The evening world., 1912-11-04
AeOHon Hall
Is Opened win a
Piano Recital
By SYLVESTER RAWLiNG

n EOHdAN HALL, the new temple
"A or music IN West Forty-third
street. designed to take the place
on MendeIssohn Hal diverted to other
purposes, was opened on Saturday at
ternoon by Gottfried Galston, a pianist
uorn Munich, who made his American
eeDot In recital. Yesterday afternoon
SeerSe Halnlin. the favorite American
tenor. was heard there. In both in
scances the auditorium was found Salts
factory as to Its acoustic properties.
There remain chamber music AMI
oSonestral performances to complete the
teoh but there Is little doubt of the
reeAe While the hall IL intiuat to
enough for Individual performers IL
ssems to be sufficiently spacious for
en orchestra to display it's powers.
ABOVE the main floor is a horseshoe
oeAcony fringed with boxes. The walls
ars decorated On Pompeiian red, a little
10 obtrusive at present but bound
% % dnlled and softened by time.
NE pipss of the big organ at the back
q me stage are of green and gold.
Tnsrs was a distressing draught
throughout the house at the two per-
rormances already given but this fault
VIII be remedied Immediately by the
putting In of glass screen. Other i'm
provements are contemplated. At the
iaAt minute everything was hurried. II
was not until Friday night that the
license was granted.
M. Galston disclosed himself a n
pianist OF distinction. His programme
began with Bachs two organ choral.
arranged by Busoni. and included
Bee'hoven's senate. op. 100, "fur das
Hammerklavier," and twelve of Chopin's
studies. In the Interpretation of these
compositions Mr.. Galston displayed n
fine understanding and a splendid skill.
He came without any flourish of trum-
pets but he has at once established a
hagh place for himself.
George Ham1in. now Of the Chica 70
Philadelphia Opera Company. never ap-
peared to better advantage than at his
recital yesterday. His voice seemed
bigger and his art to have ripened.
At first his delivery was marred by a
tendency to nasal tones, but that soon
wore off, His programme was attrac-
tive. ranging from Handel to Whelpley
and including songs by Purcell, Beeth-
oven, Schubert, Schumann. Brahms,
Strauss. WOLF and Elgar. The ones that
pleased the mos. We're Schumann's The
Hidalgo," Strausss Woe Is Me, I'm
fortunate Man" and Sigurd Lees
Snow" which he had 10 repeat. There
was a persistent demand also for q
repetition o, Bungerts The Sand Car
r.er" to which wisely Mr.. Hamln re-
fused to respond. At the end the
audience exto9ted from him three extra
numbers.
Alma Gluck has gone far since the
night. only a few seasons ago. at the
Metropolitan Opera House, when as the
Happy Shade in "Orpheus and Fury
dice" she made everybody sit up and
take notice OF n new and beautiful voice
and an attractive personality. She is
now one of the most accomplished and
popular OF concert singers. At her re-
c!tal in Carnegie Hail on Saturday after
noon she charmed anew a large and en-
: thusiasuc audience. Perhaps to Jean de
Eeszke. under whom she has been study
Ing of late. something Is due for a little
subtle gift OF expression that is added
tn her ART. Her programme was delight
full for its unconvenuonalism and for Its
freshness. She did not overlook the
classics, but beside Beethoven and
Mozart and Rlmsky- Korsakofr, and that
beautiful old English 80 Sweet Is
She." and the modern Strauss. she sang
songs by Mahle" and Kurt SCHNEIDER,
and Rachmanlnoff and Rawlins Cottenet
and Zlmbalist, and. in Y!ddish. an i'm
pressive Hebrew chant by Maurioi