The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-23
Russian Players Under Modest
AltschuIer Finely Interpret
Classical Music.
TWO MORE CONCERTS BY
GREAT ORGANIZATION
Four Good SOlOists and Taber-
nacIe Choir Have Part i'll
Programme.

nave mad the privilege OF enjoying III
orchestra so thoroughly artistic. so we'll
drilled, SO competent correctly to IN
terpret the masterpieces of the great
composers of classical music as is the
Russian Symphony orchestra, which
made it's first appearance at the taber-
nacle last night and Will be heard again
this afternoon and this evening.
Modest Altschuler is rightfully en-
titled to be called a great conductor
He is a genuine artist, sympathetic,
broad brilliant, magnetic. holding ey-
cry member under the spell Of his ba-
ton, never making an unnecessary mo-
tion, yet bringing out every striking
phrase with distinctness, every beautl-
full modulation with fine appreciation.
Is Great Interpreter.
Mr. Altschuer's aim seems the in
terpreting TO the people the greatest
Russian music and no one who heard
last night s programme can doubt that
he is succeeding in ms work. The
great Tschaikowsky was his favorite
last night, four of the eight numbers
on the programme being the work OF
that famous Russian of the Wagnerlan
school, and with one exception the en-
| tire programme was made up of Rus
sian music Mr. Altschuler also car
ries with him four excellent soloists,
| but the wonderful work of his orchestra
| overshadows all else in the entirely
pleasing programme.
The concert began with the magnifi-
cent symphony "Pathetique' (Tschai-
kowsky) and even before the beautiful
| adagio movement was finished one knew
that the orchestra would be up to the
standard of the cultured and critical.
| Here the strings as one voice carried
melodies that sang themselves into the
soul. then the brasses and drums spoke
| a tumult of passion that died away into
sobbing and silence The difficult
scherzo was given with brilllancy and
dash, in perfect tempo and with ac.
cents that went off like pistol shots,
In strong contrast, but with equally fine
with its accentuation of the motif and
its delicacy of moduation that touched
the key to the fountain of tears.
Quartette Is Heard.
Following the great symphony. the
quartette-Mmes. Dimitrieff and Hulse,
Messrs. Ormsbv and Schwahn. sang
Night (Tschaikowsky) with good
artistic expression, although failing TO
take exactly the correct pitch from the
orchestra
Among the most appreciated num-
bers Of the evening were the three short
orchestral selections that followed the
quartette-Berceuse (Jearnfelt). with
its lullaby full of mother love and its
beautiful cello obIigato; "The Dream
err (Arensky), tender; mystic and
shadowy; "Coquette, by the same
composer. graceful light and airy.
The full tabernacle choir, with
organ accompaniment by Professor Nc
Clellan, gave Glinka's "Life for the
Gar delightng the great audience
and receiving the hearty applause OF
the visiting musicians. Madame Dimi-
trief, soprano, was heard to advantage
in the aria from "PiQue Dame'
| (Tschaikowsky), which she sang in the
tiful high and clear voice. under splen-
did control, and thoroughly knows her
art.
Symphonic Sketch Gem.
The Liadow symphonic sketch, En-
chanted Lake, was gem of beauty,
a meodlc marvel that awakened
memories of long gone days when the
heart beat high and there was hope
that life's fondest dreams would come
trne Bertram Schwahn, baritone, was
truly great in his rendition of In.
victus' Bernard Huhn), his powerful
voice bringing out with fine effect the
| SplTlI or the Suul.
The orchestra closed the widely varied
programme with the well known and
ever admired overture, "1S12"
| (TschaIkowsky, with style and spirit
fully up to the high standard set by
the opening symphony.
An entirely new programme will be
given this afternoon, the concert be.
| ginning at 3:45 clock, so us to afford
all the students of the city an oppor-
tunity TO attend. Madame Hulse, con.
tralto. and Frank Ormsby, tenor, will
be the soloists. The engagement of
the orchestra and the soloists will
close with tonight s concert at SIS
o clock, when a third new programme
will be given. This programme will be
the most varied Of the series, Russian.
German, Italian and French com
| posers having place.
The audience last night was large,
but not so large rs it should have
been. for the great auditorium should
have been crowded by music lovers of
the city,