The sun., 1919-10-27
AUDIENCE APPLAUDS
AUSTRIAN YIOLINIST
Kreisler Is Recalled Several
Times at Concert in Car
negie Hall.
LEOPOLD GIVES RECITAL
Rose Austin Sings at the Prin-
cess acknowledgements
at Hippodrome.

Certain persons recently conspicuous
in Lexington avenue might have ac-
uuired important information from the
attitude of the audience which assem-
bled yesterday afternoon in Carnegie
Hall to welcome Fritz Kreisler, the
Austrian violinist back to the concert
platform. The artist was received with
long continued applause, and after each
group was recalled again and again.
There was sincerity in the applause and
the audience was not composed chiefly
Of German speaking people.
Mr.. Kreisler was an officer In the Aus
trian army, fought against the Russians.
was wounded and retired from the SER
vice. He came to this country, where
he had long been popular, and played
with brilliant success until the United
States entered the war, when 1t was
made known in no uncertaiQ manner
that his further public appearance would
be unwelcome. Mr.. Kreisler retired
from the stage Neither then nor at
any other time was he guilty of any
speech or act which made him offensive
to Americans. He retained their respect
and yesterday they proved they were
glad that despite the still unsettled state
of world politics he could once more de-
light them with his admirable art
Present conditions did not indicate to
Mr.. Kresler any necessity for changing
the long familiar character of his pro-
gramme. The first three numbers, the
only important ones, were by classic
Italian composers, Tartini, Vivaldi and
viotti. Gluck and Schubert contributed
the first two of the short pieces, the
third was a transcription of an air by
Rimsky~ Korsakov. made by Mr.. Kreisler
and the remaining two also were by the
player.
shows His Customary Skill.
Mr.. Kreislers art is so we'll known
10 local concertgoers that 1t requires nc
description now. He played the classic:
in his customary manner, warm without
excitement. polished without GOODNESS
In the Viott CONCERTO there We're som,
modern adornments presumably addet
by the violinist Paganini contributed
much to the technic and little to thu
taste of virtuosi and one wishes that thu
moderns could forget his mannerisms o
composition. But bad fashions In ar
are tenacious Of life.
In the afternoon Ralph Leopold, pianist
gave a recital in Aeolian Hall. II
Bach's D minor tocata and fugue, ar
ranged by Tausig, Mendelssohn's "varia
lions Serieuses'' and Dohnanyi's G mino
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freedom in style, finely developed ant
= sure technic and tone prone to hard
ness especially in forte passages.
There were convincing power and un
derstatding in his performance. albei
feeling for poetic values and finesse II
color was often lacking. Three othel
Dohnanyi rhapsodies were in his inter
esting list, and among other pieces al
"Orientale," by Amani, and Grainger''
Colonial Song" and his paraphrase or
Tschaikowsky's Flower Waltz" Tit
audience was large and included Sec
rotary Baker. Mr.. Leopold is his brother
in-law.
Rose Austin Gives Recital.
At the Princess Theatre in the after
noon Rose Austin, soprano, gave re
cital before a large audience. Her pro
gramme included airs by Gluck an
Mozart, Beethovens Rapture of Melan
choly," songs by Rubinstein and Ameri
can selections. She sang with intelli
gence and some feeling, though ne
voice of a mezzo range, lacked In mnsi
cal quality and in production was mare
by tremolo.
An all Tschaikowsky programme wa
gtven at the concert in the Hippodrom
last night. An orchestra composed @
members of the new Symphony Orches
ira was led by Nikolai Sokoloff, conduo
tor of the Clevland Orchestra. and as ae
sisting artists announced to take par