The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-03
GABRILOWlTSCH ONCE MORE,
DANIEL FROHNAN'S FIRST Sg'N.
D4Y.NIGHT CONCERT.
The Young Russian Pianist Plays Rn.
btnstein's ID Minor Concerto -
Walt r DanirOsch and Ills Orchestra.

Under the management Of Daniel
Frohman the Sunday-night concert season
was begun last night NJ the Metropolitan
Opera House. An audience of good size
assembled and showed by its demeanor
that il was glad to be there. With good
reason did the audience show pleasure.
for II was an evening of many delights.
Mr.. Frohman had been nj pains to provide
truly artistic concert. His principal
soloist was the young Russian pianist, who
came back after two years still Juvenile
in appearance, but much older as ali
artist. A second solost was Miss Charlotte
Maconda, an American soprano. who has
NOT been heard here recently. The orchestra
was the newly organized one Of Walter
Damrosch. who naturally was the CON
duc,or. These formed an rtist ic force,
and the programme was one Of dignity and
general interest.
The orchestral numbers were Goldmark's
richly colorcd and pictoria" suggestive
Spring" overture. Saint -Ss.n-'s dainty
and captivating symphoni" poem lie
Rouet d'Omphnle.' two movements from
suites by Grcg, and pprpaiuum
mobile and gallop 10y Strauss. A. We
shall have Mr.. Damrosch's orchestra with
us much of tu" season, II NAV be well to re-
cord now hat II II an XCellently CON titut,d
body. II j. well balanced, sonorous, gen
orally Just in intonation, and endowed
with spirit Its playing last night was
cnnspiCuou-ly good in precision and una
nj nifty. while in shading II showed not
little 1exibility. II was particularly effeC
tive in the accompaniment, that of the
concerto being played with fine crispne-s
and perfect support of the soloist. with
memories of the extraordinary orchestra
Recently heard in the same house under
J.. sN.., NttNgl
Joy TO hear a body Of instrumental per-
formers who all tuned Ia the same A and
who had no desire to disagree a. 20 the
beginnings and ends of phrases. Mr..
Damrosch l. 10 be congratulated upon "A
successful evening
Mr. Gabrilowitsch has grown materially
during his absence Where he formerly
spoke with the accent Of a student he now
speaks with the voice Of authority. He no
longer disserts phrases. He no longer
exposes his methods He no longer de-
liberatelv calls attention to what he il
about TO do, nor invites consideration of
the correctness OF his nuancing. He makes
his inst rument sing fluently, melodiously.
AZ times entrancingly. He captivates the
senses and stimulates the mind. His prln-
cipal number last night was Rubinstein's
ID minor concerto, a composition which
holds it's own firmly among the multitude
Of works by greater masters than the famous
Russian pianist
Mr.. Gabrilowtsch played in a mastery
manner. IL was far better performance
than any he gave when he was here before
Technically, it was superb in it, perfect
clarity, its brilliant sparkle, its wonderful
dexteritv Of fingers The last movement
was taken az fearless tempo and carried
through trumphantly. Nothing was lack
ing but that immense power without which
the splendid finale cannot attain its full
value The reading was almost in every
way commendable. II was inspired with
beautiful poise, a sweet graciousness Of
serenity in the tender passages. buoyant
and communicative spirit in the holder
parts. There was no tendency toward
mawkish entiment. there was no distortion
of melodc contours TO make Sunday
night holiday. Perhaps the last move
ment was most effective TO the ear Of the
general hearer. but for polished. we'll
balanced, res,ful art, the pani-t's reading
of the poetic second movement was clearly
the best. The player was recalled several
I lines and gave a. an encore number Rubin
STEMS q minor harcarole Later in the
evening he played CT, PIN q major noe
tuNe, { major etude and A fiat polonaise
Miss Maconda sang an air from Mozart :
II Re Pastore," with an eNcellently played
violin obligato by Max Bendix. and the
bell song from Delibes "Iakme She was
extremely nervous az the beginning Of
her first number and her voice was I'M
steady and her intOnation not correct.
IL the cadeu2a she was happier Her second
number was better done, and she was very
warmly applaudrd Taking il all in all. It
was a most agreeable concert and reflected
credit on Mr. Frohman.