Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-30
HARTMANN SCORES A
TRIUMPH WITH SALT lAKERS

There were no early goers" at last
nights violin recital by Arthur Hart
mann in the First Congregational
church. Every soul remained until the
last note In the last strain from that
glorious Stradivarlus in the hands of u
consummatc artist: and even then they
We're 10th to go. IN fact. the entire au-
dience rose to go with evident reluc-
lance, and when the accommodating
performer In response to prolonged APP
piause did the unusual thing OF APP
nearing IN response to encore after the
final number, the listeners gladly re-
Sumed their seats, while the artist
played delicate moroccan that held
everybody In suspense. \ number of
musicians focked into the Sunday
school room, after the recital to shake
hands with the violtnist. and congratu-
late him on his success
The appearance Of Arthur Hartmann
on the salt Lake musical platform is
marked event In local musical history.
An audience that completely filed the
church-the great majority ladies'. gath
cred early, and became so enthused
over the vlolinist and his accomplished
pianist that every number was en-
cored. the geuuineness of the applause
being manifeslly attested TO by the
expression on the faces of the listeners
and their remarks TO one another. The
artists were very accommodating. They
waited after each number to see wheth-
er the applause was perfunctory or not,
and when the hoartiness of the appre-
citation was evident, they quickly re-
sponded So the program, Instead of
consisting of the original six numbers
extended to IL.
Mr.. Hartmann is very great artist.
His "Strad." Is a part and parcel OF
him, and he part aud parcel or his
"Strad." They grew up together they
are inseparable. He plays IT as one
would talk to the tried friend of life-
time, and IT responds as one would TO a
dearest friend, At the tender age of 3
the artist was playing In public with
Saint Saens as his accompanies; and
what is more, he was interpreting the
great composers scores TO suit his own
individual ideas, and telling the aston
ished F'renchman Just how he wanted
the accompaniment played. MI Hart
mann Is to the violin what Paderewski
Is to the piano. He makes the instru-
ment sing, he makes II MARBLE IN love-
~ lyric strains, in sweetest, clearest
| melody Then he almost brings his
audience to their feet with the majes-
tic. sonorous series Of tones in the most
fact, the artists tone produc-
| ton was characterized by Salt
| Lakes best violinists who We're
| there, as magnificent A feature OF
| his playing was his performance on
| the L string. in whose upper regis
! tiers the tones were as clear as crys-
| tai. ringing bright and beautiful
| tones whose singing qualities were
| par excellence, canary bird III sweet
| ness, without the slightest suggestion
| of flaw even when away up In alt
| In the topmost lcger lines. Another
marked feature was the performance
| of the Bach "Chacone" on three
strings. without accompaniment, the
| appreciation Of which mot only evil
dence the artists own marvellous
musicianship, but high order o.
appreciation on the part of the audi
| ence. The artist gave a Hungarian
Rhapsodie of his own composing, {
meritorious work which has given hin
a reputation as composer; and thu
has been heightened by his TRANSCRIPT
| ton OF MacDowell's lovely lyric Tt
Wild Rose" one of the most beau
tiful bits of tone cloring ever giver
on violin. IT captivated his listen
ers, held them in suspense almos
sang them into forgetfulness of home
and country. The Fieutemps Con
certo in d minor and WieniawsN'
Fantasia on the Russian hymn, wer'
masterful performances. Prof. Pc
dersen believes Hartmann is eVel
Ysaye's superior, in evenness and con
tinucd thoroughneSs OF performance
Herr Adolphe Borschke. the &C
companist and pianist. studied 70
two years under the famous Leschet
izski. and afterward witt Emil Sauer
He has the Paderewski touch anC
general expression, which the latte
learned so well from the famous mas
ter. and he received as hearty ap
plause as the vioIinist. His playing o
the "Parsifal'' selection was gen
in piano work; in fact his perform
ance throughout elected the mos
complimentary remark. It is pratify
Ing 10 know that Mr.. Hartmann an,
his artist pianist will be back In Sal
Lake the middle of next month 70
another performance. They left las
night for Portland.