PADEREWSKI.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 6

PADEREWSKI.

Paderewski's opening concert in the Melbourne Auditorium is thus referred to by the Melbourne "Argus": "Paderewski honours Melbourne by visiting it, and the city honours itself by honouring him Th* huge crowd which filled th Auditorium to overflowing last night for the opening concert w;as not only a tribute to a prince of pianists—it was also a proof of that deep love of music at its best, which .sometimes seems to be hidden below the tiurface, but which. makes itself manifest m answer to some specially stirring call, .faderewski occupies a unique place in the world of music. His claim rests upon his genius for investing what he plays with the true romantic spirit; he holds the interest of his hearers in a perfectly uncanny manner. His is riot the empty perfection ot the mere technician. Indeed, he sometimes, yfith exhilarating results, indulges a fine careless rupture at which a pedant might easily boggle. There are times whe» Paderewski is a law unto himself- he sometimes uses his mighty left hand for rhythmic and percussion effects without any exaggerated scrupulosity. What gives ite charm to this proceeding is the conviction in the mind of the hearer that it springs from that same vitality which s fn pl^i^ mo. St welcol"e eI«"«it w S. ade.rewskl s entrancing art." The Wellington season is limited to two recitals in the large Town Hall, on Thursday and Saturday, 9th and 11th June.