New-York tribune., 1921-10-02
By II. +. krehbiel

PlTISFlELD, Mass, Oct. 1.-~W.th
two concerts IN the music hall or
South Mountain to-day, the fourth Of
the Berkshire Chamber Music Festivals
came to close. Rcfreshingly cool
weather, after ore day of sulrry heat
and another of rain storms, came to
give benediction on the meetings, and
tonight. after reception given to
Mrs. Cooldge's guests at the Hotel
Maplewood, three or four hundred
musicians and music lovers are pre-
pairing to return to their homes filled
will flow from the meetings, which
are designed to promote interest in
the purest form Of musical art.
The concerts OF to-day invited more
attention than those of Friday. Com
mert may, therefore, be briefer, for, to
the professional visitor at least, the
festivals offer little which cannot be
found in the musical centers of the
country, and it can scarcely be thought
necessary to decant upon the playing
of artists who may be had under nor
mal conditions. Mr.. Percy Granger is
pretty mrch the same artist every
where, Mr.. Selim Palmgren will soon
be heard under conditions more advan-
tageous than those under which he was
heard this forenoon. members OF the
Rarrere Ensemble arc familiar in New
York, as we'll as elsewhere, and it seems
that the Detroit String Quartet wilt
not long be deprived Of the privilege
rate. the valuable relations Of the fes-
tival are those Of the creative rather
than tho reproductive activities in the
neid of chamber music.
Detroit Quartet Pleases
The Detroit Quartet. though it dates
from the organization of the present
Detroit Orchestra, is . new thing, like
the orchestra itself, tnly in its per-
sonnel. Both organizations had pred
ccessors OF long standing. and it is to
he hoped that its supporters have not
forgotten the pioneer work done
through a long period by Mr.. Yan'k
and hts associates. It showed fine uual-
tiles in the performance Of two cassi-
cal pieces -Beethoyen's Quartet in G.
minor. Opus 19. No. 4, and Schubert's
quintet in a major, this one with q
double bass and variations on the
theme of the composers song "De
Forelle." the same as 1T has in Ger
many with the popular title Forcilen
Quintet
The festival thus died in the odor Of
c!assicality, though there was modern
ity a-plenty in the program of the
forenoon. This began with a suite Of
dance pieces. old in formal pattern. but
new in expression for pianoforte and
violin. by Leo Sowerby, the young VOL
VERNE. who vas favored with two
places in the list of works given at the
festival. We must Judge him solely by
the music, for we know nothing of Mr..
Sowerby's record, except that ntIcb Of
the performances OF his compositions
here and in New York belongs tu q
period in which he was seriously eN :
gagged in study and before the mental
and aesthetic fermentation began in
him which threw off the pianoforte
concerto heard in New York last sea-
son and the quintet for wind instru-
ments performed yesterday. If this is
a correct conclusion, then it may be
said that Mr.. Sowerby's teachers must
have been highly satisfied with such
evidence of sound and serious artis-
tic endowment. The suite was played
by the composer and Mr.. Sametini, a
we'll equipped violnist, Dutch by birth
and training, whose present habitat is
Chicago.
Palmgren and Granger Play