KREISLER'S THIRD CONCERT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 133, 8 June 1925, Page 11

KREISLER'S THIRD CONCERT.

PLAYS AGAIN IN AUGUST. Last Saturday evening the third and final concert of the Kreisler season was given by the famous violinist in the Town lia.ll. The spacious auditorium and choir scats were filled with a large and expectant audience, and throughout the great master was listened to witli nipt attention and delight. Aucklanders an.' specially well trained regarding violin music and appreciate fully the work of a master performer. Since August Witheling appeared in the Choral Hall some four decades past, the star violinists visiting this city have been many, including such artists as Camilla L'rso, Eduar.l Remenyi, tlvide Musin, -lan Kubelik, Mischa Klman, Hugo Hcerman, Jascha lleifetz, Tostii Soidel, Marie Hall, Daisy Kennedy, Michael Piastro, Bessie Doyle, Karl i'ranck, Leo Cherniavsky, and many others not quite so famous, yet accomplished violinists, and now to crown them all, Fritz Kreisler has arrived and performed and everybody is delighted with his art and fine musicianship. The master violinist had a great night on Saturday and played magnificently from first to last. He was _ heartily recalled after each contribution, and very warmly ovated at the conclusion of the jierformance, and played extra solos before final leave was taken. Greig's "Sonata in C Minor" for violin and pianoforte was given in style which revealed its melodic charm by both artists. The unique richness "of the Allegro was charmingly unfolded, the reading of the "Romanza'' was a triumph of delicacy and refinement, whilst an animated and telling delivery was secured of the Allegro. The intermediate section received a broad and ideal performance. Peter Tschaikowsky's violin "Concerto op 35," composed during 1878, which is an exacting work, and one of the most appreciated compositions for the violin because of its adaptability to the instrument, received a masterful and memorable interpretation. The initial movement was played with rare flexibility of bow and finger, every phrase, scale passage, extended interval, ' and double stop receiving the full significance demanded liy the music, whilst the performance of the cadenza was a splendid display of skilful exaction. The Canzonetta was expressed in tones of exquisite sweetness and a vivacious, bright and bravura delivery was obtained, of the finale. The cantabilo pieces played during the second half of the programme were exquisitively rendered ana thoroughly appreciated. After his Do minion tour Kreisler opens in Melbourne, and nn his way back to America by the Niagara arrangements have been marie for another concert on Monday evening, August 3, in the .Town Hall.