The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
JOSEF HOFaANN'S CONCERT
~ isisT PItNO Pfti ING
Bl IHf ARTIST.
H-rliai "r Masterpieces 10, a Master vI
interpretation VA unusually Tin.
Performance of Works 10y BerthO, en-
aud Recalled "a ght Times


o.. the poet remarks the learned pr
.r-1n M has "Ra>s.las," nothing car
.-,l-s- Whatever Is b.auUtu and
..,."y-r - dreadful must b. familiar
...U- lmtElna ton. he must b" cnnv-rsaut
.... a, that - iwtullv vast or elegantly
Musicians Of the present period
.nrr" stress On familiarity with that
dreadful than with that which
.,u.tu' but with them. - with the
''--"utIal - b' .ioluiiut NJ with
..' = awfully vast or elegantly
linus in,I-ing. Tue Suns listener
. t..y at On and On Yesterday after
... 100 tIrnegr Hall wniI. Josef ilOf-
matt, ptiv,sd upon u PIiInu and upon IN"
,..- u.Etlc- III AN audience apath"uc ~
.,-. uut M RI. end moved To- real feeling.
- D. was i wonderful recital. not
....y 81 grrl, music bat of "A large and
. l.'-riul nature Comment has already
...r uai,. IN his place on the steady and
.-i>t,ut growth Of Mr. Hoffman, till h..
.- cached a splendid maturity. hut
.ouCert leaves behind u an impress
.. - wider spiritual spaces opened
.-,. startled gaze of multitudes
Ice. urogramTn. performed Yesterday
We, great one. and il was greatly m
....r.t-d nut when that j. said words
-,.-u lgmrutIhlv weak
Dor example. MIR Holulanu played yes
.. NV Bcethov-ns big souata opus III;
...uu- T. sharp minor scherzn and
vruuu 4 major fantasia. Now To
,....-u the musical and poetic content ot
..-. three compositions requires all tn"
'..-..ir...~ VI the planl-t'- art. backed 10y
...up-rarnent OF th. most vital force
..' -ru~itve Impression Much can b"
% r. with all thre. of the works by -
ty"r Who has sound muslcianship and
tl.lIat- t.chnIc, coupled with keen in
'..ussuue Rut the whole can he done
.'v ~ q player who has exhausted ali
Ole. utilities Of the keyboard and the
t~,..,- and whose reading OF each work
: directed not only by intelligence and
pr,ioInd feeling hut also nv that un-
rrrug and Understandable Judgment Of the
rust which makes him retain m perfect
.rt "N1uis,te balance every phrase and
-.-~v nuanc- in that phrase.
Ir was IN such details that MIR. Holman
.u-.' Yesterday tn aerial heights where
I"ruap- only the most accomplished
c"nuoI-seurs Of piano playing could fol-
~ hIm Vet what shall b.- Sllid Of the
.sc-ptiv. audience which burst into pro-
.nS-d enthusiasm after the performance
IA" beethoven sonata and recalled the
l.,ursr no less than eight times
W wonder. for nothing could have
u".n more inspiring than his playing Of
~. noble work especially his matchless
G"',very 81 the concluding pages. Her"
D. Vas SO TRANSPARENT so mellow and yet
,,ntlnent in tonsl quality so sllffuse'i with
i"icat. and radiant color. so fun of the
rrufnInd hut untheatric emotion II Bee
'novan that at the cessation of the last
w"asur. the hearer felt that the inner
-hr,n. Of mighty genius had been pene-
rated and that 1t was good for hum Ia be
lu.r"
III. comment that might h. made On
the reading ~ h" SChumann fantasia
would have. go b" - like KIND Mr Huf-
mann played 'hi- work when ha previously
IasI visited New York, and AZ that t.n,"
p. was thought that h. had entered a.
,iaeplv into ats riches a. ne ever would
ru' the record must now be thar he has
OPENED up new vistas for himself HIS
n..rformance yesterday cannot properly
-. characterized wit bout the Use Of Ian
lag. which might appear 10 b. extra
1an'
here j. a temptation 10 dwell on the
nucal side OF his concert becau-"
much Of II was he offering OF a con.
.rmai.master Forsxampls in the play
.r. - th.. Bach -Taussig occata and fugu"
%. winch tn. programme began NJ
i,'inarH' . employment of he pressure"
'..I.n ~ the tremendous organllk" chords
he. last measures was "a technical
. a..N.fneni which ought 70 have been "A
--uu TO every pianist III he audit Drum;
f.t no On" should lose =tght Of he fact
'..t. ms touch was vt llZed IN tins manner
p .rOciuca lust th. correct musical -feC'
.. not Tor IT. own -akr
Ngaln IN the Mozart Gnubron vaTIa-
..- what bewItchInG daInt mess Of finger
q .a -uhil. gradat ions OF tonal quality
uhnI'esImal steps N dynamic
Va - piece Of pure vIrruoslty, bus
U. best and most UlI-iCal kind Nj
.. .r.ann PLAYED that familiar Cham
ull-..' Of chopin which MIN. sem
nl- - often sung Sh" al IN box
-. .-'.n"d and doubtless he played II
80 famous cpunr ryvoTnau He made.
u.auO-Ing the. melody almost a. happily
-lng- II 80 wonder that IN. brow
a Bravo" which he whole mousse
..t.i
Ii-f- were ron" captivating T..ihl
."...- IN Yesterday p"rfornanc" ana
va- impossible" aft.-rward T." -"rai
.. ga' had been IN jc,' 81 ad rnr'nndurn.
aSaln. hen le' ~ ali u.. -rtr"'ul
'... r" beaut lful and normal development
90 a.- musical persOnaII' y WHOSE srDIu.-,.
.-tr- bach came so near 20 b"!ng b'i-h'"d
?. 'h~ 1ide grasI Of gr"".i