The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-01

Mazurka by Hair and Chonin.. Eolor.
aise in A fiat. the latter by all odds
the choice of the collection. -
he audiente gave him great re-
ceEtioa whan he came out to play
Z his-Arst nt,rf1oer,- aif-t the ruopiu rising
20 Their feet AMI remaining standing
antlI he had bowed and taken his
liace at the piano.
Mr.. Poweii's friends were ont il
force 10 do him horror, bug had h,
been before an audience IF entire
strangers he would have deserved
every whit Of the ovation given him
! He played in uasttrIv style The
Lizst concerto is difficult II needs
4 pianist With plenty of nervous
force and power to interpret it. Lizst
| it seems had a fashion of writing
concertos, at times, as if under the
. impression that all pianists coulc
! easily stretch an octave and half
possessed dynamic power in THEN
forearms and fingers like miniature
trip hammers.
Mr.. PowclI'~ Playing.
He was plainly under this impress.
sion when he wrote thu T. Fat major
concerto, played by Mr.. Powell "a tbs
matinee concert yesterday but thu
latter was fully equal to the occasion
( He played the piece A. List might
have played. full of force ana wlth a
crashing energy in tho Tinai" that
simply brought the hUUs2 to It's rect
In the lighter ia -;,ets - thrrr was
deiicacy of touch and smoothness ot
shading. while the trills were as cleai
IS silver bells. Altogether Mr. Powell
fully justified the reputation that has
urpgtlpd him in Rich fe1a,41
The appause was deafeninG AZ the
conclusion Of this number The more
enthusiastic used their feet as Wen "A,
their hands to applaud. fishers hur-
ried down the broad aisle on the
right Of the auditorium with bouquet
after bouquet of roses, orchids anC
more roses. Mr.. Powell carried then
all "tI after several trips Il nice car.
Eiage load of them, Incidentally he
was presented with q set piece. al
which laurel was the foundation
beautifully recorated with broad. red
white and blue ribbon ---or al least 81
i seemed from the rear of the house
To &r, Arthur ScriEenor this duty fell
A the time tn" presentation was
made MIR. Powell vas standing with
one huge Bouquet nn his lefe arm anG
it almost embarrassed him to carr,
them both off gracefully. bur he did SC
finally. after listening IT, the speech
that accompanied the gift
Laurel For Laurci>
TIL" latter was a gracefal and tact
ful tribute about a bouquet OF laure
from Richmond TO add Ii the laureis
h. had brought To Birhmcnd from
+. abroad Altogether thu speaker. wht
! appeared suddenly and disappeared
almost as rnagically, played his par
with expedition ana distinction,
MT Powell bore his hnnurs modest
y. and he WAS most generous in be.
slowing proper recognition where il
was due. For instance. he played a
mazurka by Frederick G. Hair as 2
part of his second number, and "a,
MIR. Hair was in the audience. he i'll
sisted upon the composer teccRins
his share Of appla use
Courtesy Of Zfmhali-l
This tribute was ia keDing with
the courtesy shown Mir Powell 10y
! Zimhaiist- The latter PLAYED q Violin
concerto BY the pianisg composer and
after he had responded twice ia the
call from the auaience ne brought
ont MIR, Powell wifi him to receive his
need, Needless To say NJ Ximbalist
was applauded all the more for this
1t must he confessed that AIr
Powell did not msct with the sue.
cess--as far as unanimous praise
goeS-as ii composer that he did AS a
pianist HIS violin concerto aIlegc
. modersts. movement. * a clever com
position. demanding much technical
skill. 1T Is superhiy orchestrated and
! - altogether mGssCIanly. bat IL doe.
not take hold If audience
Docs Not Wear Long Hair.
IN h
tend to he a VIE nawiski. although
any musician would he glad to have
his name to the Powell concerto And
best Of all, he does not wear his hair
long
Ia In this he Is alike TO zimbalist
This Young man. ~ dignified mien
yet hoyish appearance WIS greeted
with a greet odtburst Of applause
hs.i he finished the Powell numher
but either the concerto or the vioiinist
VAS disa gree alv harsh, at times, for
there was "a noticeable difference be-
tween The tone ri the Soloist and the
erchestra Isut in The three llttlc
oicces by Caesar Cui the vionnist
showed his art.
Playing OF Zimhati~t.
The chi numbers were entitled
"0rienfaA G,aprt-.44 &tenn4,4s. nj
"iieHes greud, oNi little hits. writer
by Russian amateur. ii 70 said FOR
his own delectatton They are charm.
ing and ZirohaNst PLAYED them de-
! beautifully These pieces demand
plquanuy of tone at times: at others
broad Tull singing tones and Zim-
haEst displayed them all from deer
cello-l'3te notas to thin. eossalnei
/ echoes If ghost tunes II was a bytl.
/ liant piece Of work; worthy OF tbs
I Young, p ussiau master.
Tsss su}ots:s wsE = hea chief Teafe,rss,
! II The matinee concert naturally. M
/ She, urCaestcn performed notably TIL,
I fine hudy IT musicians naturally a.
everything well hat under Mr. Faster
asr, qf rsadlpg ~ ,htzzints nvArtIr,
ssssefrs7 ara she FEntfnnce Or the Goo,
/ II Waihalia" from "Bas Rheingold.
/ TIL" RezZjni nulnl or is a splcndIc
/ overture. II might have been writ
/ ten nv an adm'rse Of Rossini wh
/ had s.udied Berlioz To advantage 10,
E T. r,.e haunted ny ghosts af bo.t
t iho<.- composers nut. perhaps. If
| tor all it coulG not help that II !
| truly .ct resented the Tsraelite Kins
| Whn died ia C:RhOa
! The Wagner. number ended IN.
/ nrogram 1t was superhlv played al
+ though ~ the Gods made their en-
I trance to Walha|ra the modern bar
i barians made their exit from tht
| auditorium.
! ROR MONA WINS