Evening star., 1934-06-25

Sloerately balanced playing OF the
"F minor Prelude and Fugue," by
Bach from the volume two of the
"Well-Tempered Clavichord." The
Grieg "E minor Sonata" and a
Chopin group consisting of the "E
fiat minor Polonaise" and the broad
styled &C minor Nocturne" were fol-
lowed by the Tscherepnine "Baga-
telle No. l. the Debussy Dancers of
Delphi" and the Cathedral En-
glourie," the technical and musical
requirements of each of which were
commercially met. Mrs. Gauss sang
'Lungi del caro- bene," by Secchi,
Romance" by Debussy and the
dramatic AT Night" by Rachman-
inoff; her true contralto timbre max
ing for the artistic result.
Melvin Clifton Creamer, young
blind pianist. shared his program
which was heard last week, with Will
helmina Amiss, violinist, pupil OF
Emanuel Zetlin. Mr.. Creamer has
achieved considerable technical surety
and his interpretations give promise
of the possibility of noteworthy de-
velopment His unusual powers OF
concentration found expression In
the "B Flat Prelude and Fugue" by
Bach, the "Sonota Pathetioue" by
Beethoven, the Chopin "Etude in A
Flat" and the same composers Moe
turne in E Major" A later group OF
moderns contained the Albeni7
Sequidilla' and the Debussy "Maio
With the Flaxen Hair" and La Plus
Que Lent" closing with the Weber
"Concertstueck" played with Mrs
Roberts The Braille copy of this
work was prepared especially for Mr.
Creamer by Mrs. Harold Randolph
widow of the former director of the
Peabody Conservatory. Mrs. Amiss
played the Vieuxtemps Revert with
warm and vibrant tonal feeling ano
a decided advance in style.
Mildred Deane's piano program
was heard last week also and included
violin numbers played by Grace
Powell. Miss Deane'S Bach was the
&c Major Prelude and Fugue," hel
Beethoven the "Op. 26 Sonata; the
Rubinstein "Barcarolle in F Minor.
the Chopin 'Nocturne" in the same
key and a Leschetizky "MaZurke'
comprised a middle group while the
List "Sonetto del Petrarca," played
with much artistic Sensitiveness, ano
the Moskovski "LiebeswaltZ" COM
pleted an effective evening. The vio-
lin group included two modern
works, the Gaubert 'Extase" and the
Lille Boulanger "Nocturne," both OF
which, with their subtle accompani'
ments played by Lyman McCrary
were exceedingly satisfying.
William Holden's bachelor degree
program was performed June 8. IT
content was ambitious and the play
ing of it authoritative. The Bacf
"Partita in B Flat" was followed by
the Beethoven Sonata Op. 81, No. 2
a Rubinstein "Barcarolle in A minor
and Leschetizky 'Arabesque" and the
Paderewski Theme and Variations.
the latter being repeated on the COM
mencement pre- gram. A brilliant grouE
of contemporary compositions was thu
final offering. .:rerjng with the Brot'
kiewicZ "Etude in c Sharp Minor,
followed by the FIokofeff "Gavotte
and a waltz transcription by Gruen.
field from excerpts of the Strauss
Cinderella music
Beth King Was the other member
of the class who prayed an entire pro-
gram. Her recital was marked not only
by excellence Of performance, but by
the same discrimination in repertoire
which characterized the entire series
results to be accounted for by the
supervision of Edwin Hughes, guest
teacher at the college for seven ses-
sions during the PAST season, which
sessions have been attended by the
entire class.