The sun., 1915-03-08
chopin CONCERTO
BYGABRILOWITSCH
The Russian Orchestra Begins
New series Of Educational
Entertainments.
CHAMBER MUSIC GIVEN

Concerts we're almost as numerous
yesterday as on previous Sundays Of
.. season. However. IT does not be-
,,,,e imperative to accord grave con-
..isr,,ion to all Of them. None were
-, ,-ofouri Importance. and that r the
r.ih,rrouic Society at Carnegie Hall
tho afternoon acquired note chiefly
com ;he fact that Ossip brilowitsch.
Oh. DISTINGUISHED Dussian pianist. who
o,s fh. -p.o.sI olc tod to play Cho-
,rs e. n 1o" concerto.
V- Enthusiastically reading of this
,s-f tt nrc time PLAYED so often in
.ss c.iI.s. OF each season. but now in
.tru..f' Hrt-d. was char t,tcriStic and
.ssrsfo,r interesting r.rs' and fore
mos. 70 placed special emphasis upon
4,,l-ts ~ 'nc composition commonly
ssscurrd The chopin specialists who
,,ye written about this music are not
q, a r1ic l"cplv stirred by 1t. Edgar
S.llmau Kelley > lost In admiration Of
certain technical matters in the struc-
,gre. such as the individual treatment
n .he triad I'm y minor. while Mr..
wreAy occupies himself with A demon
rrl.iou ~ the in1sru,able truth that
chopr WIS uucomforta bile constrairel :
and frequently convent onal when writ
b, In the concerto form Mr. Huneker
- much ~ say about the orchestra
Ho0 arA Kleczynsk about the virtu.
cen work
All OF the.e gentlemen are richt
cAopn was not at horne In the concerto
There is much virtuoso work. but OF
Uch an unusual and enoch making kind
,ha, more should he said about IT, Mr.
Kelley laws stress upon harmonic effects
WI n We're undre1med by the ella
fathers and he j. right as right can be-
But Chop.us r minor concerto even
n spike Of his own accounts Of his pur-
.oses contains Involuntary expression
q TWO sides Of the man and two aspects
q HI, nationality The martial rhythm
o. the t~st theme OF the first movement
is essentially a proclamation Of the
martial spirit Of the Pole. Just as the
noonlt landscape in a spring night. de-
scrioei In the adsg gio. is a Polish vision
Mr Gdh'ilow PLAYED the concerto
primarily with perfect adjustment Of
he contrasts between the strong. clean
drarirs Of the incisive rhy,hms on the
ore hand and the cvasi,e color schemes
of tho melting cantahlcs and the SHIN
rer.n- web Of the char cteristic passage
work ON the other The pianist con-
clini'y OF thought. but he sang with
BEAUTIFUL tenderness its more finely spun
melodies
Finish OF technic hrilliancv, mower.
depth of color and an unfailing clarity
we're consp cuous factors in this ad-
nrable performance. which was poetic
20 way to satisfy the most sensitive
lover Of Chopin and dignifed enough to
prevent the music from falling. as IL
'oo often does, into hathos IN artist Of
tae Perceptions and Of comforting bal
sr-e Is Mr.. Gabril,~itsch and his in
'frrre'ation Of the Chopin T. minor con-
eer,o Nlll he recalled among the most
to'eNorthy achievements Of this musical
season.
The orchestral numbers on Yesterdays
t-ocraUme were Merdelssohn's Fin
sa. cave overture, Beethoven's Leo
Nre, No. overture, and Calr Gold
raE Rustic Wedding symphony
The last named work was PLAYED in
memory OF the composer. who died in
Vienna on January 3.
In the evening the Russ an symphony
ece'}, with Modest Altschuler con.
tuctOr. began a series OF popular con.
Gets AZ the Park Theatre. These con-
fined 10 a presentation OF Russian mu-
SIC. as has been the sccietys usual
custom N - programmes and a feature
o. each evening viii be a brief demon
st4tcN II the functions of the instru-
ner's ~ the orchestra. At later con-
c'rts forms Of comp sition are Ike
u'se 20 he tiken up, and the first TO be
'ea'el Will be the construction Of the
Umrhony
I'm last nights programme the or
c'est"a had the aid OF six soloists
David B.spham. the popular barytone,
vs. down in the list as singing "Wo-
'arS Farewell from "De Walkuere'
and group Of nEs, "W-hereer You
W. II Handel, I'm a Roamer" ot
N"1Irl~~ph and Walter Damrosch s
were Harriet Scholder- Ed,in. pianist
Margaret Wycherly, who read an lode
% me Strings in connection with
tFe evenings Demonstration" subject
namely The strinss; f'rederik Frad-
k.n. FCl1s - and Nessrs. jacob and
Re hard Altschuef, v.olinis, and 'cellist
Respectively
The instrumental comp sitions af-
NFlea much variety. the chief ones
among hem being the "Tannhaeuser'
ove-'u'e ponch!c'N's Dance & the
II W, er1 lpno lfoT-Ivanoff's March
'r u'.'cs, 4 and L.s2ts 4
nal'- raf fore concerto. The size ~
'r ...'.." ar. tue interest showr
We as to h"snelk success for the
$40 . 'eo evening May Mukle. 'cellist
- 't' n.r. Fryer pianist gave the
t '"o sonata recitals At the