Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-02
LEVTTSKT RECITAL
BIG EVENT OF
MUSIC SEASON
Pianist Shows Marked H.
proUensent Since First Ap-
pearGnce Here.
By GRACE HUToHINs.


Quite the outstanding musical event OF
the season to date was the recital given
at the BIurat theater Sunday afternoon
by Mischa Levitski, pianist, and the
smallest crowd Of the season gathered
to hear him. What the audience lacked
in numbers it made up in enthusiasm,
however, and any lover of music who
missed this concert missed a wonderful
musical treat.
Mr.. Levitski has gone long way art
istically since his first appearance here
some four or five years ago, when he
made his first American tour and came
to us unheralded by press notices. He
was a fine technician at that time, but
now he has grown in his art until he is
at the top of the list of concert pianists.
: How so young a musician is able to do
the things he does will always remain a
marvel. We only know that he does them
and we give thanks that he comes to
play for us.
ARDUOUS PROGRAM
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
He played a long and arduous pro-
gram beginning with a group Of classics
that involved a tremendous technique,
musical insight and intellectual grasp.
They were: Organ Toccato and Fugue"
TBach- Tausig); 'Melodie" (Gluck-Sgam
BATH, and Scotch Dance" (Beethoven).
These were followed by the Beethoven
Sonata Apassionata," which he made a
living thing" bringing out the emo
tional content He very adroitly pre-
vented the audience applauding between
the movements of the sonata and sue
ceeded in presenting it as a whole, which
means much in the continuity of num-
Der of this character.
In CboDIp rrovO h. ho
gamut of light and shade, of dash and
brilliancy and of rhythm and poetry.
The Butterfly Etude" was so winsome q
thing 1t was repeated after most clam
orous applause. The BLACK Key" etude
lost little Of its effectiveness, coming
Immediately after the butterfly but Il
was brilliant and dashing AMI a won
Cerful performance. The WALTZ In A
Flat" "Nocturne in c Minor" and "Ecude
in D Flat" completed the Chopin group.
NOTHING OVERCOME
IN CHOPIN PROGRAM.
There was nothing overdone in Mr..
Le7itskis Chopin playing, but there was
much that was individual anu all that
was admirable ard interesting.
The difficult "Staccato Etude" Of Ru-
binstein he took at a tremendous sreed,
bringing out all the loneliness of the
number as well as the brilliancy. 1t
was an example of perfect piano playing.
The Rachmanioff prelude in g. Minor
. was full of thunderous big cliraaxes and
rhythmic swing, more like a military
march than prelude The closing num-
Der of the program Gas printed) YVES
the Concert Arabesques on the Themes
of the Blue Danube Waltz" Nothing
more appeslingly beautiful was ever
written than this Strauss waltz, and
Schulz-Evler has woven a myriad of
colors in his embroidery OF original
themes He who would fail to respond
to the beautiful harmonies, the lovely
embellishments and the infectious rhyth-
mic swing of this waltz as played by
Levitski stands convicted of having no
music in his soul. Generous and oblig-
ing the artist added two more mum bers,
Military March" (Schubert-Tausigl and
the sixth Hungarian Rhapsodie" Of
List.