'Cello
HEN the Australian Musica Viva players were lately in New Zealand we were very much impressed with the power and authority of their ‘cellist, Theo Salzman. Mr. Salzman has now been again here, this time playing solos. I heard a number of his broadcasts, and the public performance with the National Orchestra of the Dvorak ’Cello Concerto, and I am more and more enthralled with his playing. The concerto was a magnificent piece of work, It is te my mind ane of Dvorak’s very finest
compositions, one in which his inspiration does not flag. Mr. Salzman’s playing was most exciting; he gave the first and third movements an abundance of dash and fire, while in the slow movement, and in the magical page
where, just before the close of the finale, Dvorak relaxes into calm contentment, his beautiful tone floated over the orchestra. The latter played excellently, though tempos in the last movement were not always in agreement with the soloist. The most notable items in Mr. Salzman’s studio broadcasts were perhaps the Bach unaccompanied sonatas, always a test of a ’cellist. Not only does the music need a master to handle it but most listeners know the Casals’ recordings, one of the finest sets of records ever produced. Mr. Salzman was at his best in them, for his variety of tone and treatment, as well as his more than adequate technique, allowed the music itself to appear through the notes-which happens only when these sonatas are handled by a musician.
D.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 10
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254'Cello New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 10
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