The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-09
SCHUMANN'S MUSIC
LED BY DAMROSCH
Great 1henish symphony Heard
With Delight at Matinee
Concert.
FRANK GITTELSON'S DEBUT

whether the locker on in Vienna is
wiling TO face the Inevitable charge OF
being reactionary or not must often
10 rrivcly considered For IL he con-
fcss his preference for the old things
In a musical programme he will be con-
dcmacd for inability to live In the pres
ent. while II he proclaims his admiration
for the novelties too loudly. he must fire.
quently convict himself OF bad taste
These thoughts remained after listening
10 the concert Of the Symphony Society
" New York in Aeolian Hail yesterday
afternoon and therefore 1t may perhaps
be wise 20 speak first Of the solo player,
Frank Gittelson. vlolinlst This young
man comes from Philadelphia. He has
sner' the customary period abroad sat
urating himself with that spirit OF art
which dwells chiefly in Berlin He has
studied and he has played in public with
,ommendation.
His number yesterday showed that he
Intended % be received, not as n violin
v.rtuoso. but as a serious musician, seek
.ng tn interpret the best things In a lofty
manner. He was heard In the T. mai or
corccrto ot Bach and was applauded most
warmly by a large audience. Mr. Gittel-
wa. Mt It's best In the slow movement.
which afforded him more opportunity
than the other two to display the quality
~ his tone and the broader features of
his style. His tone Is neither large nor
rich. as heard yesterday. and In the two
allegros his tcchnc seemed to want crisp
ne.s and certainty. But in the slow
movement he showed sentiment and
warmth
The concerto was the third number on
the list The first was Granville Bantocks
"rierrot Of the Minute" the second Schu-
MAINS + fat symphony and the fourth
Cigars "Cockaigne' overture. The COM
positions Of the two Engllshmen were we'll
worth hearing again Both have orches-
trail technic ~ an excellent sort. and both
are works OF lively fancy. Naturally Mr..
Pan'ock's Is the more dellcately fashioned
~ the two. for Sir Edward Elgar in his
music set out to paint the stir and struggle
q, London town. His overture Is a quick
moving and insstent piece of composition
and Il greatly pleased Yesterdays audience.
nut after all the old fogv returns TO the
fathers Tho solid architecture OF the
Pach violin concerto and It's sweetly medi-
,atlve slow movement hold their places n
the memory despite the brillianclcs OF the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES music. while tho beautl-
,ul Rhenlsh symphony OF Schumann.
ed by Damrosch. breathing the spirit
~ the Rhine country, from it's varied
enthusiasms 70 its pious devotion In
ire heaven climbing spires Of Cologne.
is JOY forever. Here IL music
In which spl ndld vitality dwels beside
tender senslbility and poetic Imagination.
The lovely personality of Schumann sings
through every page OF II and all that IS
finest and most conquering in the nature
Of German art. though of the middle
nineteenth century. is echoed in It's five
movements.
The performance OF the symphony was
good except In the first movement IN
this there was confusion OF sound ana
APPARENTLY little precision In the playing.
Put the second movement brought better
conditions, and the fourth in particular
was admirably performed The two Eng
llsh pieces were we'll done, albeit the sec
ond one is triie too noisy for Aeolian
Hail