The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-28
THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT
, TRD.RsuWE 0F sCHtIkOw-
shi MtSk.
mr., suite, the Violin Coarerts AND
second symphony Mako . Long Pro-
sramme Edousrt Dethler the Solo
Performer The suite W ell PERI ormeti

sramm~ Edousrst Dethler the Solo
performer The suite W Ell PERI ormeti
Philharmonic Society under the
rron NJ Gustave MAILER Is at present
.. ,.... 'nro~- " a series % concerts each
80. tod ~ the music OF one master Last
p. - A. Carnegie Hall an audience Of
,.t ~, v-r-ons sat for two mortal hours
.-'...n- "a three pieces 81 music written
~ Potter Tschaikowsky Thes. were his
'rSr -U-. for orchestra ID minor. opus -;
- ouc-rto for violin and orchestra, ana
-.- -rmphony in c minor The solo per
former was Edouard Dethier
Nr Mahler's determination to give the
Harmonic audiences much music for
,rr.r money is doubtless commendahle
FOR -nm. reasons and probably pl.as.S
-ari" capacious listeners. but 1t has never
r-.u fully demonstrated that thoughtful
v',~.c lovers are edited after an hour and
'N-s- quarters have been passed in the
sf-nrptIon of absolute music When the
u.i,lc L. that of the famous Russian com
r.-nr whose moods We're chiefly u"ian-
DIV or desperate. a long programme. -
ru' unlikely 10 send one oui to -...k sur
."i.e Of sorrow in fuid rafrcshment
Nir Mailer WAS evidently moved Nv
d., ash 10 depart from conventional paths
In the arrangement of his programme.
!, n. sure the violin concerto is no
-trsnger hut II a society H. to give a con
,"r' IT TsChaikowsky music and engages
. vlrhnist a. tn. solo performer he must
enforce play the only concerto for violin
written hy the composer. IL l.. good
( not great composition. end II might
N certain conditions he mad. t. serve
al admirable purpose. Rut tin. con
t'ion- We're NOT all ri hand last night.
It - told that Leopold Aucr, FOR whom
ne concerto WAS made. gave u7 the n:
tempt to play IL because it Was 100 am
Gait Possibly Mr. Dethier. "a locCl VIC.
lint. ess-ved u plsy the work fpr the
A.dDole purpose III proving thu. = Ma.
me- - hard AZ ia looked To Auor md that
u ~, Elsp well worth mastering III.
,ou,-rto proved to he wholly ungr't"ful
to- Mr Dethiar. for it turned end -snr him.
Neither in tone nor in tcchnic did n"
Satl.fy frStidious hrGrcrS that h. was
the man for the evenings task
Inc first suite is indeed seldom heard.
Americans are not unlike music lovers
m other parts - the world. They have
found out that the third suite j. the mos.
brilliant Of Tschaikowsky' = works IN this
form. and they usually desire To hear It
and let the others rest. But this first
-IIS. has Ia, own attractions. and they are
by no means unworthy Of attention. It
i a more unprctenlious composition than
me third. hut 1t has national character
AID personal traits.
Nicolas Rubinstein found fault with
the orchertration. particularly with Ger
tain awkward passage for the wood wind
These passages are clearly IN evidence
when the work is played. hut a revision
II them would without doubt remove from
the composition certain pronounced traits
OF the masters style. Instrumentation
Inquestionably has certain fundamental
avs which may not be violated with inn
punity. but on the other hand the dis
Slrbance Of the conventions sometimes
graves the autograph Of the musician
on theorchestral page
Tschaikowsky was given TO certain IN
idIOmatic mannerisrns IN his wood wind
parts. but II these were oblIterated rhe
aggressive individuality of the musician
wpuid be less patent. Carlyle would not
ave been Carlyle II he had beena siylIsr
.k" Robert Louis Stevenson TschaI-
, w-ky did not orch.strate like Men
d..~sohn. but he did not think lIkn that
real gentleman either.
m. symphony in minor - another
o. ne infrequently played compositions
- the Russian writer. and this ~ also
h"cs ise some Of HIS o, her works are
Greater but this one il richly charged
~l-h that national color which - one
- h. most striking features ~ Tschai-
Apvskv- arr. Here he Storms like
Dosssck and mourns lk" The peasan
a. hls n il.-ss and fruitle-- laDors. Here
~ peas a. INES m. accent ~ people
~no would not unwillingly lance the
.srma gnole IN the streets Of 81 Peters,
uIrZ
The suite was performed with much
u"lpr by IN. orchestra. In particular
she musicians covered themselves with
glory IN their performance OF the ex
c.llenrly conceived and beautifully bal
.u.ed fugu- Of the first movement Tn"
-ch-rzo too had is ponderous huTnor
appropriately marked and tho DIVERT
'r-n'o =as well read MIR Mahle- wa
;!siniv in sympathy with the music he-
:pr" HIM last night, and the performance
- he two orchestral numbers sas IN he
whole one Of tho most Commendable
4 he Philharmonic current saa-on