New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-24
CHARLES DALMORES.
In HCavalleria," Manhattan Opera
House.
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Copyright by Mishkin, \. -

with which he electrified the audience ana , alsq
played the symphony Which mage fo tbe s nos
session Of the Philharmonic Sociey, pore ae
I d i, MaFn " when nS it received IFS final
ton. Three weeks after this date he retrtteCe 10
ton tor but hinted that the revision had cost him
good piece: ana be that as il NAV, ! feel that
il shows progress and that is the nam POM.
life and and be happy; but the bitterest moments s..
can imagine or ever endG4e CIV, w'ig bo,t Il Per-
Lon5on performance the score was LAID 2way ana
II published posthumousy IN 5S7S, l'., mar ~
accounts FOR the circumstance mat ~ sp''e The
dendelssohns great popularity IN Narl'Tr, Sl
Italian symphony WalteG LOT , It's no st in Ros-
ton and the philharmonic Society. in New YORK.
seem ,6 to hIf fz 'i r performanc On November s.
1851. and New York followed exactly d "'eA '"''''
T6e finale of the symptom. entitled satare2,
S built upon two themes in the C4ataglelIs1,
Roman dane rhythm ana third, which was l4e
uninterrupted whir Of tar2n,9la. lIe "a Is
generally danced by q para man ana . s." ,,,i,-
mandolin, while the Woma2 eo,lt'. ,,rS5,,1h ~
her apron b. its corners as she GO
Is a Neapolitan dance. which ordinarily Is gNe-
cuted by three grls-one laying me 'at.,,VGl |
the dance the while with castanets keep tneir
feet going in time with continually ae''I''''''7
Nine sanaroff will play the concerto in a minor,
for pianoforte, op Is (Grieg).
I Allegro motto moderate a minor, A.; H.
adagio fiat major, SIS; III. Rondo ION hve
themes. allegro moderate motto InarcaTto' y
minor -
This familiar and very generally admired
work was composed while Grieg enjoying a va
cation in the summer of 1868, in the Danish vii
lage Of S6Her0d -Four years later, when it had It's
first performance at pension fund concert I'D
Leipsic it was set down on the programme as
new 'in manuscript" An interesting episode
! in the life Of the composer and his concerto is
lated in q letter. first published in pamphlet
printed in 1892, giving account Of GTes silver
wedding. and recently republished in translation
in Henry T Fncks biography Of the composer.
Grieg had gone to Rome TO List In the latter
part OF 1863. We quote Mr.. Fincks translation OF
Grieg's letter: Il had fortunately just received
the manuscript OF my pianoforte concerto from
Leipsic and took it with me. Besides myself there
Lisztite whose name do not know, but who goes
SO far in the apng OF his idol that he even wears
the gowns Of an able ada 10 these eneyaiier de
Ike 10 eat List SKIN hair and all-thGr aduiatou
is simply comiGaI: ~, MinIng ana were yety
not 81 List Win You DaS@ he aske3 and
made haste to reply: No / cannot CYou know
| ] have never practised it, Then List took the
mbed guests @f %h the Bs a fG 10 'G ms
! Very we'll then viii show you that also can
! the first part Of the concerto too fast and the
| later he PLACED on when / had chance TO fndi-
cate the tempo he played as only he can play. 1t
! dihcult part best Of all. His demeanor Is worth
any price 10 Not content with playing. he at
tire same time c0nverses. and makes comments
addressing a bright remark now TO one, to
another Of the assembled guests nodding siguG-
cantly to the right left particularly when some
! thing pleases him. In the adaEio. and still
J the finale, ne reached a climax. both his
! PLAYING and as 10 the praise which he had to
! bestOw.
! "A really divine episode I must rot forget
Toward the end OF the finale the second theme is
| as you remember. repeated in weighty fortssimo
In the very last measures. when In the first trip
lets the first tone IS changed I'm the orchestra from
| t1-sharp 70 q, while the pauOfOTte, IN a mighty
| scale passage, rusnes wildly through the whole
! reach Of the keyboard. he suddenly stopped. rose
Up 20 his fun height left the piano and with big
! theatric strides and arms uplfted, walked across
! the large clOster hall at the same time literally
roaring the theme. When he got to the q in
question he stretched out his arms impcriousiy and
exclaimed, 6, q. not G-sharp! SplendiG, That is
/ the real Swedish Bankor which he added very
| softly. as I'm a pareuthesis: 'Smetaua sent me a
| sample the other day He went back the piano,
repeated the whole sirOphe, and finished. In con-
. cusion he handed me the manuscript and said, in
! a peculiarly cordial tone: 'Fahren Sic fort; ich
! sage linen Sic haben das ZeUg daZu, und-lassen
! Sic sich NIGHT ahschrecken" CKeep steadily on:
| tell you you have the capability, and-do not let
| them intInidate ycu!p