The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-11
The PHILHARMONIC CONCERT
NEW SUITE ~ ne SOM GIVES
PLELSCRE.

Eirsl Performances % Hls Music % Gems
'"Turandot"- Fritz kreaslsr Gives q
superb Heading &C the Rrahws Victim
CSncsrt0-The Coneert Toe Long.
The last Of the Thursday evening con-
cArts Of the Philharmonic Society took
place Lac, evening At Carnegie Hall. The
urogramms embraced Blsoni's suite en-
aided "Turandot.' the BrahmS violin
concerto. Debussy's Afternoon Of q
Faun and strauss tone poem, Death
ana TRANSFORMATION. The solo performer
VAS Fritz Kreisler. The programme was
lltogether too long. Not even the skill
~ Gustav Mailer can make continuously
.u'erestinR a concert which lasts over
two hours.
Fortupacely the novelty Of the occasion.
tho suite Of Mr. Busoni was the first num-
N'r on the list and the audSance was en-
ahlcd 10 hear IL with unwoaried senaaS.
The suite was originally composed az
Incidental music 20 Gozzi's fairy play
-rura ndot-
IN" title N the name OF Chinese prin-
o"ss so beautiful and captivating that
scores OF young men wish To win her
All are permitted In WOO but the winner
must be- he who guesses three riddles
propounded nv the princess. Failure To
guess n pun Ishable by decapitation. The
plan n familiar To those who know tho
famous riddle scene OF WotaR and Mime
IN -Siegfried.' II n an old incident in
folklore.
Busoni's suite treats no less than eight
episodes. The first " the city gate with
evidences of decapitation in plain view
The second deals with tho doings Of
TrIhaldino. overseer OF eunuchs. The
third IL the march Of the Emperor into the
Princess herself The fifth touches
charmingly on the secrecy Of the wom@n's
apartments, and the seventh il a noe
tlrnal waltz accompanying the move
ments Of those who try to find out the
name ~ an anonymous woo@r. He turns
out 20 he KAlaf the winner The last
movement begins with "A funeral march.
for the Princess pratends that she 10 about
to attend me funeral % another loser. but
y ends with fe9tal JOY. for she confesses
Mr. Busoni has stated that the thematic
material Of his composition 10 without
exception borrowed from Oriental music
but from that of different peoples For
exa mple the lyric theme ~ Turandot's
march il Chinese. while the basis Of the
chorus 81 women's voices introduced in
the sixth movement IL an ancient Ara
han song. IL vaS the composer belief
that by utilizing genuine Oriental melo-
ciee he would secure a better effect than
by following theatrical conventions
In this opinion he was undoubtedly
right The themes 10 his suite are strik-
tngby characteristic and his own skill
IL demonstrated in their excellent musical
development and their picturesque or
Chestral garh. The suite IL brilliant and
ENJOYABLE without attempting 20 be
anything more than a series of highly
Colored instrumental scenes
.~~kaaN-u0taV, a.. -,
" fill Of unconventional effects The
work a. we'll worthy Of production and
q Nas ve-v well played Mr. Busoni
fnoiestlv remained in the rack ground
calls and then appeared to take two for
himself
The contrast betV cen the OrientaHsm
ri the TneiCdic IDEAS In the suite anc the
FIRST broad and i-cp phrase 10 the Brahms
concerto W.s striking The music cf this
famous con, ertu against the violin"
wears eNtrsfg"l- Nsll N sounds far
letter In these DAYS han y nd when IL ,
az first made known here No one ~
hkply nOw 2. Coui'lain " - trab tints
,,rmiug aitcT BgISonI sunset InstTu-
rrsnva1iou II was ike the pr0toundnsS-
AID starry glory 1t IN. young night BIT
there wa surely a flaming comet m IN"
TREATMENT Young Frtz kre,sl"r plunged
alto the sTlendYrs pt the music with
assaonste arior and such a reading AZ
10 gave might have moved Pluto 90 open
- iron gates a. he iid ~ the striking Of
D-pheuss Tyre
Mr kTeislsT played the musIc With
tFesdth OF style but with most com
mum lcatIve emotion. IL was one 81 the
rudy eloquent readings Of this concerto
which tins town has heard. IL u seldom
that auv audience hears q more mRgnf-
cent burst Of dramatic bravura on tho
VIOLIN than Mr. KreisIer's performance
4 me cadeu "a and tho return to the
o..l;abss theme was most beautiful
Not the least oOmm@nd able part OF
~" reading was the clean InCisiV~n-ss
~ rhe rhythm IN the last movement a
-rv'hm too often blurred The applause
'.I this violin playing was such a. Il de-
-.rved The Accompan iEi'Ht was good