The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-29
The SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FIRST DtHRON ~ GONGERT Ar
THE Mn THE iTRE.
Production Of . New ~ niphSnlr POEM by
an F.nEIIah ompos~r ~ iIiiam wallace
Debut Of FeIiN Brrber. NIolinist
-BerthoN en's "Erolca" Also PLAY ed

Debut Of feliN DrrDer. Nlolinist
-BPrthON en's "Erolra" Also PIaS ed
Tho fra' COMFORT Of the -eison 81 Tho
New York symphony society took plaC .
yesterday afternoon ~ the New Theatr"
The programme consisted ~ Beethoven =
'Eroica- symphony. Tho Brahms vol =
concerto. and svrnphonlc Toe'n On
titl~d -NiIon. hy William Nallac" The
solo Te-fn-m@- was Prof Folk r"-h"-. a
Herman ,lollnst. who mad" ms frs
an ~aranc.' before an American audience
The familiar symphony served ~ re-
aCquaint the Iatrong IT the symphony
So,is'V- concerts with the g, client
alalIilas ~ ~" or"h"-t-a u - no mar.
iicplsr r'"'>uT" 80 not" ono" again tina
tho acoustics Il ~" New Th"ttr" are NOT
ld.al Tor instrumental rc"forman"". h'it
must ha SAID m explanation "i IN"
aprar~n, want 81 hrlhsncy m IN" ton"
Of the orchestra
TN IN" Other hand there was a ,eTfatn
in,rmI'. r.'ogul.io n "f DETAILS IN Ter o.
forman,e which cannot he obtained IN
large auditorium II III. New Theatre
IN unflVo- abi. tp sonO"OIs mass 'h"Cts,
n IL by no means wholly hostile -
ire it'nen' 81 urrh.s' al da'iil not milk"
that usually sought 10 chamh"r music
In the -EroiCa Walter DamrnscE wis"iy
avoidsd search aft"' prodiSious fo-t"s
and astonishing contrasts IN dynanlCs
bu, kept ms olt.." r"ti,ng on "A moderate
plane Tna'o Vas a rlif"1 r"s~rve
about It. and - challenged admiration by
the finish II IN" orchestral ~" iItion
Prof Berhar disclosed himself a. an
artist " high ideals and respectable at
tsinmcnts ~" - ,oIolinISt Who will
receive the consideration ~ serious music
lovers " hererer he goes His tone may he
largo and brilliant when heard IN an
auditorium whore size and "riliance are
possible A. any rate IL II Of good quality,
and has some snoothneSs and purity 10
commend II Mr. Berrers technic 10 on
the whole sound and certain His violin
school IL solid without being deficient IN
elan and gree.
At any rate his performance. II the
Brahms concerto was one To- call for sym
pafhy II was rev"rCntial and had sturdy
traits II was not without temperament
and sho~ cd tho results 81 careful study
" vas IN" reading 81 a p!aya- who Ia q
no bag ~ tricks 10 open hu' who relied
upon straightforward playing and an
understanding ~ the composition
"liithtll - tli NsikAlFittUdhs hlfi
II would I've interesting 10 know whether
a certain mnsterly short story of Robert
Louis Stevenson sent him rulliCking into
the deviltTie- and staggering fanCieS ~
the French poet Dr perhaps IL was that
extraordinary mad glad sad bad brother
linz uf SwInburne that dld II AZ any
ratsthere - the symphonic poem and the
programme notes tell ~ that the score
l.. Ill
Villons works and with other interesting
matters
The frat inscription tsIl- ~ that tho
composer thought II Whom 40 poor
scholar II this university. a. stevenson
makes him say. Then come, "a remark
that he was a good rogue Next an IN
curry a. TO where 1T all gue- and the
answer "a g. the tayNrn- and the girls,
Then comes hallade 81 ladies e the
olden tune which H. followed w a hallado
a. our Lady made AZ the request e Vii !
Ion mother
There ~ No good living except ~ Paris.
IL the next inspiring sentiment. and tina
one Is followed 10y another equally touch
ing / weep for tho trrn" IT my yoI'h
when ! was wilder han any ono ..lSa
Near the end u the symphonic poem We :
honne. which always sounds 90 @ 81. clock
the salvation IA" angel predicted tfter
that Villon he down and de
About the same time you aka NJ and .
wonder whether Nillon wa relation Il .
I'll EulenspieRel. and then YOU properly
ask yourself. Why not In many re-
-pects they we've kindred spirits and So
'ir Wallace ought not - he censured II
he has found come - hl- principles NJ
mcthod in the way ~ Strauss and -orne ~
hi fhematIc suggestion ~ the score Il
the merry pranks
on the VII lie thi- orchestral rhapsody
" pleasing, II not profound II serves to
warm d properly prepared fancy and
maybe YOU can see NIilon sitting IN the.
inn biting hi pen and hunting for =
rhyme while the red haired monk Of
PiCardy and that yillatnous Theyenou
Psnsete gamble and a." deadly knife
mrk- m Its sheath ready H. spring INTO
the red CLEAN ~ the irelghi
Ir you cannot 80" all this ~ ~ hocarI-a
you have not read m" story by Stevenson
A. for SwIuburue. poetic assaults on the
memory nf m" thI"' poet they ar" oven
wor." thtn Gcorg. Moora-. for the
sIfiCi"nr reason thai Swinhurn" know
more about Nilou than Moore DID. for
all his WallpV lng- among n" New Athe-
man. But all this belongs 80 studies
IN another art Meanwhile Mr. Wallace.
has written perfectly ORDERLY com /
putIti ~ the manner ~ Strauss and Mr.
Damru,ch and hts orchestra presented
n m "A CpmIpsudaIla rp.p,,.r