The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-20
THE BERNSTE|NS
 ID ARRIVE TODAY
Famous Russian Musicians Will Give Concert Sun-
 day Afternoon

l Eugene Bernstein pianist, Michel Bern
 stein, violinist. and Arthur Bernstein
 'cellist, composing the Russian trio, said ! to be the most famous chamber music
 trio in the world today, will arrive this
 afternoon from New York by the South
 ems Birmingham special, and will give q popular concert at the Jefferson thea tro tomorrow afternoon. beginning promptly at 3:30 o'clock. They will be
 registered at the Hotel Hillman Bir- nngham musicians and music lovers
 have been awaiting eagerly the coming
 of these great artists.
 There are number of quartets whose
 ensemble work is mots excellent, but in
 ensemble playing the Bernsteins are said to be all but perfect.
 Tomorrow afternoons programme will
 be made up of Beethoven's trio. Opus i. Saint-Saens Serenade and Arensky's pop
 ular trio, minor, Opus 32.
 1 The seat sale was quite brisk yesterday,
 and it promises to be even large today. l Prices range from 9 cents to s1. Very
 choice seats can be had in the balcony for
 50 cents.
 | lHG fuSS1dn LFlO GOlIeS IO
 under the auspices of the concert com
 mttee of which Oliver Chalifoux is sec-
 retary- treasurer This committee works
 con amore. It used to be that concerts or | niusicales to which there was an admis- sion fee could be given on Sunday only when tn entertainment was for charity
 benefit. But about year and half ago
 the board of aldermen by unanimous vote amended the ordinance so as to make it lawful to have high class musicale
 with an admission charge on Sunday. in order that this action might not be an
 entering wedge for theatrical perform
 ances on Sunday the ordinance as il stands now was most carefully worded. Here is the clause referred to:
 | Provided. however, that the giving of l high grade musical concerts or enter
 tainments on Sunday and the charging for admission thereto, shall be lawful. if
 such concert or entertainment in no wise rartakes of a vaudeville performance, and | in no wise furnishes entertainment in | whole or in part other than strictly m1- sical, and is given without profit or the purpose of profit to the managers or pro- | motors thereof"
 Louis Merkel, the we'll known musician | of Selma, writes:
 l Ut was my privilege and pleasure to | be a frequent visitor to the home of Flu gene Bernstein in Central Park, West
 New York city, last summer, where the daily rehearsals of the Russio trio took place
 | s"Of course with this trio, as with all others, there is always one to whom all differences, such as tempo, interpretation, etc, ar ereferred for final decision. This responsibility rests on the shoulders of Eugene, the pianist, and eldest of the
 three brothers. whose ripe experience as accompanist and solo pianist endows him with an unfailing and keen judgment about such matters. MT. Bernstein is, above all, a versatile artist and while the trio is probably more at home in the Russian works of Rubenstein, Tschaikow- | sky and Arensky, their love of Mozart
 a7d .ISastl.sx sgs almost srsT.tisi and
 their interpretations of these works dis | play their innermost feeling of respect and admiration for the composers to whom we are ever indebted for these gems of musical literature.
 "Too often we find musicians who not only know no music except that of their own country. but who do not want to know any other. How lamentable this | is, when at present we are passing
  country, that promises to make music | history which we hope will soon put us | abreast of the countries of Europe. This trlo organization is unique in being | composed of three brothers, all Russian l born and they naturally inherit all the | Siav's innate sense of expression. They play with that thorough understanding of each other and complete sympathy | which comes only from constant study | together, and through this all is virile l enthusiasm that instantly appeals and emnently satisfies.
 | s'The Opus 1 of Beethoven shows an ns- | tonishingly mature phase of this master The precision of rhythm in the allegro is | followed by a most attractive scherzo. | The slow movement is full of poetic charm | and quite a glad and joyous note is struck | in the finale. The lovely serenade by | Saint -Saens has distinct Oriental eolorlng. | no doubt blue to the influence of the daily scenes of his winter life in Cairo. One might picture the long moments of the | desert's twilight. an Egyptian lover pour | ing forth his ardent feeling in the shadow