The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Stokowski and SamarOff
Win Fresh Triumphs Here

OF all the great conductors visiting
Detroit to produce musical magic
with their batons, the strongest pop
ular appeal, perhaps, is made by
Leopold Stokowski, who appeared,
Tuesday evening, in the armory with
the Philadelphia symphony orchestra
fin the second concert OF the Detroit
Orchestral association series for the
current season.
Mr.. Stokowski struck responsive
chord with Detroit concertgoers sew
eral years ago, and the harmony then
established has never been interrupt
ed. His popularity has grown with
every visit to the city. The serious
listeners at the symphony concerts
have given themselves up to his spell
and have accorded Mr.. Stokowsh due
recognition of his ever-increasing
powers as an interpretative con-
ductor, who knows what he Is about
when he mounts the directors stand.
The boyish slightness Of the Stow
kowski figure, is forgotten In the IL
tanic force and dominant quality that
Is felt by players and audience the
instant the youthful-appearing, fair
headed young conductor lifts his bar
ton. II would be as futile to try to
resist this force as to be derisive OF
the fact that q hurricane will blow
your hat off. But no lover OF music
who ever sat beneath the Stokowski
influence has the slightest desire 20
do other than to give himself, or her.
self, up to the magic spell OF this
gifted, unusual and yet apparently
sensible and sound young man.
Tuesday evening, Mr.. Stokowski
was greeted with prolonged applause
when he first appeared on the plat
form; he was applauded to the echo
at the close of each movement Of the
Brahms Second symphony, which
opened the program, and the iron
Orders OF the big barn OF an armory
sounded the volume Of handclapping
when the symphony was finished SO
vigorous was the applause that 1t
seemed there might be none left for
the soloist Of the evening. Nine. Olga
Samaroff- Stokowski, the pianist, who
made her first appearance in Detroit
In five years, and the second since
her return TO the concer. stage last
week after several seaso-s absence.
But II was wonderful night for
the young conductor and his talented
wife. Nine. Samaroff, looking very
plump and attractive In an ivory satin
gown with Paddy" green draperies
Of chiffon, won an ovation for her
splendid rendition Of the brilliant
Tschaikowski Concerto In B-fiat min
or, for piano and full orchestra. The
three movements of the concerto give
a player every opportunity to show
his or her mettle and Nine Samaroff
fulfilled every demand made upon
her. She displayed unlimited power
In the first movement, an exquisite
limpidity and smoothness OF tone In
the lovely waltz theme OF the second
movement and carried her audience
by storm In the crashing chords Of
the climax. She was recalled a half
dozen times, the audience trying to
coax a second number from her with
out avail II required three ushe 3
to convey to the platform the flowers
that admiring Detroit friends show.
cred upon her In bouquets and
baskets.
LISTS First Hungarian Rhapsodie
for the orchestra, closed the program
and was given so beautiful a rendi-
ton as to make one forget the me-
.chanical piano-player liberties taken
with the abbe's fiery, SNOWY rhap-
sodies.
The next concert in the series will
be given by the New York Symphony
orchestra, with Conductor Walter
IDamrosch, Saturday evening, Jan. l6.
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.