Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-01-25 | Page 23 | Talented Harpist Coming

I 1 i i I I Talented Harpist Coming I I i 1 fr ti Alberto Salvi the youthful Italian genius of the harp who will be heard in concert at the Assembly Hall Friday evening January 30 promises many surprises for those who in the sheer melody of music I I Until Alberto Sal Salvi came to America the harp was scarcely considered considered considered con con- as a a. solo Instrument Salvi who will give the thir concert In Inthe inthe the tho Musical l Arts series January 30 has demonstrated the possibilities of or his Instrument in a. a fashion undreamed undreamed undreamed un un- un- un dreamed of ot by critics and public alike When the great Voltaire first heard the famous cellist Duport he exclaimed You have made a nightingale out of ot a a. bull When one of or our well known modern critIcs critics critics crit crit- ics first heard Salvi he remarked between astonishment and pleasure pleas pleas- ure uro You made have-made of or a celestial celestial celestial celes celes- zephyr the toned full music of all the spheres From all parts of af the country comes comment comment He He makes of his instrument a speaking voice He is an artist among artIsts artists artists art art- Salvi is the poet of the harp There Is no one in the concert field who can approximate his art For years rears the harp was used only In the orchestra and there was limited limited unIted lim un- to the production of a few tew ef effects effects er- er but hut Salvi has shown that the instrument can be a whole orchestra orches orches- tra in itself Critics all an over the country have hae been especially moved by the depth and range of at his tonal effects One says of or him Surely he Is the KreIsler of or the harp the Casals of ol the plucked strings OUter Others Other's OUt Oth er ers er's ers Salvis orchestral playing was again brilliantly exemplified In his hands the harp becomes a veritable spring of surprising and well-nigh well impossible beauties That the harp has been neglected neglect neglect- ed for So long In spite of its ts popularity popularity popularity pop pop- among the ancients may be due duC to the fact that it requires a technique and skill that has made it an even more difficult medium than tho cello To Too produce effects such as Salvi elicits from his harp requires a sheer physical dexterity that Is the result of ot years of or assiduous ous OUR devotion to practice and a high natural talent talen t as well Salvis Salvi's Salt Lake audience may anticipate one of the most delightful delight delIght- ful evenings of or their experience with such a program as he has ch sen for his concert Friday evening Besides Besides Besides Be Be- sides a number of ol the worlds world's most exquisite classics Salvi will play several melodies so well known and so popular as to be almost a part of af the life te of musical America The program follows 1 in B Flat Alvars 2 Rain in the Garden Salvi Debussy 3 Spanish Dance 4 Barcarole from Tales of ot Hoffman Hortman Of Salvi Offenbach-Salvi I 5 Ballade Intermission 6 Valse Brilliante Salvi 7 7 Fantasie Impromptu I Chopin Salvi 8 8 Italian Serenade Salvi 9 Danse des Sylphs Posse 10 Salvi Dvorak-Salvi 11 The Music Box I 12 Salvi