The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-26

Editorial from THE NEW YORK MUSIC
new epoch will be dated in the history of the
hgh-grade piano trade of the United States from
January g. last Thursday night, when the great
Buson prince of pianists, appeared at the New ork
Philharmonic concert and made a tremendous I'M
preston on large audience, which followed on
Friday afternoon with the performance, at
Carnegie Hall, by the playing Of Beethoven's En-
peror Concerto on Chickerng grand piano.
Chickering & Sons have not been In the concert
field for number of years, the house having determ
ined to pay close and strict attention to the devel
opment Of it's instruments and highly devel-
oped lines in quiet and undemonstratlve manner,
nothing of the scheme having been presented to the
pianistic piano trade world with the intention OF
coming at the proper psychological moment before
the musical world with the highest type of it's famous
product, running along Chickerng lines they
have been known to the artistic world for time APP
preaching hundred years.
The grand piano which Busoni played was at once
acknowledged superb specimen, and after the
performance Of the concerto, Notwithstanding the
rule of the Philharmonic that there be no
cores, Busoni had to play again. this time the fo1nd
able A flat Polonaise of Chopin
To show what kind of an impression this CHECKER
ing grand made regarding the first principles of
piano construction is, tone and tone quality
quote a few lines from some of the criticisms
The New York Times says, among other things
''The rhythmical incisiveness and glitter of the
last movement under his hands stirred the audience
deeply. The performance Of the Beethoven concerto
had dignity Of style and confluence of expression
The Sun says:
Ellis tone is far more liquid and his playing has
a consequence more transparent and than it
used to be- His delivery Of the running passages,
for example, had love fuency and delcacy which
not found in similar passages in his earlier
days There was lovely range of refined tints emf
nenty suited to chaste and enforced delneation Of
Busonis thought
The Herald says:
'His playing of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto
was mastery in it's dignity and musical poise The
slow movement was given with poetry and the finale
with great sweep that reused the audience. There
was prolonged applause. He chose Chopin's
fiat Poonase and made it interesting by
brilliant and individual performance
The Staats-Zeitung says:
''Buson interested us especially as master of Tone
which doesn't mean that the other impressions were
less important. He called ten times and gave
the Chopin Polonaise''
The American says:
"He played Beethovens familiar and everwel-
come Emperor Concerto with TASTE delicacv and
technical resourcefulness.''
The Press says:
His passage work was astonishingly crisp and
transparent. There beautiful repose in his
performance OF the concerto and most refined atten
ton to phraslng and great rhythmical precision and
force.'
These not the criticisms in FULL they are mere
y extracts which apply to the piano which must have
aided him IN producing those effects wonderfully
Without magnificent grand piano, fit in action and