The sun., 1908-01-15
The CONCERTS OF ONE DAY
PLANO MUSIC, 0UABTETS AND
TRIOS HEARD.

,s,,e MarEulIes Trio At NIendielssOhn
I0an-d:OOd Trio by Mendelssohn Played.
Three concerts Of artistic nature were
,Ferei for the consideration Of local music
lovers Yesterday. In the afternoon Ernest
scbei!ng. pianist. gave a recital at Car
,ss,,, Hail. and the FlonZaley Quartet was
hsar,l in Alendelssohn Hail. Mr.. Schelllng's
,,ooramme embraced the q minor fan
asa and Hugue Of Bach. as arranged by
ri.zt Schumann's major fantasia. a
group Of Chopin pieces, Alkan's 'Le Tam
Non hat aux champs Pugno's -Tints-
,oents de clochettes," two numbers Of De-
bussv--La Soir6e dams Grenade and a
Toccata-a nocturne Of Paderewski. and
he List transcription Of the ~Liebestod,"
from Tristan und Isolde.
Mr. SchelGug who is a pupil Of Pader-
cvski. is an interesting player. but in yes
lordqvs recital did not at all times do
himself full justice. His tone is always
GOOD and he treats his instrument with a
fne regard for its dynamic capacity. but
IN the great fantasia of Schumann. for
cyarple, he frequently seemed to be hurried
and his pedalhng was not always such a.
10 give perfect clearness to the music. But
ms Interpretation had no little apprecia-
uop of the content OF the composition and
had moments Of rare beauty.
The Flonzaley Quartet. which was for
some time a private organization. owing
rsslpport 10 the hberality Of a music lover
.I this CITY. blossomed some time ago into
a candidate for general favor. It is a Ca
rahle organization, and some years ago,
,crore the standard of chamber music
rer'ormancc had reached its present els-
,ated level. would have been regarded as
something quite out Of the ordinary. Even
m these DAYS il bears well the application
f critical observation. Lacking some
hing in refinement and finish of tone and
absolute perfection Of intonation. the
quartet nevertheless plays with taste and
ruscianship.
Tho programme yesterday comprised
Nozarts r fat major quartet. No. I5S in
,he Eoechcl catalogue; Beethoven's +
major quartet opus 1876. and Sinigaglia's
quartet in u major opus p. The best
qualities of the playing Of the -four meu
ware heard in the Beethoven number.
which vas given with understanding, il
rot with complete technical excellence.
The Nargulies Trio gave its second CON
terI last night in Mendelssohn Hall and
Ills brought the music of the day 10 its
close The programme consisted Of Men
ielss1hns trio in minor. opus o.; Beet
lovens sonata in 4 major. opus 49, for
riauo and cello. and Smetana's trio in q
minor opus Is. Ghe Mendelssohn trio,
which is not very often heard. came with
no little freshness. for it is one of the ripest
works Of the composer. written in ls4S.
aud rich in the fluent grace and exquisite
Clarity which characterize the best products
4 Nendessohn's polished pen.
IN one of his letters he refers to it as
somewhat ticklish to play. but not so diff
cult as II looks. Seek and ye shall find"
he comments. Critics have generally
smented the undue prominence accorded
10 the piano IN the trios Of this composer.
and this one is no exception to the rule.
Vet when a piano part is written in such
charming style one is quite ready TO forgive
he musician for his want of consideration
i0r the two bowed instruments.
What was il that Mendelssohn suggested
10 students Of the work to seek and find?
Vas il only the secret Of it's technical prob
sms? They are not 80 formidable to-day
az they were in his time. Possibly he was
Uniting at a search for the meaning Of his
employment Of the familiar thematic
material Of the church tune. called the
Old Hundredth.' which by the way. was
originally the old One Hundred and Thirty
,ourth.
The secret. however. is not revealed.
Nendelssohn's biographers have little
enough 10 say about his chamber music
and about this melodic quotation they are
singularly silent. But there IL stands,
and we may perhaps be not far astray il
We take It that Mendelssohn had some
purpose in using il, though we must lose
ourselves IN conjecture as to what that
purpose was. We may fancy that be-
cause in this year Is45 he for a time
aad In mind a work to be called "Christus"
he may have felt moved to build part OF
chamber music movement on a melody
intimately associated with a song Of praise.
Az any rate the trio is good to hear. and
t was well. though not perfectly, played
ast night. Mr.. Lichtenberg. the violinist
o. the MarGulies Trio. Is given at times to
exceeding dryness OF tone, and he pro-
tuced somewhat too much OF it in this trio
ast evening. Otherwise the ensemble was
good and the composition was performed
With somothness. taste and delicacy Of
style. Miss Margulies continues to dis
tingulsh her chamber music playing by
agreeable facility Of finger and variety OF
nuance, while Mr.. Schulz contributes a
sound cello tone and dignified manner OF
nArfornnanca