New-York tribune., 1922-12-18

hsvs prpssnted with such brillianee
Thle number Was the moft impressiVs
Of the program. !.
The largo and vlvaee movements oi
enc No. s, = minor, sonata for pane
and violin were played With persuasive
tone and marked clarity for both IN
struments. The anal number, sonati
In q major for piano, violin and huie
was sympatheticaliy played. while IN,
entire program stands cut as one o.
unusual interest % students OK bach
because OF the revisiors given these
numbers b. Mr.. Slot.
Meanwhile, At Town Hall, Chain
sehulsinRer, a cantor. II was aaid, from
brooklyn. sang in many languages, IN
ciudine Hebrew, Russian and yapa-
nsse. with violin solos By Elfrida Ross
Philharmonic Features Russians
There vas a Russian program for
the hrst Of the Sunday afternoon con-
csrte Of the Philharn onie AZ the Metro
polltsn, featuring Rimsky-korsakoii a
and Tschalkowsky, with Hans Kinder
AZ soloist. In Tsehaikowskys Earia'
tions on a Rocco Theme for vioion-
cello with orchestra. A work rarely
beard here, u is distinctly Isehaikow.
skv. but the lighter Tschaikowsky Of
IN, sftaiian Capriee," FOR instance,
sdornlng light, melodious theme with
seven variations, which gave nr'
Kinder a generous opportunity 70 ois-
play technical athletics. This he did'
In n skillful, graceful performance, AL
though his tone suffered some varia-
tions, due, perhaps. 70 the CAMP
weather. On the whole. the variations
were agreeable. though ornate and
spun out 20 some length.
Mr. stransky began with a vigorous
performance Of Rimsky-korsakoh's
Russian Easter" overture. taken at
lively pace with an atmosphere com
binlng elements religious and baecha-
nallan. while HSchcheraIadc" and The
Tsehslkowsky aMarehe Slave" ended
the eoneert-familiar music performed
In a familiar way.
spaIding at Metropolitan
There was the regular evening ecn-
cert In the metropolitan, where. Albert
spalding was heard playing the lengthy
Scotch Fantaisie Of Brueh,. with the
orchestra, and bis own -AlAbama," his
arrangement Of "Hark, Hark. the
Lark" and q de SarasAte TarAntells,
Andre Benoist accompanying In these
numbers In all Of these the artistic
qualities Of his performance were we'll
shown. The Metropolitan soloists
were Queens Mario, Jeanne Gordon,
Mario Chamiee and Gustav SchuttLen-
dorf in arias from "Traviata," "Don
Carlos," Martha and ''Thnnhauser, {"
with orchestral numbers under ar.
Bambosehek.
Modernlsts Pill Guild Progrum
Modernism, Of the EXTREMIST Partisan
dye, reigned undiluted az the Klav
Theater, where the international Com
posers' Guild gave its seasons hrst
concert, causing ecstasy among the
initiated and suffering among those
OF conservative tastes. Arthur Honeg-
GERS hrst sonata, indeed, smaeked OF
DebuSsy and even Of Frhnek, but IL had
been composed four TO six yeA.s before
Horace VictorieuI." Nine. Ceorgette
Leblanc made her second appearances
Ia songs By La1are Samlnsky and a
young Frenehman, harius Gaillard
(both acting as aeeompanists), and a
number with stringed instruments By
Arthur Loonig, with the came bizarre
appearance and dramatic manner as be-
fore and a stronger voice, With re-
sulting impression that was striking
but hardly pleasing.
There was also a suite OF this years
vintage by RAvel, who seemed 20 have
hung all tradition 10 the winds, and a
part Of a symphonic suite By an Amer
lean, Carl Ruggles, for six muted
trdnpets, we'll known features Of lat
ter-day works, but six. undiluted. had
a penetrating, nasal timbre Of pain
fui intensity impossible 20 describe.
Enjoyment Of these latest experiments
would seem to be distinctly an ae-
quired taste.