PADEREWSKI’S TRIUMPH.
FAMOUS PIANIST BESIEGED. There are special characteristics at a Paderewski concert that, belong to no other recital. These, which are seen at Queen's Hall, London, are: A crush of motor-cars in Langham Place like that at a fashionable wedding. A crowd as smartly dressed as that at Goodwood. Stalls and grand circle packed at; a guinea a seat. The house crowded in every other part, hut not a soul in the orchestra seats. (The pianist will have no one near him.) No manufacturer’s name on the pianoforte or on the programme. No charge for the programme. A quarter of an hour’s suspense before the pianist appears. Terrific enthusiasm after each item. i A general siege of the platform at the end of the concert. Half a dozen “encores” from the pianist—-but not one smile. M. Paderewski’s performance of the Schumann _ “Carneval” was poetical and cyclonic by turns, but wholly masterly, and the “Funeral” Sonato of C-hopin was quite inimitable.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3720, 4 January 1913, Page 10
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161PADEREWSKI’S TRIUMPH. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3720, 4 January 1913, Page 10
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