New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
PADEREWSKI GIVES
GLOWING RECITAL
Rare Afternoon of Piano
forte Music for Carnegie
Hall Throng.
WILD ENTHUSIASM
BY BIG AUDIENCE
Spontaneous Outburst Shows
Pole Has Lost None of His
Magic Skill.

To some Of those who read about Mr..
Paderewski's piGnoforte recitals, but 10
not often attend them. the repetition Of
the story 0, frenetic enthusiasm and Of
the customary rush o. auditors toward
the stage after the set programme has
been finished in order 10 zee and hear
the pianist at the closest possible range.
MAJ seem 20 SAVIOR bit Of routine. DO
these things actually happen. with
genuine impulse behind them? Is the at
traction or the Polish musician. aud OF
what ne plays. sufficient 20 evoke au-
thentic demonstrations or this sort, from
normally sane and reasonable men and
women? Is there trick about IL all or
is IT real?
II yesterday afternoons Go.nss may De
taken as the answer. nearly any observer
must admit that the outburst by the audi
ence was SPONTANEOUS. and that the mag,
exerted by this man was as potent as IL
has been NJ any time IN the last twenty
wears. I'm nearly all that he offered. both
+, and out OF the printed list. Mr.
Paderewsh sent across from the shado"y
stage TO those who eagerly listened mes
saccs OF his own. joined with those larger
uttersnces conceived b. the composers
whom he 50 lovingly interpreted.
There lave been portrait painters whose
work. when spread upon carras in terms
OF form and color. so keenly reflected 'neir
own advanced visual dlscernment as 10
give the behoder sensation more 'll''
tLan the living subject Itself could eNoNe'
Landscape artists perform sih'lar luH'-
ton when fhey arrange and organize q
eeriee % denominations and suppresslons
OF nature their subject, In SUCH fashion as
10 convey TO the layman who looks upo"
their pictures their own sensitive appie
Citations and determinations SUCH IS M
Paderewskf's power of apprehending inc
musical thought Of composers as SET
down in their works, and OF transmitting
il TO every one who hears him play. that
for the space OF such m afternoon az yes
tcrdav Carnegie Hall held thronS OF pc
sons lifted 10 plane Of gloriiied inus'cdl
perceptions. Listening TO performances
such as these the auditor approaches Tue
inner courts Of the art, and II there De
era titude and even hero worship Tor the
guide who has led him thither. as toward
one who has accomplished the incredlble
thing II is not surprising So Mr.. Pad2r-
ewsbi earned and deserved every whit OF
the enthusiasm that found vent IN cneers
and clippings and the rapt attltudes OF
men and women crowding toward the
platform and stood while he added half
dozen Members 10 his already generous
programme-the kubinstein barcaroie' tue
second Of LISTS rhapsodics, fameau
pavane and three Chopin pieces. Ana. IN
ADDITION. the pianist had interpoiated
Schumann's "Aufschwung' after his great
performance OF the same composers fan
tasia i'm G major.
Mr. Paderewski has not often reached
and held higher level Of intellectual
and sensuous beauty than that upon
which Yesterdays dongs for the most
part moved. he was in glowing mood and
PLAYED with an abandon that carried all
before It. but vet did not force the tone OF
the pianoforte beyond its natural limits OF
beauty and resonance The G-minor
Bach fantasia and fugue. in LISTS ar
rangement. which began the afternoon.
presented an eloquent pause. after the
fantasia. ana LUMINOUS CidlilN VI 'ii"'iNi7
alton. when the fugal theme was uttered
The Beethoven E-hat major sonata. Opus
q. No. |. with its triple impact in the
oponing phrase, was read with hearten-
ing beauty, tempered by sure and sound
intellectually. Such just and eloquent
phrasing such shining distinction In the
balance OF it's parts, are not OF every day
no nor of every season.
Perhaps the summit OF the recital was
attained In the Schumann fantasia; here
and I'm the Beethoven sonata. In three
Chopin studies. from Opus %. the pianist
displayed rich tonal coloring and again
variety OF judicious pauses. In the G.
major nocturue. the tempo rubato was oc-
casonally overdone, but the total effect
was Of much loneliness. Mr.. PaderewsN's
feeling for the Oriental quality that lives
IN Chopin wss deicatey brought forward
in two mazurkas. while the B-1at minor
scherzo was played with terrifying vigor
but always with beauty. The List rhap-
sody. in B-fat, which closed the pro-
the signal for the sensational after-meet-
the signal for the sensational meeting be-
ing between the artist and his audience.
All in all IL was memorable recital.