The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Ga brilowitsch and
Grapeure Greeted
BY Music Throngs
Pianist and Singer in Notable
Recitals Are Heard by
Crowded Houses.
BY W. j. HENDERSON.

After some remote figures slight and
unsubstantial. had come like shadows
and 90 departed a very real pianist
emerged yesterday afternoon at Aeolian
Hall In the familiar parson OF Ossip Ga
brillowisch. It was a pity .ha, he did not
give his first recital on day unoccupied
by other such celebrities OF the musical
world as Jascha Helfetz and Louis Gra-
veure, for while audiences for all three
could have been obtained three times
over. the arrangement as not altogether
convenient for the peripatetic reviewers,
who hastened from. one hall to another,
but would far rather have fingered
through the whole OF any one of the
three entertainments.
Mr.. Gabrilowitsch performed the D
minor organ toccata and fugue of Bach.
Mozart's f minor variations. Beethoven
sonata In C sharp minor. some Chopin
and--in order that coming events might
cast their shadows before-the Theme
Vario.' opus Is. of Paderewski What
has been said on many previous occa-
sions about the art OF this admirable
pianist might be repeated with verbal
variations. But It IS perhaps more to the
point to note that a suspicion OF Mr.
Gaorilowitsch's early style -crept into his
playing yesterday.
In the Mozart number, for example.
there was something approaching the
meticulo1s in the anxious care with
which phrases were articulated and ac-
cents exposed. But Ii was none the less
a charming performance, airy in charac-
ter, almost capricious in its changefu-
ness Of mood and altogether stimulating
to the listener. Only pianist of the
first order could have ,siven II
Beethoven's G sharp minor sonata has
Iately become the theme OF a moving
picture by reason of the extraordinary
moonlight which has been shed upon 1t
by such creative historians as DR.. kalis-
cher. Marian Tengler and Marie LIP
sius. And 1t is called THE Moonlight
sonata" despite the fact that the COM
poser never heard Of that title. He did
not dote on the work. anyhow, and inn
patiently exclaimed: Every one is talk
Ing about the sharp minor sonata.
Surely l have written better things -
Every one is still talking about II. and
yesterdays audience melted when Mr.
Gabrilowitsch played 1t very beautifully
indeed.
The song recital of Louis Gravcure in
Town Hall was attended by as many
persons as the auditorium would con-
tain. The program vas one of wide
range There vas q short series of Ger
man songs at the beginning. Then fol-
lowed some lyrics with English texts
and one OF these was nothing less than
the ancient and honorable "Sumer \
icumen In" which used to be regarded
as one OF the treasures OF musical art
because ii existed as far back as III,
early years of the thirteenth century and
was demonstration OF the progress al
ready made in the writing OF canonic
forms.
The transmogrihcation of such worl
into the shape of a solo with tinlSline
piano accompaniment is the kind O
thing that an artist of Mr. Gravcurei
distinction should not approve. no mat
ter how much audiences may be ticklet
hy his treatment OF the cuckoo" re
frain. nor how many cncores he gets
lie Is engaged In much better busines,
when he is singing Canlpion's what il
Day" and ArnolJ's Flow, Thou Rggal
Purple Stream
Mr.. Graveure's ability to saturat,
himself with the mood and style of
song and to convey them to his hearer,
IS delightful. II sustains his recitals OF
Il high plane, even though his voice II
not in its best condition. 1t seemed no
10 be yesterday and the Singer was com
PEELED in his production of tone TO resor
TO some expedients which his older ad
inirers could certainly not have recalled
as traits of his art in previous seasons
Conrad V. Boss, the capable Dutch ac
companist. was at the piano and co
operated efficiently with Mr.. Graveure.