-.. At the conclusion of Chevalier de Kontski's concert at the City Hall on September 28, he performed for the first time in public Schulnoffs 'Galop de-Bravura,' upon a piano having the keyboard covored with a' piece of flannel doubled \ four times, and considering the difficulty of the composition he came out of the ordeal very satisfactorily. The octave, \g chords,. and scale ; passages were played with great' rapidity, and clearness, and were generally correob, while the whole rendering Berved.well to display the aged pianist's 5 extraordinary;. powers., of execution, and thorough; command., over every technical■ difficulty.. Of ; course lie received rapturous applause ab tho conclusion. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10252, 2 October 1896, Page 3 (Supplement)
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