The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-24
SYMPHONY CONCERTS
BEGIN NEW SEASON
French Novelty Heard Together
With One of Brahms's
Great Works.
ZINBALIST THE SOLOIST

Tho first concert OF the season Of the
Symphony society of New York, Walter
lcprostb conductor. took place yester-
dsy afternoon In Aeolian Hall. Incident
all. ~ WAS also the first orchestral con-
.a.t .t .ho musical season and the first
Entertainment t. be given this fall In the
familiar hall The occasion was one for
% .t..,u The orchestra was reas-
s.I..I % .p.ie or war conditions, which
t.....,...l 20 restrict the liberties of some
oy o.. members. 1t was the beginning Of
d.. h,., era " pccunlary solidity created
D., ua bounty OF Harry Hardness
r....r. And It was "A pertinent and alto
.,...g 1,cly demonstration of the bless
.tf- ,..h tho love OF music brings
", O.
I.. .rchrstra, containing Russians and
Fr,,.r - Wcll as Germans, Czechs, Amer
..v.- .rl others began the concert with
. performance OF the noble u major
..u..o,g II Brahms, a great German
1....t Vuo passed half his life in
k,..t and found there "A full apprecia-
r OBJ. lS works. Following the SYM
,..., Nas another German work, the
..'l.f ,.oln concerto Of Max Bruch.
....I with rcVercut fidelity and pas
...t. feeling 10y a Russian viulinist.
Tf... L mis- list And the other two
I.s...,.- were from the pens Of contem-
boz. oils Ficuchmen. advocates Il the
c,'..u,s ideas in modern music ana
t....-.rftttycs OF all that is most So
II 81. ,.,d in the latest French art
r.. ID yclty of the list was the third
number lie Festin de lAraignee,' by
E.u--.' This Is one Of the young
rrol,ru.sts ~ Paris, who is marching
along the route pointed out by Debussy.
IL, he IL also dong service to both
r.f..r and the theatre by endeavoring TO
r,.,oro the ballet to that place which II
r.i .r tie early years OF the French
...ra Ind which IL wholly lost in the de-
c,l,r, seasons of Meycrbeer's supremacy.
Tr. .pnuos'tuu heard yesterday Is IN
r.rIra for the musical support OF
cro,,ogrlphic drama, short and some
a., itu,.ful hut vet founded upon n
NOT. idea. The capture of happy
iy,terN, by n spider and the suggestion
~ , rcsurrec,ion are the chief elements
in the Il rs. ,
rs. .or1poser has written n charming
IMAGINATIVE ard dainty color piece with
a .,,l II not large thenatic basis IN
decd the most interesting feature OF tne
composition Is It's employment or one
oort ming thematic idea as the founda-
,.a ,f the entire structure. Around the
g,..'unments Of this idea the composer
H.. woven bright web Of delicate ana
,u-r,~tivr orchestral tlnts.
Ills music has both texture ana quaii'y'
AND Z ought to be hlghly effective when
hoard iu conjunction with the delineative
ul.,, 20 which 1t belongs. Even sepa-
-tf,I from II. this little work has genu-
lr, interest. That Il belongs to the school
o. u,aussy detracts nothing from It's I'M
Questionable merit and should not obscure
H. individuality.
4, This outset OF n season which Is to
b. fIcI with subjects for critical com
u,rt 10 Is unnecessary TO enter into fur-
thu details Mr.. pamrosch Will surely
have 10 bend himself once more to the
task = ADJUSTING the balance OF tone to
,A, nroustics 4 Aeolian Hall. But he
nos plenty OF time before him ana good
orchestra under his direction. II any
OTHER thought was summoned by yester-
d.. concert It was that Mr.. Zimhalist,
d,.r.tr an occasional false tone. gave a
dsalty os violin playing which combined
excellence Of technic with soundness oil
s,yle and with sincerity.