The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-17
NEW PIANO STARS
 IN DEDICATION
 CONCERT DEBUT
Sehapiro, Local Artists, Ca paeity Audience Make
 Notable Evening

through the 20th Century Theatre at the concert last night, before a note of music was heard.
 When the red plush curtains parted, revealing Juneau's new con- cert piano, the spontaneous out burst came from every part of the crowded auditorium. At that mo- ment, the Baldwin concert grand piano seemed to take on per sonality of it's own, as though aware of the important place it will have for years in the musical life of the capital of Alaska.
 And, with a sure sense of fitness the artist of the evening saw to Il that the first notes sounded on il publicly were those of "The Star Spangled Banner"
 Friends Who know how proud the Russian born pianist is of his ! American citizenship were aware that the moment had special sig nificance for Maxim Schapiro, aside from his pleasure in playing the dedicatory concert on the piano he had selected and helped to acquire The black and white keys of the Baldwin grand were not the only ones in evidence at the little dedica- tory ceremony.
 Ernest Ehler, President of the Juneau Concert Association. greeted and welcomed the capacity audi ence, thanking Juneau music-lovers for realizing the dream of a fine concert instrument. Then he handed Mayor Waino Hendrickson a four foot gilded key labeled key to con cert grand"
 Mayor Hendrickson. protesting that he didn't know one musical key from another, produced ar oversize key to the city" which he gave Schapiro, proclaiming him al honorary citizen of Juneau.
 "The only requirement" said the mayor. lis that you must spend as much time as possible here, ano keep playing that piano"
 Schapiro accepted the key a' flashbulbs popped for photographs and said, T cannot say in words how deeply touched I am. I shal try to express my appreciation or this very special piano of pianos.
 Plays National Anthem
 That is when he moved impul- sively to it, and played the Natlona Anthem with the audience quickly rising.
 Schapiro gave a concert of first magnitude, one which tested tht resources of the master instrument and showed the richness now at the artists command, in depth ano blending of tone in subtle nuances and in volume
 The formal classicism of Beeth- oven was followed by two Rachma- ninoff preludes, the first romantic and lyric in nature. the second g stirring one in the Russian com poser's most precise rhythmic style except for a short contrasting me lodic line
 Darius Milhaud's "L'Album de teen characteristic vignettes in the modern manner, some poignant others playful and "Autographe" SC short and clear-lined you could al most see the page. Nostalgically one went from Sadness" to Song, to Play" to "the Chase g sigh .. thought :. and the last page"
 Liszt's brilliant '"Tarantella closed the first half of the program The second was dedicated to Cho- pin. with Schapiro playing these numbers he announced from ths stage: "Barcarolle." six preludes fragile "Nocturne in C-Sharp Mi nor" and the contrasting, frey popular "Polonaise in A Flat
 Declining to give encores although the applause more than warranted them, Schapiro returned as master of ceremonies. giving short tribute to the importance of local musi. clans in city's musical life. Local Artists
 Introduced by the visiting artist Corinne Kenway, violinist, and Rutf Popejoy. pianist. played two move ments from Cesar Franck sonata 1 for violin and piano. and an in strumental trio played Romance by Debussy and Russian Dance