Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-23
V|OL|N|ST CHARMS
RESPONSIVE CROWD
Music Of Marie Hall
Revelation To
Honolulu

'nlHneSS, WetTlHS III uer Half an I'M
mense white bow that added yet more
to her youthful appearance, and hold
ing in her hands a bow and violin
seemed incredible wood and catgut
could produce.
The figure was that of Marie Hall,
the English yiolinist whom music low
ing Honolulu had an opportunity to
hear for the first time And music
loving Honolulu adds its enthusiastic
praises to those of the rest of the
world All that had been told in adj
vance concerning this artist seemed
weak and in adequate.
Marie Hall is young, and on the
stage appears still younger than her
years. And her youth is evident in
her playing. She has not the power
and volume that comes from violin
played by man of equal attainment
and facility of expression. Her music
has the purity of womanhood. There
Is in it no suggestion of the seam-
side of life, nor Of the hot blood of
passion She has evidently no ac-
quaintance with profound sorrow nor
deep misery Love as expressed by her
art is rather that of a mother for her
child, or if it be the love of youth, il
is love that has flowed smoothly and
equally along pleasant paths, love that
has in it nothing Of flerceness or pas.
zion.
As for tecnique-what need to mem
ton that 1t is enough to say that one
forgets there is such a thing in listen.
ing to Marie Hall. Her playing is SO
smooth, so effortess, SO natural that
one almost believes she must have
been born fully endowed with mas
terry of bow and violin that enables
ner to use them for the expression of
her idea without conscious effort or
thought One never thought of the
DOW. 1t performed its work so easiiy
that the music might have come spon
taneously from the violin.
The program was excellently chosen
Tor the occasion. One number seemed
to glide smoothly into another. She
attempted nothing that called for more
| than she had in her to give.
Nor is all the praise due to the NO
ljnist Ionic Basche, the pianist, is a
| III running mate for Marie Hall. Her
playing showed extraordinary delicacy
of touch, feeling and facility of ex-
preston, while as an accompanist she
is everything that could be desired.
Honolulu audiences are always in
tlined to be enthusiastic, and some
times a trifle indescriminate But their
applause last night was genuine and
of kind to make any artist do he"
| best At the conclusion of the last
number on the program the audience
did something that was never seen in
Honolulu before. 1t sat absolutely
still for moment, without any wild
reaching for wraps or shuffling OF
feet; then burst into crashing applause
that would not stop until Marie Hall
came out and played as an encore what
was, with possibly one exception, the
best selection of the evenin, Dvorak's
Humoresque.
The opening selection was the Con-
terto in e major by Vieuxtemps, .
number well calculated to give tbs
artist opportunity to bring out all that
was in her. Her playing was absolute
ly faultless and the tones she brought
from the instrument were as clear, al
sweet, as effortless as those that ripple
from the throat of Tetrazinni 1t wal
as if a lark, awakened by the first sug
ecstion of the suns rising, had sud
denly sprung from the earth with
few clear, sharp notes and mounted III
INTO the sky, pouring out its soul il
perfect music The lark mountet
higher and high, but still the note
came down to earth clear and entranc
ingly sweet, until reaching heigh
from which he could catch the frs
sight of the sun, still below the horizol
TO those on the EARTH the BIRD brok
into perfect euetacy of melody; the
dropping again it poured our .olum
of rich, low tones and again shot u
into the sky Us irtes r.sl"S ';leare
and sweeter, with no ces Of volume O
of richness.
Suddenly the nusic storpcd. TIL
audienc sat absolutely motioness an
silent for a few seconds, then brok
out into a thunderous crash of al
plause that would not cease until tn
musician came back and gave as a
encore a Back aria that was hardl
less excellent than the original Se!e'
ton.
Ionic Basche played three selection
on the piano, each of a kind by II
self,-Nachstuc by Schumann, Mer
nett by Sgambali and Espenlamb b
Emil Sauer The two last named wei
played with extraordinary feeling an
showed what the pianist could do
Marie Halls second program nun
Der was Bach's Chaconne a diiiieul
selection for a woman, but excellent
rendered. If anything, her rendllio
lacked little In power and yolum'
But the music &as characterized b
The same nawless purity, ease an
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