New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
Cleveland Orchestra
Gives Interesting.
Digni6ed Program
Evidences of Painstaking
Study Noted: Lack of Ho.
mogcnity in Groups and in
Combined Efforts Marked
BY Fl. f. Krehb;el

~ Would DC an agreeable dispensa-
tion of affairs and one which would
contribute greatly to the counlaccnrv
Of tho cities which send orches,r.s
mere to give concerts and of Now Yor),
II those cities could also send audiences
and reviewers provided with mutuallv
acceptable standards of judgment Wc
do not believe that either Cleveland or
Detroit. nor even PHILADELPHIA or Bos-
ton, thinks that All obligation rests
upon It to instruct the city which
possesses such bands as the Philhar-
monic and Symphony orchestras in
musical righteousness. or that it stands
IN need of artistic uplift Neither do
we believe that New York thinks that
the comparisons which the visits would
seem TO challenge are in any way in
structivc. The metropolis is not vain
glorious, whatever may be thought to
tho contrary by the communities stu
ated in other latitudes and longitudes
neither does 1t like to give itself the
appearance of being so by frowninr
upon its sister cities or adopting a
patronizing attitude toward them. SO
1t would be we'll if there were a con-
venicntly variable standard Of appre-
citation adopted which could be applied
whenever visitors come with offerings
Of kind of entertainment of which
New York has more than aplenty.
Last season the Cleveland Orchestra
gave concert here in the Nppodromc
II was kindly received, though every
judicious person who heard it knew
that conditions did not allow a fair
judgment of its merits Last night
the band played here again, this time
in Carnegie Hall, where the local
bands and those which come to us reg
ularly from Philadelphia and Boston
give their concerts. It was listened to
in kind spirit, in which mere toler
alton had no part, but the audience
could rot wax enthusiastic over it for
obvious reasons. The program was
digniied and interesting, though with
out novel features: but there came no
enlightenment from the Interpretation
of the pieces and no special charm to
find more than evidences Of pains k
ing study, dligcnt striving and all
herence to good ideals, and these evi
dences came chiefly from a commend
able precision of attack. There was a
want of homogeneity in the different
groups of instruments, as vel AZ in
their combined effect Also a deficiency
of sorority in the strings and euphony
in the woodwind and brass contingents.
The band sounded smaller than il
looked; its tone was not sensuously
pleasing or satisfactory in volume.
The program consisted Of Beethoven's
overture to Collins tragedy "Cori-
olan," Brahms's second symphony, Res
pighi's "Fountains of Rome" and
Loeffler's Pagan Poem" in which Mr..
Heinrich Gebhard. OF Boston, played
the pianoforte part, as he has done
here before.
Miss Harriet Van Emden. lyric So
prano, gave her second public recital
in Aeolian Hall last night. singing q
we'll chosen, unhackneyed list Of Ital-
ian airs and German, French and Eng
lish songs. Three of the songs were
compositions by Werner Josten, who
played Miss Van Emdens accompani-
ments. The young woman has a voice
Of rare beauty and her artistic graces.
though not fully ripe, are of fine prom
Use. She possesses refined sense Of
musical beauty which does not yet
make convincing appeal because Of
a lack OF spontancity. 1t will some day.