KREISLER’S COMING VISIT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19505, 13 June 1925, Page 9

KREISLER’S COMING VISIT.

The famous violinist Kreisler will give one recital at llis Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin, on Tuesday, June 1(5, under the direction of Mr 15. J. Carroll. An individual possessing a supreme gift holds it iu trust for humanity, for it is only of service either to himself or others if he shares it. It is impossible, for instance, to conceive Kreisler either possessing or perfecting his powers for his sole pleasure. The value of such an artist’s lifetime, therefore, consists in his ability to give to the largest possible number of people the pleasure (hat is at his command. It is the sympathy and delight of the great audiences which stimulate to tho highest perfection any kind of art, and the eminence and utility of this groat man is in proportion to tho number of people he has charmed. Thus although Kreisler may not have been known iu person to New Zealanders until he came amongst them his art has boon familiar through the medium of the many records he has made for tho gramophone. Thousands who have never sec him piny have nevertheless heard him. To his immediate artistic predecessors such audiences as lie commands would have been impossible, and the influence on taste and musical thought is therefore immeasurable. To have heard the wonder of his playing in the privacy of one's drawing room is to have shared his gift. To see and to hear such a master musician is a privilege that may now be bad. Tinman curiosity and interest in persons of world eminence arc insatiable, for imagination aids one iu visualising the scenes of Kroisier's innumerable triumphs, tho vast, audiences in the artistic capitals of the world, the honours that have been showered on him, the delight that ho has given to (ho myriads who have sat spellbound beneath his magic bow, the music pictures lie lias made for them, the stories lie has told with his wonderful violin, the linked sweetness of his musical message. Having seen Kreisler himself admirers will go back to the records iu (heir homes wirn a new interest and with even greater attachment, not only to the deathless gems from his own how but for the jewelled lines he has himself written for others to play. The general box plan for the 15s seats is now open at tlie Bristol. There is also a limited number of choice guinea scats still available. Owing to the big demand for seats (he management wishes to impress on intending patrons not to delay their reservations, so avoiding disappointment.