The sun., 1915-02-22
SUNDAYS CONCERTS
OF VARIED KINDS
KrciSlcr and Philharmonic
Heard by n Large and
Cordial Audience.
EVAN WILLIAMS SINGS

TIL giving Of concerts on Sundays
continues 20 be one OF the chief indus
tries " musicians That attending them
is also one OF the chief pleasures uf
many persons Is quite certain. Audi
eaocs are found for all the enterta n
rsrts. an1 in many instances managers
smile as they contemplate sold out
houses" Let US all rejoice az the pres.
ence " some sort OF prosperity which
can be seen and not merely felt. Mu-
sciaus cannot thrive on psychological
earnings any better than the rest of us.
although their art IL In itself largely
spiritual and beautiful product Of
the Imagination.
Evan Williams, the popular Welsh
tenor. FOR example. faced an audience
which needed every seat IN Aeolian Hail
YESTERDAY afternoon As Is the custom
at this singers entertainments. some
oratorio airs opened the programme
After these came two groups OF misc,l-
laneous songs. ranging from schubert
20 Cadman and Bruno HUM. and at the
end was Mr. Williams's old time battle
horse. summer, I Depart" from Goring
Thomas's The Swan and the Skylark"
The tenor was in poor vocal cond,-
ally the voice cleared up and the tones
resumed their wonted quality. But the
rsu,ts were not always happy. Mr.
williams is. however. one of the most
Interesting singers 20 be heard in re-
c.al. His personality is forceful and his
style has idiosyncrasics but his manner
is fervent and he radiates faith in his
own art His enunciation Is so good that
his audience can understand every word
D. 4 Al
mportan. factors in the creation of his
large public favor lie sings everything
In English. For those who wish to ap.
peal 20 large numbers there should be
.cssous In the public 1ongs OF Mr.. Will
iams
The appearance Of Fritz Kreisler as
so'oist was the leading feature at the
concert OF the Philharmonic Society In
he afternoon at Carnegie Hall. The
audience filled the house TO It's utmost
seating and standing capacity. and fol-
owing the DISTINGUISHED violinist's per-
formance OF his number. which was the
concerto in G. minor by Max Bruch. the
enthusiasm rose to such an extent as
finally to resolve itself into what seemed
almost a countless number OF recalls for
the artist
The choice OF a concerto so familiar as
s Rrurhs In q minor for the afternoon
10 doubt had bearing upon the popular
character OF the entertainment. and. too,
Nh kreisler is q player of such a domi-
fatirc artistic power that he is able TO
mult new life into "A composition, be IL
even hackneyed through repeated hear
ne. His playing yesterday of Bruch's
music was Of great beauty Its style
Eas Of fine dignity throughout and In
technical brilliancy OF dazzling finish.
The applause 1t earned was well meri' ed
For his Sunday programmes Mr..
StrsrskN is wont to draw from his
repertoire of compositions as more re-
Gently heard at tho society's concerts
given during the week Yesterday
E'ahmss fourth symphony was brought
forward again as the chief orchestral
a-mDer and following II came the SYM
ihouic poem "Tasso" of I.iszt. OF the
symphony a discriminating reading was
given and technically the performance
gave 1t fine tonal display. The same
d, mmeuts may he made OF the pla ying
u ihe List number, which was very
much liked. Smc,anas overture The
EIrtered Bride" was the closing num-
her,
May Mukle. cellst. and Herbert
Fryer pianist. gave The first of two
concerts AZ the Bandbox Theatre in the
evening. The programme had Bach's
sonata in q AT the beginning and
Srrauss's in F. AT the end. Between
the two MIR. Fryer played Debussy' g
'rlair de Lune" and Chopin's variations.
opus >. The Bandbox Theatre. though
fsr removed from the familiar haunts
Of music, is well suited 10 the purposes
~ chamber concert. and in it the art
"t The two players was advantageously
shown forth.
Mss Nuke has a very large tone
and Mr. Fryer showed no disposition
10 force that Of the piano The bal
aace was generally very good, but curl
oIsly enough it was disturbed al GER
tain moments in the Bach number by
he preponderance OF cello sound. But
me clarity of the music was not OBJ
~our.d, and while neither player dis
closed impressive warmth of style, both
nayed with taste and appreciation.