Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
BOSTON SYMPHONY CONCERT.
Paderewski, the Soloist, Achieves a
Decided Triumph.

Paderewski gave a measure heaped I'D
and running over at the concert of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra at the New
National Theater yesterday afternoon. DR..
Muck gazed in astonished qualification
and the members of the orchestra plainly
showed their wonder at the breaking of
the. non-encore tradition of the organiza-
.tion when Paderewski, enthusiastically
recalled at the conclusion of the Rubin
stein concerto, No. 4. came to the center
of the stage. bowed his acknowledgment
Of the continued applause, and then,
turning suddenly to the piano. seated him
self without taking his accustomed care
to get just the exact position. and started
at once into the Chopin nocturne in f
sharp major. opus 10. No. .. The delight
OF the audience was equaled only by it's
surprise, and this was intensified when,
at the close of the first encore, the pian-
list, as if distracted, touched few soft
modulatory chords and then began List
thirteenth rhapsody. which he has added
to his repertory for the first time this
year.
This double encore made the concert the
longest ever given by the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra in this city, for but few
times before has an encore been given by
Saint-Saens. and it was understood at the
time that the French master had broken
the rule Of the organization only out Of
compliment to the President. who was
In the audience. 1t was close to o'clock
when DR.. Muck made his final bow.
Paderewski played as If carried out Of
himself, Interpreting the nocturne freely,
seeming to seek new readings for his own
delectation., Perhaps to this abstraction
is due the double encore, for the audience
had not time to applaud at the end of the
nocturne before the rhapsody was begun,
but when that was finished came a per
feet storm of appreciation, with cries of
Bravo"
The first number on the program of the
orchestra was Vincent d'Indy's trilogy,
'Wallenstein,' after Schiller's dramatic
poems. Its performance yesterday was
the first time it has been given in Wash
ington. 1t is so-called program music"
dramatic and stirring-neither too techni-
cal nor too abstruse for the amateur of
music who has not accompanied the mod
ern French school on its highest flights.
The many martial strains. the sorority
of many of the chords, dying away in
long pianissimo make the composition
one of such marked contrasts that it re-
mains vivid in the recollection. The Or
chestras work, under the baton of DR..
Muck. especially lin the adagio of the Sec
and part, more than equaled expectation.
The work was new to most of the audi
ence. but the applause which greeted it
showed IHaL familiarity was not neCeS-
sary for appreciation.
Paderewski made his first entrance to
take his seat at the piano for the Rubin
stein concerto. and was a long time ar
ranging the position of his low stool to his
satisfaction, and was loudly applauded a
soon as he stepped on the stage, his en-
trance being made some little time after
DR.. Muck had taken his position. The
pianist drew from the keeps torrent of
feeling and fancy. making his interpreta-
ton highly poetic and idealistic, while
the orchestral accompaniment enhanced
the beauty of the singing tones which the
artists consummate skill produced.
The overture to Lalos lie Roi d'Ys"
was the concluding number of the pro-
gram. containing the tender melodies of
the opera. that unfolds the mystic Breton
legend of a vanished city Especially re-
markable and well done was the cello
solo. in fiat major, searching for its
sadness. ..s
The largest audience that has greeted
the orchestra SO far this season crowded
the theater to the doors. in spite of the
first real snowstorm Of the season.