Connecticut western news., 1920-02-12
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
 CONCERT AT NORFOLK
Sketch of Noted Artists.
 Special Trains to and from Norfolk

The goth annual Lincoln memorial concert to be given in the Gongrega- tional church, Norfolk, Thursday afternoon. Feb. 12, at o'clock, invi- tations to which have been issued by Mrs. H. H. Bridgman of Norfolk, will introduce to Litchfeld county music lovers for the first time Josef Lhevinne, the great Russian pianist, and Samuel Gardner, acknowledged by critics to be one of the greatest artistic values of the younger genera tion of violinists.
 A virile style, brilliant technic, and a finely trained artistic judg- ment, are the qualities that place Josef Lhevinne among the greatest of living pianists. The distinguished Russian was born in Moscow in 1874. In 1891 Rubinstein selected him to play at the concert given under the famous masters direction. From this time on, he came under the per sonal supervision of Rubinstein, and Lhevinne attributes much of his success to the advice and guidance of this great master. It was in 1915 that Lhevinne won the famous Rubinstein prize. From 1902 to 1906 he devoted himself to the concert field in which he has since attained such conspicious prominence. Lhe- vinne first came to America in 1907, and has been here six times since then. That he has few equals among present-day pianists of the brilliant Russian school is generally conceded b yall who have heard him.
 Samuel Gardner is the son of Russian parents and was born in Russia, not far from Odessa, in 1892. When the boy was but few years old, one of the periodical persecu- tions of the Jews again made itself felt to the already sadly down-trod- den people and many were forced out of the country in order to save their lives. Among those who came to America was the family of Samu- ell Gardner. They settled in Provi- dence, R. l., and here the young violinist received his first instruction on the violin under Felix Wendell schaefer. Later MT. Gardner studi- ed with Franz Kneisel He was for a short time first violin with the Kneisel quartet, while MT. Letz was in service during the war.
 In 1918 MT. Gardner was awarded the $1,500 Pulitzer prize and the James Loeb $500 prize as ''the most talented and deserving student of music in America" Since that time MT. Gardner has progressed to the point where he is now recognized as an artist of the first rank, and as & composer he is looked upon by his older confreres as one of the most promising of the youngere genera tion.
 He has appeared twice with the Philadelphia orchestra, in the triple role of soloist, composer and conduc- tor, when he was engaged to play the Mendelssohn concerto and conduct his own symphonic tone poem, ''New Russia" His quartet still in manus- cript was played by the Flonzaley quartet and many vioiinists are using his osol compositions in concert. Four preludes, "In the Rockies" and "From the Canebrake" are among the most popular of this versatile young com poser, who, while not American born, considers himself American by adop- tion.
 Special trains will carry passen- gers to the concert. A train will leave Lakeville at 12:45, Salisbury 12:49, Canaan 100, and East Ca naan 1:05, arriving at Norfolk 1:30 p. m. After the concert trains will leave Norfolk at 4:25, for Winsted and also for Canaan and west.