The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-11-06
Nine. Georgia HaIl-Quick
and Miss Pearl Brice Please
Kenoshans With Concert
AT Elks Club.
ATTRACTS LARGE AUDIENCE
lodge Hall Of Elks Club Is Filled For
Tuesday Evening Concert Is Her
aided AS the Beginning of Greater
Music For Kenosha.
By Wesley Laviolette.

BY Wesley LaViolette.
If anyone had their doubts as to the
interest Of Kenoshans in things must
cal, ana especially in thing SO intel
lectual as a piano recital, they must
have been disillusioned by the large
audience which crowded the Elks ball
room last night to hear the recital by
Mrs. Georgia Hall-Quick, pianist, anC
Miss Pearl Brice, violinist. The recita
was success in every way and should
encourage its sponsors, the Schubert
Club, to try like venture again.
The pianist opened the program with
an interesting performance Of the Mac
Dowell Sonata Eroica. She seemed tc
sense it's vagrant moods, and brought Q
responsive and sympathetic technique
to it. At times her left hand rather
ovor-powored her right in passages
whore the latter had brilliant and I'M
portant part and should have beer
heard. The Chopin group took the I'm
offending Pole, tied him to RELENTLESS;
meRcnoms, ard sped on, whether he
would or no. The Impromptus lost its
fantasy; the lovely A-fat Etude witt
les heavenly atmosphere and beautiful
melodic line became real study and
a piece Of whirliDg machinery through
which the wind blew steady mono
toAc. With such beautiful pianissimt
as she possesses, and with even q tiny
bit Of rubato. this could have been
made one Of the most effective numbers
on The program.
Wins With Rhapsodic.
The first three numbers of the last
group were rather uninteresting, OF
was it the way they were presented
and their arrangement on the program
1 liked her playing Of the Tschaikowsky
Dialogue. 1t was handled with d
really artistic insight and sympathetic
understanding. The List Hungarian
Rhapsodie No. IL made most brilliant
and effective close. Mrs. Quick has 8
big technique just adapted to bravura
display, and perfectly able to cope
with any and all technical diAicultic,
which she may encounter. 1t is the
kind of technique that ono seldom
and too rarely inds among the fairei
sex, with big dynamics, and great free
dom and ease. Would that she also
brought to her art the same keen sym
pathy, insight and largencss Of vision
that Is her heritage.
Miss Pearl Brice.
1t Is indeed a pleasure to be able to
record the success Of any young artist
Miss Brice has worked hard, and as her
reward has large technique to he,
credit. At times she seemed to force
her instrument and had rather smash.
ing bow arm, but perhaps that was
more the fault of the instrument, Of
thc weather man, than her own. Save
Tor that one marring feature. which
the young artist will no doubt be freed
from, her playing was most gratifying
With a warm tone, and a comprehen.
sion of what the composer is saying
she was immensely liked by a most
friendly audience. Both artists seemed
to be in q hurry to catch d train
though we have very frequent service
here. The tempo in Mendelssohn I:
"On Wings Of Song" was taken at !
pretty brisk clip, and one felt that she
did not bring OUT all the composition
contained or all that her own teehniqu,
and understanding would warrant on,
in expecting from the artist. By al
odds her best numbers were the Hebrew
Melody by Joseph, and the Sarasat,
"Gypsy Airs.
One must not forget to mention tho
accompanying of Miss Winogene Hew
lit. It was most able, intelligent, ans
above all, sympathetic to every whir
of the soloist. And what more can b
desired
It was a real concert, one that every
music-loving Kenoshan can be grateful
for. 1t is an oasis in most arid desert
and one begins to see signs that er,
long Kenosha will be able to hold III
her head with the best of them in mu
sic making as well as money making
Let's do it againi