The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
Mo7art's C Minor Composition Played With Excellent Pre- cision and Technical
 Finish.
MISS C0TTLoW ADMIRABLE
Tue NoNClty on the Program, L'AprCs. Midi Dun Inuuc,' Fails lo Make Marked lm-
 precision.

The second concert of the New Ha- 1 ven symphony orchestra under the dI- |rccton of Dr. Horatlo Parker, at Wool-
 sey hall yesterday afternoon attracted
 the usual large audience in which the l fair sex, also as usual prcdomlnated
 The novelty on tho program was De- 1 hussy's prelude to "L'Aprcs Midi Dun | Fauno,' which, however failed to make
 a very marked impression Mozart is always welcome and his G minor sym-
 phony Is a true expression of the mn-
 or mode, lt k vigorous and the most | passionate of all this composers sym
 phones There Is not alone skill in ln- strlmentatlon, a fine sense of propor- ton and harmony uf tone color but with lt a depth of feeling and ardor brcathes through the Instrumentation that with uorring instinct expresses the un'athomabe depths of the heart lt is splendid exposition of Mozart's Ihighly cultivated in1ividualty
 This symphony was played yesterday
 with excellent precision and technical finish. There was much of the real Isplrit or this symphony In the first movement and the "Monuotto" but tho ] And3uto did not express the note of appealing sympathy which Mozart placed there The burden of rosponsi- IhiIi'y falls on the strings and the sym Iphouy served to show tho excellence of l this section of the orchestra,
 Miss Augusta Cottlow tho soloist yesterday Is q pianist 10 awake admlra- l ton I1or technic Is absolute and ! among the chief impressions made by ] Miss Cottlow were elegance and repose. l The nNior concerto of lis2t which i Miss Cottlow played yesterday is one
 of throe of which lt s said no pianist | can claim to have mastered technique, until he can play them This A major Iconcerto in lta construction and elah- oration dlspl7ys the creative artIst that 1 ILis2t was
 Tho lattor's music requires almost How aid not lack and displayed an arm power that is able to cone with an ! orchestra. but this was only tho hril ! liant side of hcr playing On the oth-
 or hand m delicate pa 7agos sho dis 1 played q tone of uryarinhle beauty and tenderness In an of Mise Cottlow's work yesterday ihoro was doliehtfu' Icloarness, fine sense of proportion land unaffected sincerity There was an 'outhu'gt of arp'auae at tho conclusion Iof thc concerto and inc audience would Inot lot tho ronist leave urtl Miss ICottlow had played Dehutsv's Pre-. Irde' ln "A minor. ono or tho latter's Inuite unfamiliar compositions.
 Novelties arc usually Interesting and IDr Parker is right 'n giving his audi |enco a glimpse of what modern com .posors arc doing Tho nchussy "rre- IluAe' which was given a first hearing Ireetordar is extremely modern and ono can hardly imorlro 2 greater contrast
 than is offered between No7ar, and Inc
 French composer There 's l'tt'o 'r
 Dehussye score to hold tho listeners attention or gratiry a longing for some |dedri'c goal towards which there ls a |rogtlose striving Thero la abundant
 and skillrnl usc of clever means of ex- Iprcssion and II shows the composers
 fine command of tho resources of or
 chestral expression, but r really musi- cal inspiration it is lacking and thls af-
 tor all 's what appeals to an audience.
 The orchestra played the Prelude
 with finish and there were moments of
 orchestral cloduonco and beauty.
 The program ended with q satisfying performance of Tschaikowskys ovcr-
 lure "Romeo and Juliet" In which ca-
 pecIallv the vigorous passages were de-
 claimed with nnc breadth and sonor-
 lily. T NJ P.