Show Harold Bauer Is a q Great Great t Painter r of Tone Pictures r I By J GORDON H. H PIA PLACE PLACE Harold Bauer ia Is a a. painter of tone pictures and as a w such can caD rank with the tho gr greatest of ot those whoso whose implements are brushes bruh 8 palettes oils and ca canvas vu Tho The pictures pie he be paints are are- upon tho the hoart heart and upon the finest sensibilities and emotions onto emo I of his hearers hearon and while whilo his tone pictures cannot live as aa long as the picture pic- pic lures ture ores upon canvass canvas ean they will win continue continuo warm and bright in the hearts of his hearers until they will have no further u use e for pleasant memories It has baa been said that so long as u ire we have Bauer to interpret Chopin we still havo have Chopin This sentiment dominated tho the audience at the Salt Lake theatre last lut night when the modern master gave in a a wonderful demonstration of tonal anal power and ond delicacy of shading tho the Chopin Sonata in B Minor His treatment of this groat number differed in several sc respects from irom that which has become conventional but the differences wore to the disadvantage of the accepted accepted ac as asce ce tad styles The development of the principal and subsidiary themes s with the tho left let hand making t them hem stand out ont clearly and distinctly distinctly dis dig but hot not obtrusively was a a. strikingly strikingly strikingly artistic and finished n feature of this number Th The audience expressed its delight with this number In n a 8 manner that could not be bo misunderstood and Bauer r responded with a Chopin waltz which was equally delightful The Fantasia in G C Minor pro pro- Mo Mozart Mozart Mo- Mo was tho the introductory number Bauers Bauer's 5 wonderfully sustained s singing nE tones tones' his consummate art and his indi individuality of expression and treatment were displayed 10 to o fine advantage and whetted the appetite appetites of the audience for more In Schumann Schumann's s 's Carnival he heeran ran the gamut of excitement and and sustained interest The Tho carnival theme was developed developed de de- de- de d in an an exquisite manner manne with tho the left hand band while whilo the brilliant runs mans that marked d the 0 number member came amo with the cr cry cry- tal clearness and musical purity of crt a iI t shower of spray from a 8 mountain tor rent r C Tho C Tho Cuckoos Cuckoo by Da Daquin uin was an n r 1 exquisite gem in in which the daintiness an and delicacy of treatment wore fully rl rland satisfying Minuet l t in T. T Flat b by Beethoven and Impromptu u in G il d b by Schubert hu ert were equally well received t The Thet t personal treatment by the artist placing hint him definitely as a masterly interpreter interpreter interpreter in in- of the classics classic was given tho the L t. h most intense attention I f Th The Tho bac background to tho the melodic theme in in Liszt I s 's Au Bord Dord d dUno Uno Una 8 Source was a a. striking example of the artists artist's command of tonal values i The Tho last pro program number was a Hun llan Hungarian lIun garian ri an Dance Danco Dance 1 by b Brahms s a 8 big scintillating acin gem m filled fined with tho the color of the bright ro robes s of the tho dancers lancers fla flashing bing I 1 back the glow of tho firelight ht and echoing echo- echo I I in ing tho the intense pleasure of oC tho tho to dancers f This was followed by bv an encore a a. Men Men- I scherzo th that t left tho the audience iloth r i loth to break thin tho spell the tho artist had 1 cast capt over over them therm by the magic of his art i Bauer Bauern s playing is clear and well de de- fined There is nothing of haste or of confusion His understanding of tonal values his hUt power t to bring out ont subtle shadings an ana hidden beauties is marvel marvel- ous Each separate tone stands out with tho the clearn clearness of the facet of a a. diamond but it is warmed and humanized and arid brought straight to to the heart of the tho listener listener lis lis- tener tenor by a peculiar quality duality of art that 6 seems ems to be bo most highly developed Cio bythe by bythe the artist |