Arizona republican., 1908-02-02
A MEMORABLE DELIGHT
 THf KUBELIK CONCERT
A Very Select Audience. Including the Professional Musicians, Heard the Bohemian Violinist.

l Jan Kubelik, the wizard of the vio- lin last night al the Arizona School oi
 Music, led his audience enchanted. on | quests over stained lands and seas, to strange unvisited realms, which gen. | jus only knows, beside fairy brooks | rippling through mystic forests where | solemn melody sounds and then aloft i to the dizzy heights where amidst lightning and thunder. wild tempests are bred. This great artist so infected his hearers with his lyric frenzy. that they were not unwilling to follow him through all the gamut Cf human emo tions
 Shall We ever hear his like again? :? And such applause. It was an appre- ciative assemblage of people that | filled the auditorium to it's capacity Kubelik felt the warmth of his recep- tion, and he did not disappoint them Many no doubt must have had some ideal of the beauty and richness of the treat they were to hear. in the translation or the best of the class
 
 technical skill and his exquisitely pure and luminous tones must have added much to that ideal His was a fin- ished artistic product never before known here, and it may be long before its like is heard again.
 Kubelil's first appearance on the stage was greeted with fervor, and there was distinctly noticeable mood of eager anticipation, receptive spirit over the quiet assemblage as the artist took up the bow. It was the Wien iawski Concerto D Minor in three movements. The first movement called for much digital skill for which he is famed. The second movement "The Romance" was the most impressive. the third quaint and very intricate A storm of applause welcomed him tC several Kubelikesque bows. but what the audience wanted was an encore.
 The Spohr Adagio. his next selection, called for something decidedly more than a mere pyrotechnic display of technical achievement, but for inter- pretative ability and temperamental attributes, which were not wanting Kubelik's tones were possessed of liquid depth, and fingered graciously in the ear long after the vibrant strings were still. The Tschaikowsky ScherZo has been heard often here before, bur never so perfectly given. Here Ku- beliks art shown brilliantly Fibich's Poem was q dainty and brief num- Der equally as satisfying. The St. Lu- bin Sextette from Lucia agair brought forth noticeably the pusi- nia m ig 1 selection for the violin. and with the aid of embellishments. the whole six voices are represented, although the scope of the instrument is supposed to be only four. There was no denying the audience what they had been clamOring for all evening, an encore, as the realization came that the pro- gram was going to be all-too- short A Hungarian rhapsody by CZardas was the response to the call and many pronounced it the most notable and finished work of the evening.
 Of course a Kubelik program would not be complete without a number by his favorite, Paginin. and the Fan tasie was given as the concluding se- lection. It presents immense difficult ties. with double stops, double har- monies with trills. and left hand pizzicato. The technical feats accom- plished were nothing less than mar velous. yet they were kept subservient to, and regard was amply given to an intelligent interpretation.
 Yet there was still something want ing, q longing not quite fulfilled. that was known as well as if it had been spoken. Something else to take the place of the love for the old favorite songs we cannot sing. and Kubelik ac- ceded. II was a haunting little mel ody by Dvoiak, spiritual and beautiful. and the absolute silence in which the drop of a pin could have been heard. that prevailed during the rendition of the slow faintly audible strains. was perhaps the highest token of appTe- citation offered by the people last night. The poetic melody was something be- sides the rest, that they could take home with them. as a memorable de- light.
 Regarding the other artists on the program it can be said Chat MT. Herr Ludgwig Schwab, the accOmpanist. displayed remarkable understanding and sympathy with the violinist. and kept his part happily subdued and sub ordinate but always brought out the harmoniZing melodies with the violin. His work shows years of study. and q delicacy of touch that is most credit able.
 The pianiste, Mile Roy. was at a rather unfair disadvantage by having to appear in comparison with Kubelik, for it was hard for the audience to forget the master artist. However she was enabled to awake them from their mcditations with the Valse Caprice. and responded to an encore. Prelude. by Rachminoff, which was roundly ap- plauded.
 Last nights entertainment was the memorable musical treat of the year and those who have given their time and effort to making the engagement of this famous virtuoso possible are deserving of the hearty thanks of tho u1uSic loving public