MISCHA ELMAN

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2194, 6 July 1914, Page 6

MISCHA ELMAN

FINAL CONCERT AUDIENCE CHEERS THE VIRTUOSO Misclin Klni.ui who mi (omplon h established his dominion out'the Wellington public 11 t'( ItIWII 11 -ill 111 Thursday evening aUi..<tul mi mid.eiicc that lilli'd ni irlt inn c.it in 'he big aiiditoriiini on '•ituiii.n t toning The recital was m..iki I In the litilast oiiUiusi.ism tliiouj'li'iiu .ind it the eonelusion of the prolamine tin; hugo assemblage spout in, iti-lt burst mlS> dicers, marking the inddilik ipipie,sion that tho tenng liu ■.nn iirtuwu bad made upon the htuia ind mind' of those present In l.is superb .iruitn and amazing temperament il (iiijlit'c;. In his hands the \iol 'i becnines n thing of life. A poet niX)sliopin«ing the moon, a lo\ei .ipjieahng to his mistress, a njniph ot Aread\ ■sporting in tho dawn Miii'-luiio., a <liilcJ ir\ing in the night, a bin Htiir.ung \,rtorious from the fn\, r. mother ciooning her babe to slot p- tliv. ire tlm thoughts ilischa l.ln an and us Strad Kuggost to l'to auditor 'there .-ro thoughts—hundreds of them, indeed— conveyed by J'dman that t annoi 3'e given expression to in coll print It, was Kdgar All in '\x> who siul that '•music, w'he'i tomfuiud With a pica surablo idea, is pootr\ , musi" without the idea, is simph music "' which in i measure, delines the jili'ies ot beautiful thought that pass swiltei than a weaver's shuttle, t hen the iioetle idea awakens the ionl in tie music oi tho mastei'3. The programme ol Siturdaj evening was highl\ delectable 'llio nrtuoso opened with the glonoits 'Concerto in K Minor" of Meiide'ssohn (Op Gl), which ho playd 6upcrbh, prcdui"ing its every niood nitli wonderfu! charm and vnaeitj, a'lc iiieeting c.en technical demand with a sruHith.iess and linish at once ilr hope and dispairof tliostudint I'he Aiidantcmotctr.cnt, familiar to ottrtone, was nucsled with a serenity i>rd huautj ot tone and feeling that ehti meed, pud the Waco Unale found the nrti't a tnesler of light and sparkling cheets. In respon c to the "bis" which tollottcd. Mr I3l.ti.iii plavcd ono ot JHidelssohn's 'bong: Without Words ' a loautilul an that held tho house enthralled. Anotnc-- raro treat was tlm Gluck 'Melodic," pk-tcd with a wealth ol poetic feeling, and tho grotesque and intne.itp "i'ohniiife" of AVieniawski, the diflictilties ef wind were made light o. bj *he gifted plater Hecallcd, ho pla>od Ins own lrrangement of Schub"rt's "Wcuenlied, ' in which (as in tho Stanche.i") he hotts that his talent 'n this direction is in keeping with Ins standing is a tiolin virtuoso. The arniigcni"iit is not ono likolv to become popular on accou.it of its diihcultics. I'ollot mg tho first phase comes it bnllia.it cidoii7.", winch leads to a repetition of tho entire air in harmonies 'jJio puntt of Elm.in's harmonics is ,-. s nirce of unending amazement and delight to all violinists, and in tho "Wcigcidiod" cadi note r of pearlino swoM:i"ss and ilrutt, and pulsates with Iho tcut'oiest t-elrng a second encoro produced tho dim*\ and sparkling "Sehon Posun.iron" In tho second half .Mi«ch.' Elnnn liluyed bnlliantlv tho "JUndo Ciponnoso" «it Saint-Saens, and, to the delight of all, played the "Air tor (i Slung," b\ Uai'li, as an ciuoit II there is oi o liumlior more tlian enothei 'it which tho public will hold the memorj of Misclia Klman deal it will i>o the Tsacli "Air." Such breadth ami diptli of tone, so cvenlt siisltnicd, and literalh a-soh with eiiiotion. has neter been heard before in '\ elliiit,ton "> lie final bracket included tho c>ol nnd plicidh beautiful "Nocturne m V. J'lil" of Chopin, arranged b\ S.iiasnte ihe entrpneing "Vogel elii- Proolnt" (f-clin-iiiiiim-Aucri), aluc with the twitter nnd Gongs of the birds, a melodious "Loto Bong" of Sainmartiin (arranged In Elman), and tho nil-demanding ' Zigour.erwcisen," oi Sarnsite 'Ibis enoimously diflieult wo.k was pl.ifd with such exhilarating brdlnnco that the audience stood up nntf cheered the littb man. who acknottledger) the complime'it smilingly, anil responded with i dchnhtful reading ol rak's "llumoresejUo.' 1 Mdlle. Eva fiautliiT Mibmitted somo beautiful songs that noiO r,nito aboto the heads of tlio .uidienco, Dobiifsj's music is dillicult to sing or plat, end to tho uninitiited dillicult to understand, but us it is gi.ulua'lt becoming familiar to miisie-lo.eis in Europe icspecl for this J'.ir.snn eompiser is increasing. His opcratu hUe<eiHs hato been "lj'Enfant Prodipve" and "Pi'lhas and llclisandc '" both i-.tid to be l.islin'-t with poetic charm Mdlle fiautluer tang an aria lroin llio tirst-n tnif d ojer.i on Saturday, and .it once it was seen that tho same indis<ont musical fjinlilies that aro appucrt in his music fir tho pianoforte are erilxidied in his tocal scores. Tho an* was delight full) 6iing, Mdlle.'s llute-likp me//o mice, li el' expression, and 1-witless enunciation, giving full me'iiing to etert void &1h nlso sang a "Romance" In Debuts), "J'ai Pleuro en Rote" h\ Georges Hue (lost sung her b\ John M Cormack) and Chopin's "1/Gisclci," ( lot'lj song, which finds its climm in .i brilliant cadenza, followed b\ .i Mistmnod t.ill, and ending in an I'lieommon thronat'c run down tho scale executed with and facility bv the nnisKiuilt and highly intelligent, singer Her encoies were "Loto iias.Eto.s' (Arne), ' Still .is tho Night," and "Oi. the lioiiii't n-.nhs of I.och honiond " Mdlle. (iautlner, who was daintily gowned, wore i purple wig, which certainl - , (I'd not detraei, from tlie handsome nr-seiue of the. singer. fCrhn figures as one of the ablest .lceoi.'p.-msts herd in Wellington, and lis l oik in the Concertos will be remembered for us incisive correctness and oitistu restraint. X FAREWELL CONCERT Those in Wellington who hr.io not had the oppoituuitt of hearing Mi6cha Klman during lirs nrcscit season, and a great many who iin-e, will ho plea>ed to learn thai the mmiagemeiu has arranged to gito t Jarewll concert at tho Totvu Hall on Thuriehu otenmg, Ju!v 23.

in the meantime Mr. El.uaii v-M bo heard in Auckland, jViuouin. Timani, Cliristcluirch, ai.'l Napier. On the dav Riiccpoding tho tinal conceit in Wi'llmutnn tho company will leaic Joi Sidney direct.