MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2187, 27 June 1914, Page 9

MUSIC.

fßr TEEBtE Cixe.l ' J . ) Mischa Elman. Mischa Elman, the Tvoniier bej - teow a man of 24 years of age), who is one of tlio few exceptions that proves -tfte rule that juvenile prodigies.' seldom achieve greatness in maturity, is tn tie licaral at tlio Town Hall on Saturday evening next, when, 1 venture to say,, there ttiJi j be no room to spare. Having b&iftl Elinau quite recently in Xfeßwurne. tlift writer is in the- position ef taing sbio to personally enthuse mi tho virtues of tho young Russian violinist. Wedded to a prodigious leciittio, Efciaii has aft tho fiery cinotionglistft of the Slavonic temperament, and lie slip.clcies. tlte aitfi-n----tion of tho nudiouce with th<) firsi stroke- of the bow. Qn& could admire tho splendid technical equipment gf Kubolil;, but he left one <soM } lirastijirtd. Elman. ou tho other hand attacks the heart as well as the mmd, and induces the wish that ho might play on fet ever. lAt tho concert at ■■which'l heard , hi» I he played a Tschaikovslsy Concerto (wi.tli ■ orchestra, of course), and gave a masterily performance of tile work, tbewgh ' obviously troubled by llin high pitob he had to play up to ■(iirante tft the old-fashioned pitch o! the Wrotl-wW$). He used both an Aroati and' the Strad ' during the Concerto. On. oho occasion whilst still playing.ho cfttkd on Aiberto Zelman, the conductor- of tba orchestra, to screw up liis keys ft* bint,, and the odd picture wa-s predated of JJeJteatt conducting with his right handl, screw* ing a violin key with Ms left, whilstboth orchestra and soloist Were "gsing at top." In the Bach "Air" for. the G string he simply rasishes the audience with his deep round pfltafcijig tone-, that I is more akin to the "cello -Shan the violin. With closed, fiyqs tho Kttlo master digs his viqliii deep into Ids neck \intil tho two seem erifr, an& pQ*Jrs oat a flood of "soul," tho beauty and compassion of wliich. stawhOns is, lump to the throat and a, lu.fet to tho es«6. Wo liavo heard many excellent vaolnasts during the last quarter of, a. cen'tay k New Zealand, but w£ lifl-ve.- ttQti heard Sit ' Elman. • Tho virtuoso is supported, by a cfetfift-; ing soprano vocalist* in the per.smi vi Mdlle. Eva Gauthier, a- finished vocalist, who has a splendid reJje.rtoirCj which, includes many of tho .itfijs Ifom tiro later modem operas, indudiiig the Pueemi repertoire and Charpentief'a; I'lua-uise." "Poise" in Singing, When the physical actions necessary in . singing are so porfectl.y balanced as to leavo tho body in 3. state of freedom* wo have that condition *{ "'poisef tthidi' makes easy and bewtifut sin-gins pm* Bible. .'lf tho press.vjr£ of iij'catlj iWHJV : I below be resisted a'.t ihe- tftraili «o tirat ■ there is a feeling of. .cd:nstrtetion at ; that point, and ti.q*o is .rigidity about tho neck, we have lio-fc the 4esiced per- ■ feet -balance cf forces.; fka resistance- • is of the wrong ty.p.fei at tho wreftK ' place. . '' .. Tho habit of "pushing'' , breath ill an uncontrolled way is- tfldeiy prevalent ~ It. is most often mdrfieSXed ivheft the, desire is to sing wi.tii especial force/or '. upon.high pitches.' . ■ ,; ; Power or force cf.toiMt includes vcjunio and intensity. Bxpajlsioii. of chest ■ and sound tube aro factors, in obt-ainiiig J an increase of volume, fax wJprfrijig for it great caro must life taken to regain control of the.' b.i;ea|hi ■ Let t-h<s.. thought" bo that the ton.a is iHjia-J.ecl, and- ■ tho. more volume dijs-itea tlie latEer- the- :, .sensation of yawm-iiR, and. of tho- inspiring of. sound in greater- qu-a-ntfef . and to a lower point jit tib:O neck;, Thus ' may a balance of pt.e.ssUi-o-- and tesis-t anco with the bre?itifng iriUs.elos be secured, the throat left Ir-'ee.,- and flic. : - nc.cessary. expansion of tbe- 'soteitn-be bo brought about. ■ . ; Tho use cf tho -siniltn-g itpper- lip:, of a thougbt, of a <it' vifjratiQU:. , in , the mouth just gjjdve-ti.ie , 'iipper front teeth, spreading upsv.aj4 Wdbackward as tho .pitch ilds , .Jμ scouring an of iiifeis'ity, foudness, carrying poiver;—"Etude." "The Pagoda of FfftVfflfs. ,, All song-lovers tnpw . a»d : Ipive.tfe.-. compositions of Ainy W<j.odfo;r.de■ Fin.#cm, 'i' whose' '"Indian Love iynps" Aafo bad ■'■ such a• ! Another' gracefully-H-ntteh song Qslo fty 'tfes talented lady is '"'ihij ,, Pa-godd «£ Flo*"- ; , ors,"-which is to- bp suitg a.fe tho Opii- : cert Chamber on Wedftfisday eye.fliag ; floxfc by Misses Driscpli (iHe.z-z<J) y ! Gladys Watkins <so:pra^ t *W; Elfe' ; .j (tenor),' mid S. A. ABsr-rigfrt (bafi{on#.: Tho cycle has never keen, heaitf in We'l--lington. before, ft tak : c.s- a-boiit forty -| minutes to sing.- Tjjo ji.rQgrJiijHflo triji J, also include miscel-lj-B.eMS items of in : interesting characte?; . ' Harold Bauer, Classicist, Harold Bauer, the -stealing piafrts-tj t<3 ■ visit New Zealand: absolutely nothing to- frlmt is ggfietally ■■ termed popular taate, Bqrp is'a spiect men programmcT-Sbijata A.ppa-S-sibnata. ■■ (Beethoven), "Carß.aVaf* ISc'lfflmaiVn)., : Ballade in G JVILno-T., Nocturne, in E v Major, Polonaise In. A F!i>* Rondo Capriccjosb" ■ (Mfiftdoissohn)-,,; "Waldesrauschen" . _jttid : Rhapsodic," No. J3.;|l,i.szt).. Bauer w i a fine dramatic- a sub'due.d Mark Haniboufgj im-vtag Siarij's ■■ i "punch" withoufhis esujjeramt doilson- \ strativeness. Cgmparisons a-r-Q not : odious—they are almost, essential!. Jβ arfc —and to place 'B.aue"r, I shoftld not credit him with the exalted- ptsefcfsT o-l Leonard Bonvicl? w wiith iim anrazlug temperament anfl. ■yef.satility of Tetesii ■ Carreno; still, i> ; ts e, y.fefy fif.B artist with a clever insight feitb the fttivks of the masters, and-a- groat interpreter ' ■ of such writers as-, Liszt and RaclnnaH' ' inoff, and other writers-of the -faaatfe school. It is a ra.ro ttea* to hear him . play Liszt's transcription of "Tlie- Erl: King." He niafce? tho keys fell thfe ' story in a moft. graph-)©-■manner, and : positively gives on.o a tferill at the; <M where the notes cty oiifc jii .pain-—-"(Cho '; child was dead!-" I