WILHELM BACKHAUS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 39, 14 August 1930, Page 5

WILHELM BACKHAUS

Wilhelm Backhaus, the worlcl-famec pianist who recently delighted great audi ences of Wellington's most discerning music-lovers with his exquisite artistry will open his brief return season of twe concerts to-night in the Town Hall, and judging by the 'interest that is being dis played, there will be a large audience tc greet the eminent musician. A i.very fin< .programme has been selected for to-night'f recital, and. the composer^ represented on it are Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin Liszt, and Debussy. Special interest at .tache's to the Debussy group—Dun Cahiei d'Esquiesses, La Kile aux cheveux de lin La Cathedrale engloutie, Minstrels, anc Jardins sous la pluie—for this will be the first occasion that Wellington has hearc Backhaus play any Debussy compositions When Backhaus gave a number of De bussy items recently in Paris the critics were loud in their praises of his interpre tations.. The "Waldst'eiu"' and th( "Pathetique" are the two Beethoven Son atas selected, and Brahms will be repre sented by the Rhapsody in G minor. The Chopin group will comprise the Fan taisie Impromptu, Impromptu in I sharp, and three studies from opus 25— No. 10 in B minor, No. 5 in E minor, anc No. II in A minor—and Waldesrauschei *and La Campanella are the two Liszi numbers. The box plan for the two re citals is at the Bristol.