The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-07

isut the rspoise noted In tense faces.
absolute aulinoHa. leaning forward.
ald frequent HiEhs. a. flushed cheeks
OF the listeners.
when the three Chcrnlavakv broth
era advanced TO the footliEhts there
was the usual greeting Of applause
~ n quick once over given them
hy the girls OF the audience whose
verdict was good looking" The stage
fpreatncc Of the three muaiciana Ia
impressive IN dignity. and lacks hut
one thing-Hmiles. The audience and
applause seemed far away to the
CherniAvskys. They were Interested
only tn music.
And Oh. such musicl The sort that
carries n TO heaven. Or drops thea
60 earth. or rudely awakens emotions
Of anger or fear, or prayer. Those
Russians played on the heart strings
Of their auditors as they did IN hddis
strings.
The opcp,ng group by tho tn, on
violin, N"ioltncellO and piano gave an
idea Of their skill. and applause was
thereafter spontaneous and prolonged.
McndclsrOhn's "A Minor WINS wonder
nily interpreted. Al times the mas
ter tones OF TIE cello dominated while
violin echoed. n piano notes were "a
wordlosa chOrls accompaniment. Then
the voltn led and Tn tchlor dlniir-
nendo hushed IL voice TO 4 distant
echo. 10 again rise In srcse ~ 10 ard
ioin the three Instruments M brilliant.
nnalc. The "Aiidante con moo tran
quilo' In this number did not Affect
the audience with tranquil feelms.
There was a theme Of sadness
throughout that CARRIED a message Of
henrache. The "hlleEro assai appaa-
sionato" stirred htarcra 10 wild JOY.
Vioiincen solos BY Mischief chernia.
Nsky held everybody entrRnced. The
was "a study. an he vat with the huge
cello bet veen his kntea cnrrcasing b.
strings as ~ strokinA "A child's head.
iiis eyes were closed ~ ~ to shut out
the world, while he lived In voices he
drew from his instrument. Peppers
Romance" was a ditam OF youth
when ambition and love control the
soul Herbert's "Sorenlde" and Pop
per's "Tarantelle" displayed the ver-
satility OF the artist. In there gay
where white fingers darting about
were Jounty ballet danceis expressing
lecstacy. The ovation that followed
ms performance caused The '~ceiioisi
10 he recalled several times. One of
the oncores was Beethovei's Minuet
played as Il never was played before.
The familiar melody took on new
meaning. one could hear q pin fall
during ITS rendition. a whistle from
a boy OUTSIDE TO a pal was "a shock
an onense to tho tender. tense mood
Of the entire assembly.
Jan Cheruiavsky, the %Eerioua curly
haired, tcmpefanieutal pianist, created
a vivid impreaaion Of dramatic power
and versatile art lie played three
competitions OF Chopin. lie too sat
with closed eyes and lived in tha mu-
sic, lie became a part Of The plano
dramas he depicted in tones. "A he
dropped his ear ulmOat to the kcN-I
l-onru, or lifted his eyes to the ceiling
as TO with spirit presences.
The "Norturne' was a gentle chant al
grief that made hearers recall tneir
secret HorrOws. The "Stucle" was q
contrast in brighter vein. ID WIS IN
the "Polonaisc" that Jan C~herniuysky
electrified his audience. with the
Nchcmencc Of one who ia thinking IN
strong %eNpletivcs, he punished the
keyboard as ~ zach ivory were "a
hated enemy. The chords took IN
voices OF human beings IN a bowling
mob. II wa easy To see the stage
t%hronBed with hungry hOrdea demand
ma bread or blood" The auditors
were stirred til each one remembered
some old Erudgc against "A neighbor.
Hands were clinched. BiscOrdant
tones seemed to be %purposely inter
polated IA the frenzy Of sound that
the pianist drew from a baby grand
piano that trembled like an ANIMATE
being lie made It talk. sing. howl,
ana swear vengeance" Everybody
telt| a.
The grand finale was a crash that
might have meant the fall OF a city.
nv NNAhAAhtA HAAlNANA WIS NhNNlNtN4 Ilt
gave one encore that would ave been
bright " the player had smiled.
Next came that violin artist Leo
Cherntavsky. whose rich music suothed
aud charmed In accompanying the
enaced himself. His liquid notes We're
faint echoes OF the soloist's. The VIC
lintst played "On the Wings OF song
by Mendelsaohn. and carried his
hearers right to the doors OF heaven
where angel voices were heard In ex-
quisitely spiritual songs. In Caprice"
and "Etude de Caprice" the ~violin's
sweet tones pictures a coquette dane
Ing about the stage The player
smiled at her and knew she was court
Ing him. Hts handsome face and ng-
uro made a pleasing picture as he
played. His bow became a whip when
he wished to subdue tho %coquetry Of
the strings. In "A burst OF b%rlltancy
the group Of violin songs without
words ended all toOn soon. lie was
recalled several times.
Tit closing numbers were the trio.
Glinku's "komanCe" and Baisdenre's
al the Stream" In beautiful me
ody the instruments blended. When
the program was over the audience
did not nov 20 go.
hey inaistod on more. The broth
ers came out again and again 10 bow,
but no one moved TN a hnal trio num-
Der WAS played.
AhH NV hNAAANAA wa n NutGNHNs NOT
one Of the three artists Is "best'-un-
less u be the violinist-or maybe the
trlloist or perhaps the pianist.
companions are odlous.'
The marvel OF the event was not the
ski Of the cOncertists TO old timers
the Wonder OF the age was the rpspon
a~iNcness OF the audience.
Albuquerque Is alive-at last.
1--WE HUNDRED PARTY.
There were thirteen tables Of card
players who participated In the
pleasure fest given by the Catholic
, Foresters In Woodmen hall Tuesday
) evening. When scores were tabuiatedI
after the regulation period OF time re-
quirod to mako five hundred" plus
the prizes were given 10 Mrs. Peguc
aud Mr.. Harry Murphy, Miss Mar
garet Buckley won the cut prize.
; TO MEET Mrs. MARTIN.
The Albuquerque White Ribbonerd
I are busy arranging n tea to b. given
I In honor OF Mrs. Gertrude Martin. ~,
perintendcnt OF the Department ~