New-York tribune., 1922-12-08

in c sharp minor, this las; hot
blooded. fery performance OF dramatic
contrasts--the real climax. perhaps OF
the afternoon.
The Philharmonic Concert
A case. reversing the usual tradition,
Of old wine In new bottles Was pro-
vidcd by the Philharmonic Society m
the novelty Of It's evening concerts two
Bach chorale-preludes, "Schmuecke
dich. o Liebe seele" and "Komm, Gott,
gehoepfer. Helliger Geist." orchestrated
ty Arnold sch0nberg, heard In THIS
form for the hrst time anywhere o~-
ing. probably. 20 the fact that such an
arrangement had laecording 10 the
program notes. been tuggested 70
seh6nbcrg by Mr.. Strsnsky' Ihere
seemed possibilities for strange re-
suits in the combination Of names
how much, one wondered. would the
Austrian modernist try 10 SchonbergiEe
Bach along the lines Of his "fi'e
PieeesF'
A. il proved. he made no such At
tempt, treating the FIRST prelude WIN
marked conservatism "anNlouAly Io'-
oront." 20 use Mr. Gilman'a phrase-
with a spariug use Of shh later-aAy
instruments a. the eelesta. triangle ana
giockenspicl. while the melodies were
auite well preserved, u was not very
Interesting. not because Schonberg
tried no radical experiments, but be-
cause his version lacked the vigor, the
sonority, the religious spirit OF the
originals. There seemed little depth,
and the constant use OF mutcd strings
Vave an almost sentimental atmosphere.
There was more fullncss In the second
rrelude. with more use Of brass in
struments, but. while Schonberg DID not
conceal the melody, the result was
hardly Bach.
Huberman Is Soloist
Bronislaw Huberman was the soloist,
playing Brahms's ID major violin con-
ecrto, in which he played cnergetieally
and worked hard. but was best when
he worked the less. In slower, lyric
passages he produced a smooth. clear
tone OF considerable beauty, but when
fireworks appeared he would dig into
his strings with a rather harsh ehect
As he was sailing triumphantly through
the finale. a broken string brought
sudden halt. but he continued unshaken
after n fresh start. and was very well
received. Il was, after all, bad weather
FOR strings Mr. Stransky began
thoroughly German program with
Sehuberts Unfinished symphony, end
ing with the "Meistersinger" overture,
being warmly welcomed by an audience
apparently little daunted BY inelement
weather.
Ursula GreviIle at Aeolian Hall
Aeolian Hall was crowded yesterday
afternoon 20 hear Ursula Greville's re-
eital OF English songs. In spite 81
heavy cold, the singer displayed a well
schooled soprano voice and faeile
handling Of the unusual program num-
bers.
Two groups Of modern songs, sung IN
this country for the first time, included
Felix whites "Vespers" and the Mad
Prince" and Summer Night BY Arm
strong Gibbs. These were sung ospe-
cially we'll, az was "The Song Of the
palonauin Bearers" BY Martin shaw
The latter was unusual IN theme and
melody. and Miss Greville, singing over
her bothersome cold. presented 70 IN
most commendahlc manner. OF the
old songs. There Is a Lady By Ford'
and BILLY BOY" "a sea chantyl. by
Terry. were delightful. "Ingrid's
Song" arranged by Kramer, from the
Swedish, was enthusiastically received.
Miss Greville pleased also in the Mo-
Fart "Mngic Flute and the Welleez
Aurora"
Other program numbers were the
Willow song" (sixteenth century,, ar
Song arranged By Kramer, from the
ratt: There Is no More 20 say by
Mase; Listening" By Besh, and "lllu-
sion" one Of Miss Greville's own com.
posltions. Mr.. Kurt SCHNEIDER played
The piano aecompaniments.