The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-10
MUSIC UPTOWN and DOWN.
MR.. GtLLICOS RECITAL At MEN,
DEISSOHN HAII.
A plano Recital In which = severe old
DID Nuch Damage 10 SChuinaD1.
Chopin and Others Nr. Calico Plays
Fewer False NOtrs When lie u Well.

Paolo Calico, one of the most interest ~
II local pianst>. CAV" a recital ye-terda"
afternoon a. N.udolssohn Hall Although
IL was q dav 10 court The fir.r'de, he had
an audiync" Of fair size II any were pres
ent who had never before heard Mr.. Gal
leo they received an incorrect impression.
He can play ~" piano much better than
hc did Yesterday afternoon That he had
a Young and industrious cold wa- appai e
eni but lu-t nov far it affected his nerv"'s'
syst.m could be- "-,imatcd only by the
uncertainties Of his performance.
From the beginning Z" ih. and of his
programme" he seemed To bee IA hurry.
He scrambled over some Of the runs in u
manner 10 max" a professor of techriC-
and h. /, one himself >uiddcr. and some
Of his many de~crntS upon falls" notes
wrought havoc with the mu~i" These
characteristics of MIR Gsllico'~ matinee
are not constant elements of h- PLAYING
Usually he shows discretion IN VA" matter
Of 'anpi. has y good t-chnlc and di-clo-"-
u certain airount of artistic halauC".
In the Circum>, auc"- Al Wa scarcely 70
H., expected that hi Interpretation OF
Schunarn'- Carnival" ~vud he en-
tightening To be -u'", here is ALWAYS
room ltil tll'lb' - TO Nv h'AF l"ll'F'
can make this compo-.'ion wholly interest
ing 10 miscellaneous audience. Iu,'"
l. too mach of SchumIuu'- life. too much
personal expression iu il. FOR the average
auditor 10 understand Nha' du"- the
typical concert go,r max" of the divisions
entitled -Eu-shius" Flor : an, ina
rina." Match, d"- Dayid-hurdlsr Cnutr"
los Philistu~?" The meaning of th''-''
titles i A sealed boot, tu one Vito hi, not
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natiy" and itidi,inl music critic that ever
lived
Mr.. Calico filed rhis poet o. competition
with false notes and blurred 80 many pas
sages that even IT, beauty a. absolute
music was lost 10 the nearer Taking Il
for granted that the pianist vas not him
self, no crusurn can be read into 'h> ,ia'"-
Inent Of faC'. Later in The recital he paved
better For example, II" vas much happier
in his reading of seldom heard r mayor
sonata hv Mozart Vow, mozart wrote
seven sonatas IN Y ma ior ana il would
have been a great kindness on the part of
Mr. Calico 10 publish on he programme
the number of the one heard 80 terdav.
Not every one knoyv- all Moza.1'- piano
sonatas by heart
II i To be hoped. however thai ether
piani-ts will be- encouraged by Mr. Gallico's
example ard let w. hear little more No Fart.
The eorRta PLAYED Yesterday was - Ileas-
ing IL it, fresh and unaffected melody
and il- delightfully."- urOonstraircd style
lint - Il nin"d every hedr"r not - utterly
giN- over To ,ls passionate proCaraiion~
of u" la,ter-dav school a. 10 h" unable To
love eauty for il own sake
or course. Ny Calico PLAYED pieces hv
(ouperin and DauUin He l. for d of the
archaic ard generally play, II we'll. iester-
dav was an exception. OF Chopin this
pianist has lever been an eminent eN-
v"Sitor. Yet probably ~ his lest ne would
rot have given warmer Interpretation
Of the + minor fantasia than he did with
his cold This was one Of the br-t pieces of
piano PLAYING in his recital, and his delivery
of the pathetic hit of defamation near
tho end Of IA. composition wa- IN iis best
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