The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-20
AMERICAN MUSIC
BY BOSTON PLAYERS
symphony by George Chadwick
and Tone Poem by Rubin
Goldmark.
MR.. PADEREwsKI sOLOIsT
He Also Appears as Composer,
Playing His Own Piano
Concerto.

The ANAL evening concert Of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra took place last night
In Carnegie Hail. The house was sold
out and all the available standing room
was occupied. This without doubt was
to be attributed to the fact that the solo
performer was IGnace Paderewski the
great pianist. II may interest some OF
the hystericai people who have recently
c.amored for Mr.. Iaderswski's gore on
faiiacious grounds to know that he was
associated on the programme with Q Jew
composer that the audience contained
large percentage Of Jews and that they
appiauded with equal liberality the
musician Of their own people ana the
Polish pianist.
The orchestral numbers were George W.
Chadwick's r major symphony and Rubin
3oidrnark's tone poem Samson" Mr..
Chadwick wrote his symphony. the third
OF his works In this form, some thirty
years ago. and II IL therefore not In the
latest fashion. II shows an old fogy
fondness for clearly marked tonalities. for
fluent melodic thoughts. and for sharply
defined rhythms. II turns not from lite
straight path because Of simple cadences
confronting Ito progresslons, nor does 1t
become a musical Don Quixote and At.
tack harmonic windmllis with almost
fatal damage TO Itself.
In short II 10 plain. unaffected music.
not OF the epoch making kind. but pleasant
to hear and Interesting to follow. II Ia
made with skill and instrumented with
taste. II he's not been heard here Of late,
and this Ia to be regretted. Mr.. Chadwick
| 10 one Of the older generation Of American
composers and his works should not be
left TO silence. The symphony was ad-
mtrably played. Of course. and received
appla use. but not as much as II deserved.
Rubin 0oldmark lives In this town
| He II a nephew OF Carl Goidmark. the
distin gushed European composer. Some
OF the nephew's chamber music has beer
heard here. and II 10 good His Samson
was completed last summer in Coloradd
| Springs, and Il was heard last evening
for the FIRST time here. II Is divided into
| three main parts Samson" The Be.
| trayaf' and The Temple" The wort
| IL built on fine musical ideas. and II :,
orchestrated with great techn!c but as al
appeal to the public 1t has one serious
fault. 1t Ia too long.
The episodes are treated with too much
detail This impairs the musical con
tinuity In some places 80 that the inter
listener becomes impatient because tbs
| poetic development IL retarded. This do
| feet can probably be remeded by con
| densaticn. provided, Of course, the com
poser eventually comes to feel his musl'
that way.
There - muCn WOndertuIIy grapnlt
writing In the work. especially In tn
long scene OF the betrayal by Delilal
and again In the splendid depletion Of tn
moods Of the temple and the blind Fan,
son. 1t 10 Just In the desire to be ex
tremeiy graphic that the artist has C
the opinion OF one observer) erred. Hi
thoughts would strike home more sursl
II with his splendid technic he had bes
less Orien'al in liberal'y OF utteranc.
The composition was received with pro
longed applause, to which the compose
|. was obliged to bow from his box.
Mr. Paderewski figured also as com
, poser, for he played his own piano con
certo, which has already been playe
this season by Katherine Goodson. 1t
unnecessary again to comment on tn
charms OF the concerto and II need onl
be said that the great pianist was In sx
celIent form last evening. and his ton
had Its most beautiful vocal quality. II
will be heard again with the Bos.o
Orchestra tomorrow afternoon. when h
will play the Emperor concerto o
Beethoven