JASCHA HEIFETZ.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 190, 11 August 1921, Page 7

JASCHA HEIFETZ.

ANOTHER GREAT RECITAL

Rehire a crowded and highly appreciative audience in the Town Hall last ni-ht the <rifted Russian violinist Jaseha Heifetz gave his penultimate recital of the season. Tumultuous enthusiasm greeted tlie famous artist before and after his splendid playing. and at the close of the evening Heifetz was wildly cheered and recalled several time* tie opened witli Max Brueh/s "Scotch F-m----tasie,"' which received a reading unfolding its manifold beauties and varied character. The initial movement was given with breadth of phrasin" and rich timbre: the scales and double 'stopping of the Allegro were executed with abaiH don and purity of intonation, whilst the Andante was rendered with charm of expression and a beautifully sustained tone, and great skill and freedom of bow and finger marked the delivery of the Finale. C'amille SainLSaens' "introduction and Rondo Capprieeioso" was effectively presented. The Andante received a very expressive interpretation, the artist heard every decree, worked out every phrase, and knew what effect he wished to produce and how to obtain it. In the Allegro its ever-varying changes of legato and staccato, chords, embellishments, and diatonic and chromatic progressions were treated as trifles, whilst the closing Piu Allegro in A major was executed with a swiftness of fingerin" and lightness of bowing which astounded all beholders. After this remarkable exhibition of finished violin playing Heifetz was the recipient of four demonstrative recalls. Handel's Larghetto was rendered in a broad and elevated style, and Haydn's "Vivace"' was given with great rapidity and fluency. In the Mozart-Kreislcr "Rondo"' the violinist amazed with his marvellous showy execution, and the bird-like tones drawn from tho instrument, whilst he treated the intricacies of the cadenzas and double stopping of the finale with wonderful skill and absolute tonal purity. Very gracefully and charmingly executed was the Dvorak-Krcisler Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, which was made to sing_ as though two vocalists were delivering the music. Sarasate's admirable setting of Spanish folk songs, with their sudden changes of mood, tempo, and rhythm, received an unfolding which- delightfully expressed the piquant melodies and Spanish atmosphere, and terminated a concert which will long be remembered M. Chotzinotr played the pianoforte parts in a musicianly manner. To-morrow evening Heifetz gives his farewell recital, and will be heard in Lalo's Symphonic Espagnob* ". op '1 Bach's "Air," Kreisler's" "Tambourine." Lhinois, and in works by Elgar, Tschaikowsky, "Weber, and Wieniawski".