New-York tribune., 1922-01-17
Two Concerts Pay
Varied Tribute to
Genius of Mozart
Philharmonic Orchestra and
Mime. Ney Arc Heard al
Carnegie Hall: SclnabcI
in Recital at Town Hall
By II. +. krchbio]

Tributes to the names Of Mozart hv
composers who idollzcd him and to
their ghosts by artists ideally capablc
of expressing their devotion were nnid
at concerts in Carnegie and Town hulls
last night At tho former Nine. ELY
Ncy, accompanied hy the Philharmonic
vrchestra. conducted by her husband
Mr. Willcm Van lloogstratcu. PLAYED
NIo@art flanolortc Concerto in Il flat
nttcr the orchestra had given hcarjnr
to Max Rogers sometimes bcaut;f'I
but often also bcwildcring variations
on the principal subject Of Mozart's A
major Sonata. When this was over the
orcncstra lso under Mr.. Van Hoog
Sera'ch 'cadcrshlp. played the f minor
SSvmphony by Tschaikoflsky, to whom
Moznrt's was the all but innUnblo
name: simultaneously, ut Town Han
Mr. Artur Schnabol gave n pianofortc
recital at which all the music was hv
hccthovcn. whose worship Of Mozart
10 tine end of his days was but littlr
'hlS SIDE of idolAtry
leaving inc first concert to hear the
''hc'ud'ng portion of the second tho
r,Niv"ef was inVoluntarily reminded of
ncc'hoVcn.S ejaculation to a fellow m,-
s'clan with whom he had been lstcu-
ing to a Mozart conccrto- -norbans ''s'',l,'o 49,,
very one which Nine. New had ;ust
ilnishcd: "Cramcr. Cramcr no;thc r
us VIII ever be able to write music l;l,o
that" music ''"c
As matter Of fact Beethoven never
o'o write anything in Mozart's manner
comparable with either :hc B-nat or fine
b-mlNor concerto of Mozart-n,eic of
such serene lovcincss that it soundcd
as # made for tho dclcctation Of blcst
Snadcs wandering among blossoms as
phooels IN the fields of E.lysun but a
icW minutes later the walls of Town
'laiI were echoing to the transnorfinu
zones OF the concluding arictta nf Bee
u"o'.,' 'as' sonata. Now tho music
was 'hat OF a iranstigurcd human soul
soaring IN the regions wncrc earth and
heaven meet the region which tho i'm.
nation sees when the eve catches tho
flrSt glimpse of the peaks of the hign
%'ps, nout'ng IN llcocy whitcncss in Tho
blue sky. 80 '''o
me reviewers progress was from
one pure delight to another. Nine
Ney and Mr.. Schnabcl seemed both ..ir
the splrt'~likc John on the Isle nf
fatmoS. Both proclaimed clooucntly and
conVlnc'ngiy their different but harrno-
NOUS cvangels. The tones of Mozart
rlpplcd with unified clarity and lovcli-
''N'' 'oi" 'hc planO1Ortc under the
caresslng fingers of Nine Nov: those
OF bcethoven, as played by Mr.. Selma
bel. detached themselves from the in
strumcnt and became embodied beau
~ vItallzcd by feeling Virtuoso
performmances both, they invited
thoughts of many things, but not mere
pianistlc Virtuosoship In the truesl
sense, the performers were musiciane
making music. SO we were spared the
idle task Of detailed comment. II IS
enough to add that before he reached
beethoven's c minor sonata Mr.. Selma
Del who is the last conner OF a bril-.
'ant company of pianists with us this
season. and far from the least. had
played the sonatas op. ., No. >: on,
10. oop. 81. No. 2, and the thlrty-two
VARIATIONS IN G minor all at sjttinc.
In Mr.. Van Hoogstratcn's c,rductjne-
j was pleasure to recognize the
work OF q thoroughly capable earnest
and unaffected leader. in admirable
command of the technics of Ills m.
and devoted to high ideals