Show Large Crowd Listens in A Awe we to Great Playing of J It has hila been beon well wen said that there Is but one That Salt Lake Lako socially an and musically recognIzed the fact tact and the honor thrust upon them b by the appearance of ot that matchless artist was evidenced by tho the size and personnel of ot the audience that eagerly greeted tho the world worl renowned pianist and composer Friday evening in the Tabernacle The immense auditorium which as a general thing thine- is far ar too largo for tor high-class high evening entertainments entertainments entertain entertain- ments meats was comfortably filled Ulle which means that several thousand people were assembled to listen to one of the greatest musicians of at tho the age ago Nothing can bo be said salu that has hils not been well said 1911 over and over again bearing upon the man musician man musician anti and artist His looks and characteristics hi his hair and the bow bow all all allare are strongly marked When he lie scats seats himself at the instrument over which he reigns supreme all feelings vanish but one ond of ot awe and reverence re for tor his There Thero are some Home to whom tho the piano does not appeal as other instruments but under tho the magic mas-Ie touch of ot Ignaco It seems to give forth enchanted strains never to be forgotten The program was well weB selected and well calculated to bring out all of tho the wonderful genius and marvellous technique technique technique tech tech- of ot which the performer was wag pos possessed possessed pos pos- The selection by the Tabernacle choir from tram the tho Messiah Lift Up Your Tour Heads was tho the first number of the evenings evening's program which was closel closely followed b by the appearance of at the hero of at the evening which was emphasized em em- Jm- Jm by a a. crash of at chords that Under un un- der del less skillful lingers fingers would have been lather trying an and led up to theone theone the tho one composition of at the evening b by himself and played for the time Variations time Variations and und Fugue ue Op 2 23 3 That it was wal a u. Wonderful composition of or ofa ofa a a. great master was acknowledged showing the tho stormy temperament ament and intensity of at the tho composer interpreter Inter inter- preter After the first 16 IE minutes it grew rather mOI monotonous and the great change was apparent In the next number number num num- ber from Crom rota Beethoven Sonata Op On 2 27 No o. o 1 E B flat fiat with sith its delicate tender strains and melody that marks that gr greatest of the tho old masters Tho The group by Schubert Liszt rt were t perfectly In in- in In the Auf Aut dem Oem Vas Waster Wasser er zu u uSingen Singon Singen Singing Water Vater In which the right hand hon played the accompaniment and the left carried the melody 0 of the song bong the singing and rippling of ot the water was almost apparent The with ith Its dramatic pathos was I simply exquisite The only encore of or the Ue evening e was given ghen after the latter number which was was The Spinning Song from Tho The Flying Dutchman by Wagner To many the group of ot Chopin selections selections selections were the tho most satisfactory factor of at the the- evening while th the favorite Rhapsodic Hons No 13 b by List LIstz was vehemently vehemently menU applauded The program was well nigh perfect and enough for tor an any audience for or one one evening ening There was Just one feeling of dl disappointment disappointment dis dis- appointment and that was the absence of ot tho the famous minuet which more than any auy of or his compositions has won the composer e ing lag fame and has been compared fa favorably a- a with similar works or s of Mozart rt and arid has lost nothing In comparison with tho the ol old masters Summing up tho the evenings evening's entertainment It ft was an nn un unexcelled unexcelled unexcelled un- un excelled feast of at the tho worlds world's best and highest his class music interpreted b by one of the greatest living musicians th the wonder and depth of 01 whoso whose genius grow more and more apparent t s the ev evenings evening's program plo progressed to the successful finale C C. C C. S S. |