New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-19
Scriabin Piece
Inflicted Here
By Stokowsky
''Promesl,eus. the Poem of
Fire Series of Horrific
Noises. l. Presented by
Philadelphia Orchestra
For Disordered Appetites
Music by Rimsky-k orsakoff
and Mozart and a Bach
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The Philadelphia Orchestra gave its
asst New York concert for this season
in Carnegie Hall last night, 1t per
formed some music -Rimsky -Kor-
sakof's overture La Grande Paque
Russo Mozart's symphony IN ( fat
and transcription of Bach's "Passa-
cagla.' which had been given at a
previous concert and was repeated by
request--as was notified TO the
audience on the program. 1t also pro
duced pandemonium of horrifc
noises. which being continuous for
space, was set down on the program as
'Prometheus-the Poem Of Fire" by
Scriabin.
We heard this thing when it was new
and when it vas accompanied by a
series of colors flashed upon a screen
by machine which the composer had
invented and which had been laborious-
ly constructed in accordance with his
designs by some ingenious mechanics
from the Edison laboratory. That
was seven years ago. The poppyshow
was amusing and served good pur-
pose By diverting the minds Of the
curious from what some persons with
strangely constituted intelIects were
pleased to call music.
Bauer Performs on Piano
A pianoforte is also called for by the
score and choir of singers who are
asked to make inarticulate sounds
The pianoforte was on the platform
tr~t+ 4
manipulated il to the obvious satisfac-
ton of Mr.. Stokowsky, who warmly
shook the hands which twenty-four
hours before in Aeolan Hall had
evoked from the instrument sounds Of
a vastly different order.
There are creatures-dogs. for in
stanco-to whom the stencil of ordure
and carrion seems to have a sweet
SAVIOR. There are men and women who
delight in the shrieks of beasts and
human beings undergoing torture.
here arc also persons who think that
painting means splotchcs of color
daubcd Oh canvas without thought Of
symmetry or significance of line or
form. There are pitiabie copies of hu-
mainly whose every sense il perverted
and who have made cults and religions
out Of their djFordered appetltes and
mental operations. There have always
been such unfortunates both inside and
outside of madhouses. There always
viii be, no doubt It is great, mon
strous, an incalculable pity when, be
cause OF them. the taste. intelligence
and feelings Of the millions Of intel
lectualiy and acsthetically healthy hu-
man beings are outraged in order that
sensational desire to present or hear
the rawlings Of diseased minds may be
gratifed.
Appeared Here in Concert
When Mr.. Scriabin was in New York
ffteon or sixteen years ago he ex-
hibited himself in our concert rooms
as a mild. gentle, somewhat Chopin
esque figure. In q few years those
who were most closely associated with
him had frequent occasions to know
That he was mentally unbalanced. His
mental Disorder reached its height in
the production Of "Prometheus." after
which he died. His friends knew of it,
Why should anybody affect now to
think it the utterance of an inspired
seer and prophet? He consented that
his work should be presented without
choir and without the c'oric,, n
inoiefcs which had played so large a