The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20
PART Ton

ridieulously big grasp on her instru-
ment. Two years have done wonders
for the wonderful. - "astOnish-
ing" are the words that come most
readily TO the pen in describing her.
Her technique is truly astonishing. Her
octave passages. trills, scales. are play
ed with every appearance of ease and
with extraordinary fluency and bril-
hancy. Not only that but the tone
throughout is beautiful and the child's
dynamic control, except where her in
stinct would have a larger forte than
her fingers are yet capable of obtain
ing, is almost absolute. She has devel-
oped temperamentally also. almost IN
cannily, in fact
The child's playing is comically au-
thOritative. She knows exactly what
she wants and almost always gets it.
And 1t is here that Ends work is open
TO criticism. Take the F minor, varia-
uons Of Haydn. for example The Civ
ing out of the theme. essentially simple.
you will remember, was sentimentalized
out of all proportion. Notes were
heightened by full half without rhyme
or reason, pauses introduced and the
though in less degree. with the Schu-
mann numbers. "Des Attends" and the
sharp major "ROmanze'-that is,
anywhere where the pathetic opportuni-
ty offers. But this is so small fact in
comparison with the heroic achieve
ments of the little girl, so easily rem
edied that 1 am sure it needs only a
little frmness in her direction to be
avoided in future.
Ends programme, completely men,
Orized, included also the Saint -Saens G.
minor cOncertO-only sixty-five pages
of it.-the butterfly etude of Chopin,
the Sinding "Fruhlingsrauschen. a
charming serenata by William Mason.
presented to the child by the composer,
a theme and variations of her own. the
NicOde "Tarantelle,' and the List f
major Polonaise. And there was much
of it that you would go far to find bet
ter played.
CuriOusly, one Of the numbers on
Miss Williams programme, played
at Mr.. Tolmie's studio. was the
Haydn Andante. OppOsitely from the
Brandt reading, Miss Williams cOncep-
tiOn erred on the Size Of prOsiness,
that surprised in face of her quite
charming interpretation of the noe
turne and pOlonaise of Chopin. But
it lacked curiously in the lyric
quality, that in Enid Brandt's rem
deTing was so largely exaggerated
Hardly fair it is, however, to be-
gin in this wise on the admir-
ably conscientious and truly artistic
work of this clever young woman. Like
all the TOlnie students, Miss Williams
possesses a clean, fluent technique a
pure and mellow tone and a scholarly
and reverent appreciation of the musi-
cal masters. Further Miss Williams is
strongly endowed with the dramatic
sense, her Interpretation of the Rubin
stein concerto Cd minOr) in particular
being notable for it's picturesque quail
ity. Her Bach, also, was excellent, the
themes and counter themes of the
fugue coming with delightful clarity
and balance She showed the poetic
sense in comfortable measure in the
Chopin numbers and the Brahms rhap-
sody was given with remarkable
breadth and grasp. The Scarlatti
Capriccio-a little heavily designed
completed Miss Williams programme,
highly creditable to master and stu
dent alike.
Miss Laura Kinze Won Kisielnicka,
this week. offers a very interesting one
The young woman. who is a cOntraltO,
schOOled in Dresden. will be heard for
the first time here at Steinway Hall on
Tuesday evening. Considerable inter-
est on both sides of the bay is being
taken in the event. The singer will be
assisted By Miss Hulda Anderson, pian-
ist; Mrs. Alice Bacon Washington will
accompany and HOther Wismer will
contribute two violin solos. Following
is the programme in full:
Concerto. No s. G minor. allegro CSpohr),
Hother Wismer: "Das Veilchen" CMozart),
'LOtosbIume'' (Schumann). "Feldeinsamkeit''
CBrahms) ''Who Is Sylvia?" (SchuberO. Miss
Laura Kinze Won Kisielnicka; "Caprccio and
'.Pastorale'' tSCarlattD. ''Mazurka" U4eschi-
tizky) Miss HuIda Anderson; Samson and
Della" saint -Saens). Miss Laura kinze
Fisfelnicka; Caro- Milo Bon with violin OBJ
ligato (GiOrdanD Die SteIle Am Flieder-
baum" (Draeseke). ''Das Blumenhaus'' e.
Hildach) ''Abendstern a. Tannhauser'' Or.
Wagner) Miss Laura Kinze Won Kiselnicka:
suite op. 10 (Sinding). Hother Wismer;
''Heimweh" Hugo WolO. ''Elegie'' CNIasse-
net). ''Viatique'' &C. Chaminade), Miss Laura
Kinze Won Kisielnicka.