The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11

brilliant audience at the Jefferson theatre yesterday afternoon. The artist was Albert spalding. the distinguished young violin ist, who gave a recital of rare beauty His piano accompanist was Andre Benoist This was the programme:
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 Devils Trili........,:...'...... .rartini Concerto in E minor ........ .Mendelssohn
 III
 (a) Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane.
 ........................Co Couperin- -Krelser ltb) Romance in Beethoven tc) Hungarian Dance No. Accommodations.
 .........s................B .Brahms-J joachim (d) Hungarian Dance No. 21........-......
 .......................... .Brahms-J oaehim
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 (a) Serenade Melancolique. .TschaikowslSy (b) The Bee ....................... Schubert co Souvenir de Moscow..... Wieniawski It was MT. Spalding's first appearance In Birmingham and a more enthusiastic audience of music lovers has rarely as- sembled here. It was generally said that of the four attractions presented by Mrs. Aldrich Bispham, the great baritone, and Spalding were the most popular.
 Tn these days of virtuosos it is almost commonplace to speak Of ones faultless technic. All pianists and all violinists of high rank are great technicians, but Spalding's technic Is so clean-eut and musicianly as to make his playing notable, even had he possessed few other fine qualities. But he produces pure, sym pathetic tone and plays with such poetic feeling as to charm the most 6iseriminat- ing listeners. His style is distinctly chaste and his readings are at once scholarly and authoritative.
 Few of the violin celebrities have equaied SpaNing in trills and not one per- haps, has surpassed him. The opening number Tartinis sonata, styfd the , Devils Trill," is an old composition, but it had seldom if ever been heard in public here before It derives it's name nom dream in which the composer said he saw the devil at the foot of his bed ex- ecuting the trill written in the final movement of the work It requires prodi- gious techpc on the part of the performer and is considered test of skill for any vrtuoso.
 MT. Spalding gave a particularly fine rendition of the Mendelssohn concerto. Cho ol the inoSl enJOydDle or the snort numbers was Beethoven's Romance in F. played with classic appreciation and in the true Beethoven style.
 For encores the artist played '"rhe Prize Song" from Wagner's "Meister- singer" 8 gavotte by Bach and a dash ing composition by Sarasate-the last In response to prolonged applause af- ter the programme was finished.
 Many prominent men and women of tha SiCal cp ha aoIk ba yfo after the musicale to be presented to MT, Spalding and express their delight at his performance
 The violinist is quite young man. He is modest and gracious in manner and seemed sincerely grateful for the ovation he received here.
 Attached to yesterdays programn4e was this printed announcements Mrs. Truman Aldrich, Jr., desires to thank the patrons of her Sunday mu- sicales for their cordial support and announces that the present season has been so successful that, in addition to presenting MT. Spalding in an extra recital, there still remains a substantial surplus in the treasury. Part of this surplus will be applied toward the pre- sentation of a victor machine and rec ords to the Mercy Home, that the chill dren in that institution may enjoy an opportunity of forming a lasting taste Tor good music; and the remainder. about $l00, will be given to the park music fund of the Music Study club On account of Mrs. Aldrich's pros- pective absence, the management of the sunday musieales for 1912-13 will de- volve upon others who are interested' in the promotion of musical welfare ia Birmingham. It Is with pleasure that she announces that three of the gentle men who have contributed largely to the success of the musical festival each year will also demonstrate additional public spirit by undertaking the man. agement of the Sunday musicales MT William Ryan, MT. J. 1T. Holcombe and MT. Hugh Martin, under the name of the Birmingham concert commit- tee, will arrange next years series of subscription concerts and follow the same general plan which has been so successful this season. Three concerts will be given on Sunday afternoons in November, December and January, and the cost of a season ticket, admitting two persons to all concerts, will be s5 as heretofore.
 The gentlemen forming the commit tee are donating their time and serv- ices to this cause, being actuated by altruistic motives solely, and Mrs. AL drich hopes that those who have been subscribing to her concerts will con tinue their support of the project un- der this new and efficient management"
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