PIANOFORTE RECITAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2180, 19 June 1914, Page 2

PIANOFORTE RECITAL.

It- is some time liofr sines Mi', Baxter Buddey lias appeared before the musical'public of Wellirig.t*m, and it is mat to be. wamfeed sit that Ms- waJmubo teappearanee at the piano was waited by -such a large atte.ftdan.co at tiro Kyd*-. M.e-y street Seuaßlwim-bn Wednesday, The .recital was probably' one of the most siic'cbsst'tll'-Mi - .' Buckley lias grH?h, r . The programme was a' most interesting and VaTfcd'tfjiej and ranged'from BasS?,. Bt>etho'Ven, ah/1 Sclni-m-ft-iin-, to oorapusors of ths' sch«e)_ %'t. Rttsaiaji. .inusic,. J|t.' Buckley's' rejirjitirfrt fli'liis nimibors ,(lis])lajFei£ all liis olflv-time; e-sceltenoe of technique,-tiro-ugh many passages wero marred by the alritast-nataral carelessness of the player. _ 3klr. Buckley appeals- not to much io. tejniwrai'iioiit as ■fie does in liis maiv : e.llmis.technique, awl that the latter should be depreciated soßtewhat b|- carelessness is rather ;i pity* i Ik; wis in sae'h 'number*' as tile I're'lndo and Fugue .fOrgnu) iji 1) (BacliB'Albert),'- ''it'-ajiitlo-Hs" o:iis Tals© C'-apriee" (Sapallnikor!) thai' tlio pianist' was-, most /successful. -The former .iMirnbef ojjeiied the progratnjno, aiitl was sueceedtxl fay "BailWJ.e do vilIon" (Vogritiii), a beautiful minilre-r that Mr,' Buckley treated witb rare skill, -'rte. adagio sostenMo, a.Hegw-tto, 'ii-ikl presto agitato- of . Beetlwveit's Sonata op.'2? No. 2 followed,, ami were probably tile most enjoysbio of the evening-. TJic pianist lingered reverently, almost lovingly, over the sole-ran tones of the adagio, and displayed marked individuality in the ajfcgret-td ami the presto movements. The remainder-'ftf MV. Buckley's Hems were mainly selections from tlie works of'K-iisaiaii coroßpsesrs, and- •.vflr© v ns fol-lo\v'^,-'"Poem Tragiqtte" (Swjsbine), "Noe-tii-nie" and "Mojiake* l (Koprawftik)', "te Fi-kiiise" (Paehulsld). awl "Vate Caprioe," "Prelude," and "Etude do .Concert" tSapeltiiii'voff), M a. emieliK'tii'ig citeore item, Mr. Biic'Wcy ptey-dfl "Tim Erl King." Mr, Buckley was assisted by Mr. TJaiiiiteii' Hodges, wlie saiig a quartet o-f t-adnw-irs- Aihcuiciin Indian sotiks: "From, thq IjAikl of the- Sky-Wiio Water," "'The White Bawn is Stealing,M "Far .off I Hear a. W'Or'* I'lirte," and "Tl-w Moon Ufcps- law." As an ■en-eore number ho san-g a liiUaliy, with tefltic.f.vw.ss and feetoff almost femiiiiilo,