Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-08
Paderewskii's Third Recital
Breaks His Former Records.

though he might have belonged among
those who fidgeted over the length and
severity of some of the numbers on the
progran-still. 1t is impossible not to
feel very high respect for bunch
of human energy which has accom-
plished what Paderewski has. Some
Berlin students claim that Busoni and
GodoWski excel him In gentlelt'ss and
feeling; some other students name this
or that master as surprising in certain
other lines, but they all agree that
PaderewslSi Is the worlds figure among
pianists, the artist who sets the world
talking who makes the world pour
its dollars at his feet, and who can
command his own terms among the
worlds managers. The most critical
of students, too. unite in saying that no
other piano Virtuoso on the worlds
stage today, can exercise the witchery
over an audience that the Polish art
lat does, and all agree that in force,
vigor, strength, the sweep that carries
all before It, and in the whirlwind
lightning like achievements of his FIN
gers, he stands alone
Last nights program was one we'll
calculated TO show off his special at
tainments 1t opened with his own
Opus % Variations and Fugue."
which he rendered for the first
time here. It's difficulties were trem-
endous, but the thunderous effects he
brought out of the instrument, In spite
of the fact that the number required
nearly rs minutes In rendition. made
a deep impression ON the listeners. In
contrast with #. he followed with
Beethoven's Sonata Opus ~. No. !. 70
fiat, complex title under which plan
lists win recognize q great compost
ton, and in which the artist WAS again
In his most perfect form. Three beau
tiful selections by Schubert, with the
Lisst arrangement, followed, "Auf dem
Wasser zu Singer" "SoiIee de Vienne"
A major, and "Erlhng," all were dis
tiuguished by mingled grace and ten
derness OF treatment, and the familiar
"I1rlking," with its prodigious left
hand movement, so stirred the audience
that they called the performer
back again and again, and
finally made him give an en-
core number, for which he rendered
the SPINNING Bong" from "'rhe Fly
ing Dutchnan." Next came three Of
Chopins rare compositions, opening
with the always divine Nocturne Il
sharp major. Opus Is, followed by
Etude's No. 10 and 3, Opus 10, and the
Scherzo r Nat minor The latter also
had To be repeated The two closing
numbers were the Chant glamour" by
Stolowskl, and "Rhapsodie Hongroise"
No. 49, by List. the latter played
with the astonishing vigor and trem-
endous effects which have made Pad
erewsh famous Although the program
had then lasted two hours, the audi
ence remained seated aud called him
back again; but II was all In vain, ana
the great throng finally Issued reluct-
antly from tho building, uniting IN n
chorus Of the most ecstatic sort
Paderewskls surroundings last night
ought TO have prompted him 10 do his
best, and no doubt they did lie was
seated under the shadow Of the great
organ, with the $50 singers of the tab
ernacle choir clustered closely around
him, all listening breathlossly Ia every
note he produced, ON his entrance the
great body OF singers. presenting a
handsome spectacle. arose and greeted
him, remaining standing until ne took
his seat, mark uf respect which eVi-
IDENTIFY pleased him greatly Prof
stephens occupied a chair 10 feet TO
his right, Prof, Mcclellan aud MS as
sistnnt Prof. kimball, also lowered
hungrily near by. Paderewsk ordered
the six big arc lights over the platform
turned out. as the glare affected HIS
eyes and only the light came from the
star above the organ While tho plat
form was rather dim, therefore me
absence OF the usual glare was on the
whole welcome.
The only number aside from Pad
erewskl's. was the grand ola iemiliar
Lift Up Your Heads rendered ny the
tabernacle choir, with Prof. stephens
conducting and prof Mcclellan al me
orEani II WAS rendered IN q nople