The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-06
GERARDY'S SECOND TRIUMPH
BEFORE A LOCAL AUDIENCE
nonouus Musical Connoisseurs Again Greeted
the Greatest Musical Genius This City Has
Welcomed in Many Year.

Though the second concert of Gerardv
oio not seem to have quite as large an
audience as the first one, the assem-
| oiase present certainly comprised in it's
number the creme de Ia. creme NJ Tho
musical connoisseurs of Honolulu.
II any objection could be made to the
program, it would be this, that when a
musical genius like Gerardy con,es m
'his city, a man, who is possessed of
such a wonderful technique. that he is
able to play the most difficult of the
renowned concert pieces, then it would
De an extremely gratifying thing to
near these pieces. Gerardy's program.
though wonderfully executed. contained
no concert numbers, which was a great
disappointment to many of the musi
clans present
The first piece of the program, a
Sonata of Bocherini, of which both the
Andante and the Allegro were played.
Immediately charmed the audience. es-
|
derful technical skill of the artist as
serted Itself to its fullest extent by the
sottness and egality. with which the
most difficult tremulos were played.
The absolute clearness and accuracy.
with which Gerardy executes. is moth
ing short of the wonderful
The Abendlied by Schuman showed
again another phase of the far-reach-
ing genius of Gerardy. The pathetic
softness and feeling, which character
ICES all Sehumann's music, and which
makes it so fitted for the violin and
the cello, were rendered with the utmost
charm.
| The Pappillon by Pepper must prob
ably be a favorite with the renowned
| 'cellist, as it was one of the numbers
on his program at the last concert. 1t
is no wonder that Gerardy is fond of it,
as this piece which is certainly one of
the most extremely difficult ones, shows,
| through the surprising skill with which
it is played. that the performer is a
thorough master of the most enormous
difficulties as the whole piece is carried
entirely by the wrist movement.
| AS an encore Gerardy gave the La
first performance was a number on the
regular program; 1t was played with the
same excellence as when it was heard
| the first time.
| OF the Adagio Pastorale No. A major
| by Handel Gerardy only played the
Andante and the last Allegro, and 1t
certainly was a wonderful execution of
one of the most beautiful pieces of
music existing. There was only one
fault to find with it, and that was, that
Gerardy did not play the entire piece.
There seems to be no reason, why the
first Allegro, as well as the lovely little
Adagio should be skipped. We remem-
Der hearing Lady Neruda Halle play it
i on the violin in Europe. 1t was one of
her bravour numbers, and she always
played it in it's entire form, Andante,
| Adagio and both Allegros. In the first
| Allegro Gerardy would have had as
good an opportunity to display his mar
yellous technique as he had in the sec
ond piece after the intermission, name
ly the Am Springbrunnen" by Da-
yidoff, a piece of music, in which all
beauty is entirely sacrificed in order to
show the skill of the performer. This
latter piece Gerardy played faultlessly
and splendidly, but 1t seemed a shame
that so much genius should be expended
on so unlovely piece.
The Tarantelle, by Pepper, evidently
aso one of Gerardy's favorite numbers,
| as il was also on his program at his
first performance. This is no wonder,
as II Just fills what the aforementioned
piece lacked, besides offering an excellent
opportunity for the artist to display MS
splendid technical attachments, it Is a
| thing of beauty. which pleases the ear
as much as 1t astounds.
The Berceuse Jocelyn by Godard, was
played last time by Gerardy as his last
encore. The beautiful pathetic softness
and tenderness of this piece makes 1t a
Measure to hear it again. 1t Is one OF
those wonderful pieces of music OF which
one never can become tired.
| The Nocturne by Chopin, Opus 3, NO z.
which Is we'll known here in Honolulu, as
| II Is much played in musical circles mere
and. if we remember rightly. was also
MIA we'd at an organ recita here' was
consequently an old friend 10 many VI
tbe audience. Nevertheless 1t had the
| - ~, If newness In it. as the beautiful
nhrasing which Gerardy used mas prop
ablv nor been heard before in Honolulu
Counod,s Ave Maria, which the per-
former played as one of his encores, was
another weIl-known piece. that and the
Intermezzo from cavalleria Rustlcaha a.
being possibly the most popular pieces .b %
n,,sic in Honolulu. The theme oi the
Ave Maria Gounod himself took rom
Bach's Meditation O
The last piece on the program, os a
Rhapsodic Hongroise by Dayiu Lop piass
oefar,d all the difficulties which TINS CLASS
~ music always does, but of course Ger.
ardy played it with the usual . brilliant
ease with which he surmounts ,ech ln,eaa
difficulties 1t is interesting IN ~" .ss
| to note two. possibly three iooa -,
which are also to be found in piece a Dy
list both composers having taken tnnl l
themes from the same Hungarian io'N
songs. caro,ade bv
Hans Lit which was played by Geraroy
at his first concert here, as MS seeo"o
| encore. no given the