Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30
AUGUSTA LOCALS
KNIGHT MACCREC0R, BARITONE,
PATT|SON and MA|ER, P|ANISTS,
IN WONDERFUL final CONCERT
Scotch Singer of Splendid Voice and Pleasing Personals
Makes Unqualified Success Although Hampered by Hines
Two of Country's Leading Masters Of the Piano ph
Delightful Program in Varied Style

I sessed of charm and personality. an,
bined with skill so that he NM,
have fought above his handicap
Helene Whitaker of New York v..
Mr.. MacGregor's accompanist and a.
deserves full measure of praise =.
her support was admirable. r..
sympathetic accompaniment ouicth
placed her audience at ease. She w,.
a delight in each number altbou,a
playing without any sense Of tn
spectacular.
a single soul of expression. CIV
Maier and Lee Pattison, each a,
grand piano. gave Augusta muxc
! lovers something Tuesday evening
far above the ordinary and soma
thing which perhaps may never h
duplicated here-unless they coms
again. Such has never been heard
here before and the memory will re.
main, unique, completely a piece a,
good fortune.
"Impromptu Roccoso" by Schuett
came like a bolt from a clear sky
That was their first number Two
| heads are better than one, the ad
saying goes and their four hands
were better than two is a follow-un
philosophy. How could either Of
| them have played as well as they
both did? This first number of theirs
was possessed of a theme easy to fol.
low. "Sicilienne" by Bach was an en-.
core as was "Rakoczy March" by
Hutchinson.
Afternoon of a Faun" by Debussy
! had all the romance of the woods as
! played by these two remarkable plan.
lists. Sportive and fanciful were some
parts of it with grace and delicate.
| tone dominating.
The two Russian pieces, 'Valse"
and Scherzo" by Arensky embodied
the wierd tones of the dark country
But it remained for the Coronation
Scene" from Boris Godonouff, as ar.
ranged by Moussorgsky and Mr. Pat.
tison to stir the depths by way Of
descriptive Russian music. There
was the story as explained by Mr..
! Maier, fully layed before the audi.
ence. The big square in the city Of
Moscow, surrounded by churches and
in the early morning covered over
with a mist. The bells were tolling
and the mist began to clear away
Then the bells sounded clearer and
clearer. The people began to arrive
and they sang old Russian songs
Finally they demanded that the new
szar come and he did come. All this
with finishing touches, the echoes Of
the bells and the thunder of the can
non balls, was placed upon the wide
canvass of the mind.
1.-The Orgy" by 1ljinsky was the f..
nal offering of Mr.. Maier and Mr..
Pattison and is an exceptionally orig
inal and interesting selection, of most
unusual interest 1t was all that the
name implied in it's extravagant
score. 1t afforded unqualified delight
Tuesday evenings concert is the
final of the season and it is with re-
gret that the last one Is enjoyed
From a standpoint of variety and aim
to please everyone. this seasons
course should take first place. II has
been a splendid array of the leading
artists of the country. 1t has been
through the efforts OF the entertain.
ment course committee that Augusta
audiences and those Of the vicinity
have been afforded the best.