The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-23
TWO SUPERB
ARTISTS HEARD
Miss Hall. the English WOlinist,
EnthraIls Audience by
Her Playing.
What ease! What mastery

Miss Marie Halls concert at the
Opera House last evening was reve-
! lation both of the possibilities of the
violin as an instrument, and of the
superb powers it can call out. An au-
! dience that was no: Iarge-due posi-
bly, to the uncertainty as to when the
| concert would be-but certainly
! demonstrative and appreciative, was
| given such musical treat as it has
| seldom been the good fortune of Ho-
| noIulu to enjoy.
Miss Marie Hall is an artist who
! justifies all that has been said in her
praise. In mastery of her instrument
she is superb. There is a freedom of
| movement. an absence of constraint,
a swing, and ease, that make the mere
attitude and muscular movement in
her playing an exhibition of grace and
power. Her bowling reminds one of
nothing, in it's sweep, accuracy and
precision, so much as of the perfect
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. control, with
consummate freedom.
But Miss Halls excellences are not
those merely of technique. There is a
commensurate musical quality. The
very spirit of music is evoked with
every sweep of the bow and every
touch of the strings.
AS a pianist, Miss Ionic Basche is
worthy to appear on the same program
with Miss Hail. Such delicacy of
touch, such power over tone, such
mastery of melody! Last night she
divided honors with Miss Hall. While
Miss Hall carried her audience by the
sweep and vigor and majesty of her
handling of her instrument, Miss
Basche compelled admiration and
touched the springs of delight by a
consummate skill that reflected inf
mite patience directed by intelligence.
But the evenings satisfaction was
not alone in the artistic quality of the
individual artists. There was some
thing in the program. Miss Hall and
Miss Basche are consummate program
makers. The concert opened with
Vieuxtemps, Concerto in E. Major" a
selection that gave abundant opportu-
nifty for the display of Miss Halls
wonderful technique, and yet is not a
mere exhibition of that quality. 1t is
exquisitely musical. Her second num-
Der was Bach's 1.-The Charconne," full
diapasoned, rich in harmony, giving
opportunity for a skill, less snowy,
perhaps, than the Vieuxtemps, but not
less difficult to attain, and so satisfy
ing in results-full toned as an or
chestral rendition of Handel's Largo.
In this section there was fascina-
ton in her very bowling, like that in
the flashing of a blade in the hand Of
a D'Artagnan.
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five little gems, each exceHing in its
own particular quality, all of them
exquisitely rendered. These were: E.
P. Baeh's La Complaisante," Cou-
perin's lie Bavolet Flottant," Mo-
zart's .'Menuet," schubert's 1.-THE
Bee" and Novaceks "Moto Per-
petuo."
In response to an enthusiastic en-
core, following her 1.-THE Chaconne,"
she played Su1ze's "Sarabad,' while
following her last number on the pro-
gram there occurred something almost
unprecedented in Honolulu-the audi
ence remained in their places enthu-
siastic, appreciative, and literally
forced a recall gracefully given and
responded to with the 'Humoresque.
Miss Basche showed her power in
her accompaniment of Miss Halls first
number. Her own first number began
with Schuman's somewhat formal
'sNachstuck," followed by Sgambati's
rippling "Menuet," and Emil Sauer's ]
stately ''Espenlamb." Her next num- |
Der included Schubert's "Standchen,' |
with it's delightful antiphonal quality, |
and the Observation-Disclosures" of Schu- |
rt-Tausig, in which the military |
quality is so deliciously and rarely put. |
To an encore she responded with Nc
DowelTs Shadow Dance"
Music lovers owe a debt of gratitude |
to W. D. Adams for an opportunity to
hear. artists of a quality which is at
once a joy and a compliment to hear.
Quite a levee was held after the
concert by MissAHal1 and Miss Basche |
on the stage. A. humber of people |
were anxious to express personally the
pleasure that had been given.
wasn't it an appreciatve audience"
exclaimed Miss Hall, who seemed gen.
timely pleased that her efforts had been
so appreciated.