almost startling intensity
The four Chopin numbers showed the
player in his happiest vein-the dainty
style in which he eXcels. A new min
net Gin A najor), composed by himself
called forth perfect storm ofapplause,
and PadereWsld gTaciOusly responded
with an encore. The valse of Strauss
Tausig, Man Lebt Muir Einmal,' re-
ceived another ovation. The final num-
Der of the programme was the sixth
I'hapsOdie of List, and the audience
refused to go without an encore. After
howing his acknowledgment d few
times, the virtuOso seated himself at
the piano and played he tenth rhaD-
sodie The audience was exceedingly
demOnstrative throughout the evening,
and the whole occasion augured well
for similar attractions in the future.
PetchnikOff and Hamburg will play
at the Salt Lake theatre on the 9th of
May.
The Theatre will be dark until Thurs
day, May 3, when the spectacle, THE
Evil Eye" will be presented