The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-05
THE ADAMowsKI CONCERT.

Second Chamber Concert Last Evening.
 The second concert Of the chamber music series was given last night at
 North Sheffield hall. The unpleasant
 weather did not seem to affect the size
 of the audience or it's enthusiasm. The
 attendance represented the faithful fol-
 lowers of this annual course, and thelr
 love of beautiful music is great enough
 to make them brave disagreable night Probably the next concert of i the series which takes place on Febru-
 ary 5, when the Kneisel quartet will
 play, will attract more numerous as semblage because the fame of the
 Kneisel quartet is constantly growing
 and the fashionable vogue which their concerts have attained in New York
 may be reflected here. In New York 1t ! is impossible to get seats for any of their concerts after the subscription role and it has been found necessary to limit the number of admission tickets The management of the local course
 would certainly rejoice to see this state
 of things become the fashion in this city.
 I ut idGL lliSIit SciluiiiOu another new Russian quartet and again
 their is occasion for expressions of grat- itude for an opportunity to listen to a
 new work This time it was the out
 put of Taneiew as it was spelled on the
 programme, or Tanieff which is prob-
 ably better and is more common, who
 is one of the men whose works are
 growing in popularity Several new
 works of his are promised for perform
 ance in this country during the winter,
 and his name will probably be most fa- miliar in a short time. Last nights
 quartet is certainly interesting beyond school 1t is sometimes more bizarre than beautiful, but it has strength and considerable originality and Is never dull They are usually clever and alert, these new Russian fellows, and they keep the hearers on the qui vive. As was said on the occasion of the first concert. it is in the production of the new ouartets that the Adamowskis are proving their best usefulness. Timothee Adamoksli played with his accustomed enthusiasm and loveliness of tone last evening, and his efforts were an inspi- ration to his co-laborers.
 The suite of Professor H. w. Parker's for violin and piano was not altogether a novelty. It has been heard here at a concert at a private house when the valued concert master, Isador Troost- wyk, played the violin part It is some- thing of novelty, however, in it's pres ent shape, because Professor Parker has partially rewritten it during the past summer. The intermezzo was the most popular and pleasing of the move- ments and was the most cordially re- ceived. It cannot be said that the per- formance as a whole was satisfactory because MT. Adamowski did not seem familiar with his part and his playing was somewhat constrained. and com- posers are seldom satisfactory expon- ents of their own works. There often 1 seems to be too great modesty in their | playing which prevents them playing | their own creations with the enthusiasm | another performer might feel
 The programme closed with Schu- | oert's D minor posthumous quartet, the | me containing the Death and the l Maiden" variations. This quartet has been a frequent number on these pro- | srammes and the variations are still | nore familiar. Therefore the compar- sons are inevitable and one is almost | empted to say that 1t is dangerous for his organization to preach in the &neisel parish. Alvin Schroeder plays he first and second variation in such manner as to make last nights feeble ,lucking of the cello seem a pale and |, weary ghost. Let the Adamows1is play he warm -blooded phrases of the new | chool and leave the classics to their ! enior associates. This is not dispa- agement of the work of the quartet as whole. Their concerts are always Measurable and profitable but this Is n age of specialization, and it is true n music as in other things.
 ar n F0J ,KG' CnNrEDT