Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-28
Poetry Strongest Feature


Perhaps poetry is the strongest fea-
ture of Kubelik's playing. too. All his;
work. even in fortissimo. has that char
acteriStic. He calls forth peculiarly the
singing tones. and in the softer, more
subdued passages. he is at his most
superb stage. Not that he has no fire
nor strength in his work when that Is
demanded; he comes from Bohemia and
i'm his soul is all the pent up, suppressed d
vigor of his native land. So that when
Il forte measure is demanded he puts
into 1T the force and Ncrve that is re-
quired. But essentially Kubelik shres
most rs a poet, and in that none can
equal him.
And that is why. no matter how fine
one thought other things were, and
how masterly. that dainty. sweet Schu-
mann "7rammerci," played as his first
encore. was the most beautiful of his
Offering ngs-the most soulful and perfect
To one who heard Kubelik on his
former visit to tho United Sta tates-and
that was the writer's good fortune
his development seems marvellous Then
he was a boy. and while a most Won
derful one, still he had to he Judged
as a boy, and not according to the
passed the stage of adolescence; he is
a man full grown, and he asks no odds
on account of his youth or his size; he
meets a mans demands. and he is fully
embryo, of transcendent greatness, has
been more than realized, and the ad-
vance makes enc marvel.
What of the Future
Still more does one wonder if an
other four years will bring him to a
similar advance-is there a possibility
in music that such could be? Is there
left a degree of advance commensurate
with such an idea? One hesitates, after
hearing Kubelik last night, TO predict
that he cannot and will not make still
greater strides-if that possibility is
/ hi init Of oh
ment. But now he stands without a
peer living i'm his own peculiar art
| the master of the poetry of the violin.
Kubelik's first offering last night was
the Lalo Symphonic Fjspa Gnole," a
beautiful composition i'm three move
ments, which showed his superb talents
TO excellent advantage. He played it,.
as he did everything else. without
notes, yet never with the slightest hest
fancy, He showed from the opening
measures that he had his instrument
! thoroughly in subjection; his phrasing
was smooth and excellent his bowing
was strong and free. and his lingering,
with his long slender, well-insured
digits was quick, clever and sure. The
| "Traumeref' encore was so superb that
another was demanded and given.
Later he played the great Paganini
concerto i'm ID major, with the Sauret
cadenza-possibly the showiest num-
her of the night full of pyrotechnical
effects, brilliant beyond measure. His
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cores, one of which was the beautiful,
sweet and pathetic Schubert ave
Marla"-were the Beethoven Romance
in G major. the Hubay "Zepher," as
airy as the balmiest summer breeze, and
the favorite Wieniawski "Carneval
Russo" In all these the same brilliant
work was noticed; not even in the very
last when he played that final encore
to half his audience standing, was
there the least suspicion of a letdown.
Pianist Pleases Audience
Two members of the little party the
public did not see-the long, lean.
brown Cingelcse, i'm the rcd Prince Al
bert and yellow braid trimming, with
| the white turban. who opened the door
| for Kubclik, and the lovely young
wife. who sat in the anteroom, all
smiles seeing him for the first time in
several months, during which interim
she presented him with another baby
girl Kubelik, in honor of his wife $
coming. had promised to play the roof
off" Those who We're there know
now that he meant what he said, and
| though they didn't see his wife, they
| have her to thank more than they
realize
Perhaps that's why some couple of
hundred broke down the anteroom door
last night after the concert, trying to
get at Kubelik.
Kubelik plays again Saturday. Only
| once more.