The Washington times., 1921-11-09
CAPITAL BOWS
To Z|MbAL|ST
ANDORCHESTRA
Return Of Philadelphia Sym
phony With Stokowski Hailed
With Delight.

The return OF the Philadelphia Or.
chestra and Leopold stokowski. it's
incompatible conductor. brought a
capacity audience to the National
Theater yesterday afternoon. filled
with enthusiasm In Its welcome OF
these delightful artists. And 70 Efrem
Zimbalist, soloist for this first con.
cert OF the season, a real ovation was
given by audience and by orchestra H.
self for one OF the loyeliest renditions
OF the Brahms violin concerto In ID
ma jor that one can imagine.
Zimbalist rose to- height upon
height I'm the pure musical per
fection OF his playing. reaching It's
climax In a marvellous cadenza at the
close of the first movement. 1t was
an "Auer" cadenza, the vioiinist said.
when he was found at the close of the
ovation with his eyes filled with tears
over the sponstaneous warmth Of his
hearers.
Like Lyric Gems.
Big running passages of perfect
suavity, fineness of every detail OF
phrase. most delicate Of trills, and
through all most exquisite theme
painting, like lyric gems. or like soar
ing arias, revealed a surety and COM
mand OF technique and of rare tone
that held one breathless at times.
While under II all that rarely
sympathetic sway Of Stokowski
brought out the rich harmony OF
Brahms orchestra, and themes into
which breadth and feeling were pour
ed in richest tone, from his perfectly
attuned instrument-the orchestra.
1t was Zimbalist as a master artist.
reaching almost an ecstasy In the
lovely adagio, and vibrant and
poetic In the gypsy .'giocoso" Of the
final allegro.
Orchestra Reseated.
A new seating arrangement for
orchestra has been worked out by
Mr.. Stokowski, placing the augment
ed cello choir in front where the sec
ond violins usually are placed. There
is a compactness of the choirs, the
brasses in the center, the cellos bal
anced against the big double bass
choir on the other side. Though on
the right side OF the house there
seems less vibrancy from the cellos
than in their former place under the
baton.
A novelty OH the OftHcSi"i pio-
gram were two dances OF ancient
Greece, by Eric Satie, orchestrated by
Debussy. Simple in Instrumentation.
they have the warmth Of atmosphere
of this festival of the "Gymnopedia,
making the charm Of their interpreta-
ton significant work for the hArps,
the suave violins and the abrupt
entry of the brasses.
Berlioz's three excerpts from La
Damnation de Faust" brought out
charming caprice in the winds and In
the dynamic contrasts Of the Menuet.
a languid andante and delicate close
to the dance Of the sylphs. with some
of those furioso climaxes that Sto-
kowski builds so splendidly In the
march.
Wagner Scene Closes Program.
A great Wagner scene closed the
program, with the "Wosin's Fare
welr and the Fire Music" from
Walkure. Here Mr.. Stokowski has
blended his orchestra masterfully,
yelling the story that creeps through
in It's themes, the Eternal Sleep
coming out less dominantly than
we've heard 1t, though the big love
theme was nobly heroic and the
agitato of the surging flames OF the
Fire Music a final trRmpn for the
great Philadelphia orchestra and its
great conductor. ~