BEETHOVEN

Evening Star, Issue 19583, 15 June 1927, Page 4

BEETHOVEN

CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS “There is nothing in-common between the passionate, proud, and believing hero, whose grace is so pointed in its violence, and the mediocre herd at his feet, or the barbarians who tilt their peaky nose in his presence. Ho is ■done of his kind. Ho one equals him, hut he does not flatter himself. Over his shpulder he throws a look like a Wcon at all that surrounds him, a look which turns in a circle above the heads of these poor people. Let them turn, then, around his pedestal or pass without seeking him. He, he has lived; he does live.” Thus spake Saures in an address on the Colledhe of Verochia, but his remarks could have been well offered to the person of Beethoven. Yes, ho truly lives, our great Beethoven. His masterpieces, brought forth in sorrow after the Biblical law, have led him through sadness and suffering, even to the possession of this earth. Tho musical gathering for the centenary (His Majesty’s Theatre, Mondavi is on an immense scale, and the works chosen will worthily celebrate Beethoven. The ■ box plan is at The Bristol, where souvenir programmes are on salo. The theatre will he decorated.