Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-20
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FRITZ KREIsLER's CONCERT.

TRIIL hRElSl.ERS CUNCEhI.
Young violin prodigies may come
and go, but if only Fritz Kreisler
might so on forever.
Along with Paderewski Of the
pianists and Nine. Schuma nm Heink
F.! of the vocalists. he is already ira
! dition that firmly upholds itself. Yes
terday afternoon 1t Polls Theater.
; when kreisler gave his annual con
cert here, the theater was packed to
| sta ndine room capacity. and many
| We're turned away. There are many
! other violiniSls who are AS facile
! with the bow. and masters Of the
! many difficulties of the violin. There
is none who can equal kreisler In
projecting personality and interpre-
| tation IN that intangible way that
/ wins complete audience and holds
! 1t enthra'led as he does. He is ham
| in" genius.
The opening number Yesterday was
Beethoven's beautiful "kreutzer So
nata." Carl Lamson. pia mist. who has
been kreisler's accompanies for
number of years, is also true artist.
He played perfectly the piano duet
with the VIC in that this sonata pro-
vides. The piino playing Of the second
movement wi hits charming variations
was particularly admirable The gay.
S-to
ment were n.ade musical converse
ton between violin and piano. There
vas not moment of the entire work
| that was no; completely joyous. Be.
,, fore the nu1nber kreisler was wei
! coined with an ovation; after 1t he and
Mr.. Lamson shared another.
Henri Vieuxtemps provided the sec
ond work. Concerto No. 4, In ID Mi
nor" The Introduction and cadenza
MT ASti btIt O q o..
veloped in the adagio religioso, build
ing to crescendo with thrills and then
descending In evenly ripping ca
dences. seemed the high light of the
work. The boisterous sCherzo. with
its constantly surprising dissonanceS.
and The finale MarZiaIe provided am
pie opportunity for virtuosity demon
stration. Perhaps The work AZ an en-
tirety would have seemed more inter
esting had II moi followed so closely
on the heels OF Beethoven's gem of
sOnatas. AS encore TO this number
kreisler PLAYED his arrangement of
Dvoraks Coin Home" which he
first played in Washington on the aft
ernoon OF former President Wilson 8
funeral As special tribute.
The last group of short works
seemed to please the ma jority of the
| audience. especially. perhaps. because
OF the familiarity Of most of the
melodies and, in many cases. because
so many of the young violinists pres
ent ire struggling with those works
themselves. Particular enthusiasm
was shown over the playing of
kreisler's arrangement for violin Of
Poldini's Dancing Doll" and Hubay's
Hungarian Fantasy" both of which
have marked rhythmic swing and at
tractive melodies. kreisler was fire.
quently represented as arranger and
even composer yesterday. His ar
rangement OF TsChaikowskis "Humor
esque" is delightful. He also played
his para phrase on two Russian songs,
/. the famous Russian Hymn and the
| Folga Boat Song. This work did not
seem so satisfactory as most of the
others. There was lacking the depth
of nationalist and religious feeling
that one Is accustomed to hear in
the hymn. and the boat song lost
much Of the virility of its beauty as
a song in the hummins passages as
written for the violin. Two lovely
numbers we're the Schubert Wilheimj
Ave Maria" and the Debussy Hart
man La File AUX CheveuN de Lin.
The encores were q firtatious Ser
enade' by Lemar. the composer Of
1.-The Merry Widow which seemed to
please the audience extremely. ard
DOIn hTelSieT SdIGIcc leIiloiS anu
"Schon Rosmarin' were recognized by
many in the audience and acclaimed
by them with applause AT the open
ing strains. The concert ended with
shouts of bravo and "kreisler' and
continuing applause until at last the
stage hands interrupted. thus giving
kreisler into the hands Of the many
young violinists who wanted the great
mans autograph. II. r.
HEINRICH MEYN'S RECITAL.
An interesting program was pre-
scented at the Arts Club of Washing
ton Thursday evening ty Heinrich
Meyn. New York. baritone. assisted
by Lynch Luauer. violinist, and
George H. Wilson. pia mist. 1t was an
all.American program. every com
poser represented being q native of
this country.
Homer's songs. The Last Leaf"
based on the poem. by John Green
leaf Whittier, was especially effec-
tive. In the second group the Charles
Wakefield Cadman numbers were
omitted and Ashes Of Roses" by
knight Wood and Love Me If
Live" by Arthur F'oote. were substi-
tuted
OF the songs sung in foreign
lang aEe. lie SouNlent IL, DN 1tNbner.
was particularly delightful number.
Mr. Meyn who Is thorough artist
and recognized as fine singer of
''lieder." also made his songs in the
German language quite az charming
as those in English and French.
Other American composers repre-
scented were Chadwick. Sawyer. Town
send. Stoessel White. kaun, Victor
Harris. Israel Joseph. La Forge and
Clayton Johns. Several of the songs
were dedicated by their composers to
Mr.. Meyn. Among these were sid
ney Homer's Requiem" Sawyer's
Dolly" and Joseph's only for Thee
and Me-"
Mr.. Liquor. who is well known as
a member Of local music circles for
many years. played his selections in
his usual musicianly fashion and pro-
vided pleasing obblisato for some
of Mr.. Meyns numbers. MIR. Wilson
is recognized as one of the finest &C
companists in Washington.