CELLINI-ZACHAREWITSCH-CIMARA CONCERT.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 141, 16 June 1924, Page 5

CELLINI-ZACHAREWITSCH-CIM-ARA CONCERT.

The Cellini-Zacharewitsch^Ciniara vocal and instrumental party deserved a larger audience on Saturday evening at their final concert in the Town Hall. The enthusiasm with which each soloist was greeted was fitting at the farewell appearance of three such gifted artists. Zacharewitsch, the Polish violinist, gave as his principal item the chef d'oeuvre from his repertoire, Tschaikowsky's Concerto in D Major, the orchestral transcription for the pianoforte being admirably played by M. Pietro Cimara: This famous concerto, which is'somewhat unusual in structure, consisting of a single movement: instead of the orthodox three or four, was played by Zacharewitsch at Odessa when he was in his early 'teens, the conductor of the orchestra being the composer himself. The work is based upon a simple tßeme, and an outstanding feature is the difficult cadenza, which exhausts practically all the fingerboard and bowing technique of the instrument. The solo' performer left no doubt as to his accomplishment. As an encore number he gave, the Turkish March from "The Ruins of Athens" (Beethoven). Violinist^and pianist also co-operated in the Cesar Franck Sonata in A Major, of which they gave a satisfactory' rendering. Other violin ' eoli were .Schubert's. "Aye Maria" and a .Rondo by. Mozart, and the recall items included the wild "Dervishes Dance", from "The Ruins of Athens," and the .violinist's own compositions "Imagination" and "The Ashgrove." The vocalist, Lenghi Cellini, was in fine voice in the tenor aria, "II Sogno," from the opera "Maron Cescant" /(Massenet), and in the "Flower Song" from "Carmen." Particularly fine was the bracket with which he opened the second portion of the programme-^— "M'par adire. ancpra," from "The Pearl Fishers," and ,_D ai campi dai prati," from Boito's "Mefistofele." The encore selection, "Vesti la Guibba," from "Pagliacci," was passionately sung, and very popularly received. Goring Thomas' "The Willow" aiiu M. Cimara's little eong, 'The Chimes of Malines," were an acceptable pair of lighter solos presented later in the programme. As pianoforte sob the . accompanist played artistically an arrangement of the "Hymn to the Sun ' from Mascagni's opera "Iris," and as an encore piece "Dance dcs Sylphs" (Catalini). The concluding item was Schubert's Serenade, delightfully treated by the trio, M. Zacharewitsch playing a violin obbligato arranged by M Cimara.