MISCHA LEVITZKI.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 145, 20 June 1931, Page 27 (Supplement)

MISCHA LEVITZKI.

Mischa Levitzki, who is at present captivating large audiences in Wellington' ™ in Sly® h is first concert next Thursday night at the Muncipal Concert Hall under the E. J. - Gravestock direction, and, as his visit has been eagerly anticipated in musical circles, very heavy booking Is expected next Monday when the box plans for the three concerts open at The Bristol. Levitzki’s selection of items for his first concert in Sydney aroused the admiration and enthusiasm of the crowded house to such a degree that the eminent pianist is presenting exactly the same programme for his first conJ n . Christchurch. Commenting on the choice of numbers the Sydnev “Sun” critic wrote: “The recent controversy whether a great artist is an educatoV or R n entertainer (and perhaps he is both) aroused curiosity regarding the programme, but a glance at the fare convinced that Levitski had caterer! splendidly for all classes.” Among the rS .r WII • )e the “Appassionata” Sonata, of which the same Sydney PO , te: . “ Levitz ki’s playing of the first and last movements made obvious (he reason why the work was named the when it was first heard in public. Ihe reading was in many respects original, and certainly it was invested with a bigness not generally heard. The Andante, both in melody and accompanying texture, was beautiful, and the transition to the Allegro was great art. Presto was developed wonderfully to a passionate climax.” Other numbers on the opening programme are the Bach-Tausig “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,” the GluckSgambEiti Orpheus Melodie,” the graceGU eb u ’ of Ravel, Liszt’s dazzling Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody, one J J^ Vlt f k 4/r S 4 ? wn compositions, Waltz in A Major,” and the following Chopin group—Nocturne in F Sham Minor, “Butterfly-' Etude, “Black Keys” Etude, WaJtz m A fiat, Op. G 4. No. 3, and Scherzo m C Sharp Minor. An alteration has been made in the second programme already announced. f °Y Mr Levitzki la substituting Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 (Schumann), ?A VOt i te -n> A x Ma J° r from “AJceste" (Gluck-Brahms) and Organ Prelude and Fugue In A Minor (Bach-Liszt) for the Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue (Bach) a £ d S° nata ln A Major, Op. 101 (Beethoven). The box plans will open on Monday morning at The Bristol.