The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-11
KUBELIK,S RECITAL.

Lovers of good music enjoyed rare treat last evening when Jan Kubelik. the young Bohemian violinist. who has 1 won for himself an enviable reputation
 as virtuoso both in Europe and in the i larger cities of our own country, made l his first appearance before a New Ha- ven audience in the Hyperion theater. l There has been so much said of praise
 and commendation regarding this re-
 markable young artist that it is almost impossible to say anything without re- 1 beating the words of others. He has l been called by some reincarnation of Paganini, which of course, is very great compliment for young Kubelik, if. as no doubt is meant, that he is a rein carnation of the greatest violinist the world has ever known without his trickeries. Paganini, notwithstanding his greatness, was trickster. For ex ample, in the rendition of his own E flat concerto, in order to perform some of the impossible passages in that com position, he was obliged to tune his vio-
 lbn half tone higher so that while he
 was apparently playing in flat he
 was in reality playing in D. In this
 way he was enabled to perform feats
 which would be utterly impossible if
 his violin were turned properly. The
 artist last evening is no dodger of difti-
 culties. There is nothing in violin
 technique he is not equal to. He has
 been compared to the great Belgian
 violinist, Caesar Thomson. Thomson
 performs wonderfully difficult passages
 with great ease, but all in cold-blood
 ed manner, so to speak, without feel
 ing; whereas Kubelik accomplishes
 these difficulties in the same easy man.
 ner, but with much greater earnestness
 and feeling. The former is simply 8
 virtuoso, the latter is virtuoso and a
 great musician. MT. Kubelik's pro-
 gramme was very well chosen and in cluded some of the best and most diff
 ficult compositions for the violin. As
 he appeared upon the platform he was greeted with a generous round of ap- plause. From the moment he began the wonderful Vieuxtemp concerto to the end he held the audience spell bound. Tn the first number and in the Beethoven Romance he plainly indicat- ed to his audience that although he was a virtuoso of unecualled attain ment, yet he possessed the rare quality of soulful and earnest interpretation. His tone was uniformly beautiful but his glisando passages in the immortal Bach aria were not up to the standard established by his even ing's work The Paganini theme and variations were simply display of his marvellous technical abilities, such pig zicato, such lowing, such double-stap- ping and harmonies were never before l heard here. and all with the utmost | ease. Of weird appearance and fragile 1 figure his remarkable personality and entire mastery of his rare violin made l a lasting impression upon his au- l dience. Great enthusiasm was mani- | fested throughout the programme, and | after the second number he graciously | gave a capello prelude by Bach. At | the close in response to the repeated de- | mands of the audience he gave Lutin's | by Zazzini. Herr F'riml played through put most musicianly accompanment.
 Herr Kubelik was assisted by Miss 1 Jessie Shay. She was heard to | best advantage in the Stincelle by | Moszkowski which was more within her scope than the heavier Liszt Rhap- sodie All her work was conscientious md femininely delicate, The Belgian school has developed within the past lew years remarkable violinists, but young Kubelik promises. with added years, to give to the world the greatest exponent of this school and unparal- elled master of the violin.