The Detroit times., 1913-03-18
Cirinnati Orchestra
and kunwald Score

Te romanticists who believe in
p0oc justice. will have TO look TO
thAereafter In the case OF Stokowski
vsthe directing board of the Cincin-
ns orchestra. 1t would have been
jt II that orchestra. after the habobs
oCincinnatl had cast out the director
Ogreatest promise in America today
bd been unable to find a conductor
tth ability enough To continue the
tncinnati tradition; but the Judgment
Detroit, at least, concerning Ernst
<unwald, who directed the orchestra
Monday evening in the armory. must
be that he combines efficient conduct
ing with thorough musicianship.
Those who thought Frederick stock
ene'getic in the Rachmaninoff sym.
phny last week should have seen DR..
Kuiwald The Cincinnati director
coud keep In excellent physical condi-
tio on one concert week. II he took
no other exercise. His right hand
SWING the baton sometimes like
caH. sometimes like an Indian club.
VIII his left he pointed. menaced.
sothed, cajoled. indicated the heav-
EN-. the earth and the waters under
tn, earth. and was generally extrava
gat. When both arms flew about like
widmills. even deaf man might
haze known that the climax had been
reched. II took the genius OF
Tshiakowsky TO stop Or. Kunwald.
Uril the final movement Of the SYM
phny. the director was able to hold
hi own. though some OF the music
INST have taxed his physical powers
tothe utmost: but when the allegro
cofuOcO broke loose. DR.. Kunwald let
hi left arm hang Imply at his side,
vile his right wrist merely twiddled
III baton's point an inch or two. Per
hos II the symphony had opened the
p,gram, instead OF closing IT, tn
doctor would have vanquished even
II brilliant Russian.
Though its conductor Is new, the
ncinnati orchestra retains large
TTt or its former membership. and
l1ys In excellent unity Among the
fist violins Is Georges PierkOt. VIII
year ago was second viOlinist of the
etroit String quartet. The strings
g very good the woodward choir
as given an exceptional test In the
rogram and proved itself equal to 1t;
ne brass. sometimes too vibrant, gave
better account i'm the forissimos.
". Kunwald arranges his instruments
n a manner not often seen in Detroit.
nassing his double-basses in one
small group at the left, stringing his
brass across the rear OF the stage
from end to end. and putting the harp
on the extreme right. II seems a
IL
for when listening TO other orchestras
the extreme right is often deafened by
the brass, while the extreme left gets
too large an eaIful Of the grunting OF
the bull fiddles
Two Roumanian rhapsodles by
Enesco opened the program. Strange
rhythms and strange Instrumentation
characterize them; beautiful melodies
are played by solo instruments. and
are caught up by the full orchestra;
there is curious mingling OF the
trivial with the significant: at times
there are passages that sound like
Creatore's band playing on the beach,
and at others there is music which
demands the full power OF the orches-
ira HandeiS Concerto Crosse Tor
strings and piano took the audience
back into ancient history for awhile.
and demonstrated the poverty OF the
Idol of England in musicical invention.
DR.. Kunwald played the piano and
dire cted at the same time. with head
and body when both hands were en-
gagged. The symphony was fscfaikew-
sky's fourth, and IL was excellently
done. The orchestra brought out well
the conflicting moods of the first
the woods-winds distin-
guished themselves in the canzone.
the bassoons: the scher-
20. played pizzicato by the strings
whenever they enter. was charming.
and the finale. with the furious rapid
ity of its opening and the tremendous
crescendo and clashing fortissimo OF
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