THE CHERNIAVSKYS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 3

THE CHERNIAVSKYS

. A BRILLIANT TRIO. -Thoso popular, and talented Russian instrumentalists, the Cherniavsky Brothers, returned to the Grand Opera House last evening "to gladden a moder-ately-numerous audience with their art. Tlioy stand ,out prominently in our dstiniation oil account of the uncommon affinity ' that. exists between them as trio players, which as far as Now Zea--1 land-, is coricerned is'a lost art. Last evening they delighted their' auditors with a very, lino exposition of Haydn's No. 1 Trio; a very beautiful work, consisting of 'three _ movements : of the brightest contradistinction. in character.' ITie stately and melodious, andante "was played with faro suavity and unanimity, and the accentuatkiii and verve of tho pdeo adagio cantabile movement gavo full scope for the fiery Cherniavsky temperament, wliicli is so" important a factor in 'the,pjaying of these artists. There was. a'grace and feeling, too, in their interpretation of the rondo.- "As an encore they played the "Moment ; .Musical" of' Schubert, with that vivacity and delicacy now familiar to their regular patrons. The trio were heard to advantage in the Arennsky , "Trio in D Major," which opens with an ifleffably 6ad "allegro modcrato" movement, in which the strmgs arc muted; This movement was played ill a manner that brought out the appealing sentiment of the sombre theme in a. telling fashion. Thar© is brilliant, work for the pianist in the scherzo 1 movement of this trio, which found a capable exponent in Mr. Jan Cherniavsky. "The inevitable encor® produced Mendejssolin's eternally fresh "Spring Song." The solo work of the trio was equally satisfying. Mr. Miscliel Cherniavsky", the 'cellist, exhibited rare beauty of tone in Gui's "Cantabile," grave-delicacy in a lovely old "Gavotte ' cf Bach (unaccompanied), and a' nervy regard for tho sharply-accented • and eccentrically-timed "Apache Dance" of Van Biene. Schubert's "Weigenli«l" was exquisitely played as an encore.' Mr. Jan Cherniavsky selected a bracket of Chopin, consisting of. his "Nocturne in E Major," "Studio in C Minor," the familiar "Black Key Study,and the brilliant "Polonaise in. A Major," all of which ho played with fine artistry,though scarcely with his accustomed brilliance of style. Towards the end of the second number a wire snapped in the Chappell grand, and a nerve-wrack-ing jangle .followed until the unfaithful metal was removed. The oncore'was a Chopin "Prelude," a littlo pianissimo gem,:. delightfully played. Mr. Leo Cherniavsky, the violinist, played with appealing intensity And passion the "Serenade Melanclioliquo" of Tschpikowsky, exhibited rare tonal qualities and some clean double-stopping in Kreisler's "Caprice Viennois," and admirable oxecutive virtues m Wieniawski's "Polonaise, Brilliante." He was doubly encored, and played tho sweet "Imagination" (Zacharavitch) and Kreisler's "Waltz." At this evening's concert tho Chorniavokys aro to play Grieg's "Peer JjTftV- suite (in four