pianiste of unusual ability was discovered to Shanghai at the Town. Hull on Sunday evening, the person of Mme. Vera IChernieskaja, soloist of the first Jof the seaxon's Symphony Con-jeerrs. Obviously uncertain of her reception by the very largo audience, nervousness. characterized 'A" Minor, for Piano with Orchestra. The very yntancous applause which greeted! this, however, put and jin the succeeding, displayed a most musi standing of the concerto, 50 muck s0 that her auditors were not content until she responded with an encore. It was here, in the Liszt setting of Schubert's "Der Exikoenig," that, inspired by the bond of sympathy between audience and performer, Mme. Chernieskaja revealed the ful measure of her artistry, her brilliant technique duly subordinated to con. suromate interpretation, the concluding notes bringing forth little short of an ovation. Seldom has the: orchestra 0, skilfully accompanied:
soloist as in the Grieg Cunecrto last evening.
The strict! orchestral portion of the programme left little or nothing to be desired. Maestro Paci domin" ated the musicians who, in turn, re-[stonded to his magnetism as one man, conveying the impression of a performer upon a single instrument, Hatvorsen's Suite (in the Old Style) wag exquisitely rendered. The very programme, itself, was cunningly conceived, the Grieg Concerto end, more particularly, Mme Chernieskala's happy selection of "Der Erlkoenig," i serving to prepare us for the dominating note of fatalism and death of Tschaikow: sky's Sixth Symphony. Well named
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