Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-26

that great old music master. chose n
number OF pieces that called for the
most cxtravagant use, so to speak, OF
ornamentation-int the way OF harmon
les. pizzicato playing and slide stop
pihg--krcislcr's selections were con-
hhcd much more closely to II simpler
style. Both or them posscssrd OF n
broad, noble and sweeping tone. tho
oid"r master exploited more freely his
literally tremendous technic, while the
younger seemed rather to rely upon the
art That adOrns tho otherwise un-
adorned.
Yet this should not he taken to mean
! mat Krcisler played only flowing. lc-
cato tones. On the contrary, the most
intricate. most GREATNESS passage. as Il
were. that is readily recalled at this
moment as having been played In Rich
in"nd, WAS the terrific cndcnzn i'm Tar
tlniS The Devils sonata" which
hreisler played last night. After hav-
ing heard that mad cadcn2a one almost
believes the tale Of the composcr--.hat
the devil played II for him in a dream
Nor did kreislcr make compare lively
Nttie use OF what has been referred to
ms ornnirontation. because OF any lack
OF FACILITY. The very thought Is ali
SnrH, IN the first place: and, in the sec
ond, when occasion arose. he sounded
htrmonics that were so perfect that
thny seemed almost complete tones. bjs
'fiiis we're defined Intervals that wore
nevertheless. almost impcrcnptible hc
cause or the incredible swIftncss OF
their repetition. and his runs wore
m"rvcls OF rippling precision.
hut all these were eprlovod nc
,,lo"Sh ,heE were what they should
pc-inereiy means to an end So win
ms doubtless stopping aud trcble.ston
ping; this work seemed to br-wae in
n.e"-cNecuted, not for the purpose of
= a n, III
crease tho wonder OF his music. And
wohdrous IL wns-this music OF Krels
yer =. For much of Il was his own
speaking technically: many of the mum
bcrs were either his own cO,npositions
or ms ARRANGEMENTS Of others com
POSITIONS And all of Il was his own.
IN another sense: for 10 was Ercisl.r's
playing Of these scores that made th.m
laughing. lamentinr, jocosc. capricious
things of life.
There is not space in which even to
mention the pieces with which this
great artist enthrallcd tho huge audi
enc" nj the city Auditorium last night.
lh"s' s"'hce to say that from tho
TINE this soldier musician entered.
iimping slightly from Cossacks lance
thrust. to play Nivaldi's shpwpiccc, to
the moment when he ended his own
'Capric" Ni"nnois' with "A tone that
whispered itself into silence and then
8''i'i'u ~ We H''tiu again, ne nOuiiilat ted,
hushed and thrilled IT. And. at the
very end. the audience would not leave,
/ nUt stood In It's places and clamorcd
| until he played again-this time,
Dvoraks "flumorcsquc." as II had
never been played in Richmond before.
IL was not a humorcsque: II was n
thing Of aching pathos and OF inefrable
beauty.
Mr. Powell also triumphed. playing
now with admirable restraint now with
Infectious spirit, now with almost over
wholminc force: but he was the host,
In manner of speaking, and would
doubtless prefer, in his generosity. TO
he subcrdlTated to his famous guest.
Nine. Van End"rt, lyric soprano, sang
very we'll Indeed, with a voice however.
more dramatic than lyric. but she. too.
. must give way 70 kreiSler. rs must
the fine accompanied Carl LamEon
If w. Hubert Belts, who brought
kr"isler here continues NJ he has be-
gun, We shall have cause to feel the
same sense Of gratitude to him that
many of us now feel toward W. l..
Radcliffe.
Douglas Gordon.