MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 9

MUSIC.

•' H3r fEEBLB Glef.T "Tha Symphonio Patliotiquc." At this evening's organ .recital, Mr. .I'l.rii-irf! Page, in respw.se to MiMicfoiis requests, will n.HOfit liis sterling expositi<m of 'I'sclwskovlstiy's "Symphonin PatJjfitiqijc," the last and greatest of thai, mighty Btresiaii composer's works. It- is - a composition of which Tscliaikovsky liiiwsetf wrote: "I tovo it as I never loved any atic of iny musical Offspring before.. Without osaggoiatioii 1 kavts put tife \vMa of my sou] into this symphony." 'I'hnso Who have hoard it performed liv ofio of the gfcat orchestras of the ■ Old Land have it.i» delihie memories of its emotional force and musical iiol?i):ity. Sir. Pago's" intfcf* .protntion, tis evidenced on Saturday : oveiiing last, was masterly to a degree. He lias the advantage of an intimate •nrith.tho orchestral store, wil splendid faculty for getting as near lilts orchestral truth «A the grand orrraji as it is pfjjfsiblo for aiiy<i : iU> tie). His string siid brass (slEects are \r«i* derftil, faithful iti "tunc, and whilst Ito interprets Tiol<jly and hr&idly is ■never'ft suspicion of. eMggern.tjmi. The svntpiifinv should draw musical fc«rs 'to tto 'Town Hall tras <;v<>niit«. Otherwise tlio pfogra-imno will life made up froito the works of stifth eainpssefs as Ctesar, Praiick, and Karg-Elert.

Dolores Again. Miii-10. Auteurci Dolores, duo of the most cultured and certainly the most amiable of concert drtists Who 'Vi sit tliosc parts, pcriennially, commtwes a concert .season of four nigbts in Welhwg!nn on Monday evening npifi"in the Concert' Chamber. It k almost superfluous to remind the combes i-loving piit>lic ili-at Dolores is a very MtgMSwl sniper of Kncclish ballads arid German lie* dor, Before all sho is an artistic interpreter, ami lias tho rare faculty of doing tlio lyfis.t' fitll justice as well as tho composer, ller personal eltarin, unaffected manner, and. rosy temperamciit never fafl to. exert an influence oil. sis will ttoiTb-ttes to (Jo* uioiisii-ated ont-e more during the coining week.

To Tcachers of the Pianoforte. Probably somo- <>• ftko alder, mere GoHventional teaeterji of the piano would look aghast, tit'tiro great- Harold Dyuer civiiig a pupil a piano lessen. Ikuei", whose iirst tenr of Australia eammonces in' June, is at ohcd the' most original antl most painstaking ■artist i>t present teaching lititsie, His teaching is entirely p&rsrtiial,. and if ha finds .a pupil t-atated and. rece.pti'vo lie cuts out much. of tire le-1115, laborious ajid u.miceessary drudgery 6y whrcii tho usuitl gtu-darit-struggles to acquire a teliiii.qtie. 'Tee.lmique" is a much despised Word 'to. this most remarkable of artists, and lie has a profound tOirtempt for tlio arduous- labour oi' students trying .to nlay an even scale. Scale, playing, so Bauer iuptes, is right .for linger exereiscT, but .tlio instruction which makes a pupil ■endeavour'to get on Avon tone is not, only erroneous, but- positively poisonous. Bauer dee'iares that few ot the teaeliers of the piano really understand their instruments. It they did tliey Would radically alter their methods of teaching to the pupil's advantage, and the. benefit- oi' music.

New Tenet 1 In Sydney, Tiro town' part ii< BacJi's I'.is&ton Mwsic at the rCce-Mi Jioyai Sydney Philharmonic concert hi ought forward jlr. A. J'jiilip Wiisou, 8 now artist froth Lend-qu, who (says the "fiaily 'fete graph") comes with an excellent singing stylo, -acquired in a long course of instruction from .\layro;;milaio. This ' tca-cliDr, who was himself a turpi 1 of Delia .Sedie, a famous Jli'loletto, was in liis da>' a tGiioi- (;oiicßrt-sinjj,.e.r, wiio. when in litrisj 'was selcct-cd '{or the most difficult nmiiic at Xotro Damo. After- his student course, Mavi-tigorctiito settled in Sieeiiiiftim for several' years, • and there beranw tho teacher of various singers, ft'liS havo since become praniineiit in t iin ':tkrld/oi' g£alid (.pera. Tbo prosDiwe. of relatives in IS-itehf-nd-, ■liosvcm', flaitort him thither, and ho settied -i-ii Lemilou. Jfr<v-roj*ordato, jvho Was born in England, ul r Greek -jMireittago, is generally ' :e#! riled. as one of tlie soundest authorities on vaeiil production iiv England, Jit. 'Wlkoii, ivho spent isis years with Is.im as- » ros.-ii'l-Ni-i; liiitill, went-as a youth frmn his native place, 1 love, near Bfigktoii, with a c-w> tain prestige- loeaity as -a havi-tatte; h.ut Mav'rogontoto, to wlram he -was introduced l*y a friend, pKHWun.eeii liini a tewflr, ami proceeded to Ivain him a<j-■cm-dingh-. Mow well he has daiio so tlu.se who have listened to. tho atii-si's .".ilmiraWv-smmith legato «f. t-Ito concerts nt which -lie has already appeared in Sydney will readily recognise, ' M-ad-ame .Melha concluded per 'American tour i'wiUi Jutbelik) about tlio middle of Maic-ii, and sailed for Europo <!ti March _ 17. Sinto tlicu tlio ca-M.es ■have notified U's of hor .sficecssiul appCii-i-ancs as .Mimi in '%a CaWmo" at tilo openim; -0f tfho Cos-cist Garde!) opora Beaso-ij, and incidentally of Miss Kosina Ihidiinann's success as Muselta ic tie sa®i3 perloi-manco.