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.LHEv|NNE CONCERT
BIG MUSICAL Event
DEAN HULME EXPRESSES SUR
PRISE AND REGRET AT LACK
OF INTEREST SHOWN

'It is much to be regretted" sale
Dean Hume in an interview this
morning, chat the general public il
Moscow have thus far displayed little
interest in the concert that is to be
given in the university auditorium or
Friday evening Of the present week
One of the greatest problems with
which we are confronted is the pro
viding of musical and dramatic at
| fractions for the students All the
colleges that compete with us for the
students of our state, such as the uni
Iversities of Utah and Washington, al
able to offer their students every year
a long series of admirable concerts,
recitals, and plays. Thoughtful and
cultured parents hesitate to send their
sons and daughters to small town
where, for nine months in the year,
they will be able to hear but little
music and see only a few amateur
dramatic performances and no pro
fessional performances at all. Yet 1T is
precisely the children of such parents
that are most Geslrable to have here
as students. And then, too, there are
the cultural needs of faculty and
townsfolk to be considered. 1t is much
to be desired that the coming legls-
lature will make a liberal approprla-
tion for the purpose of bringing fine
musical and dramatic artists here.
But in the meantime we must do the
best we can without such aid The
students and faculty are willing, they
are even eager, to do their share in
meeting the expense involvd to bring
ing singers and pianists and dramatic
players here, but they cannot make a
success of the matter themselves. The
cid of the townsfolk is Indispensable.
Josef Lhevinne is an eminent
pianist. His range is unusually ex-
tensive, for it includes the heroic
compositions of Bach and Beethoven,
which he performs in mastery man
ner, and the lyrical compositions of
Chopin, in which he displays deli
cacy and singing gift that is probably
exceeded only by DePachmann. The
outbreak of the war found him in
Germany and there he spent four
years in virtual imprisonment
The program is very interesting
one. 1t begins with one of Beethoven
sonatas, the three divisions of which
are entitled Farewell, Absence, and
Return" The second number is Liszt's
brilliant transcription of Schubert's
lmmOrtal song ndTh, HdIh .ho
Lark, Then come five numbers by
Chopin, ballade and four etudes.
Three preludes Of Rachmanf, will
be especially interesting. Many peo-
ole are familiar with one of them, a
prelude in which is pictured with great
lramatic power the long and tragic
struggle of the Russian people for
freedom. There are numbers by two
,ther Russian composers, Balaklref
and Dohnanyi, with whose music |
am not acquainted And finally the
.ecita1 will close with transcription
# the melodious and ever welcome
waltz, "The Blue Danube" in which
We may expect to hear brilliant dis
,lay of pyrotechnical piano-playing.
t is a program that would be ,lsfficult
% excel for variety, interest, and
significance.
The tickets for this and the sue
.eeding recital in January are remark
,bly cheap, much cheaper than they
ire in Spokane The best seats here
If cheaper than the cheapest seats in
hat city. Miss Peterson, who will
ing here on January %, has one of |
he loyliest voices of the day. It is
he hope of all who are interested in
he development of the opportunities
or culture at the university, in pro-
-iding more diversified entertain
nents at the close of the weeks work,
hat these two recitals will be well
ttended, that they will be financially
S we'll as artistically successful