and violinist respectively, played ani almost empty house on Saturday Qvening. There is no question that, heard in more intimate and congenial surroundings, a fur better im-Pression of their perfgrmarce had boon derived. As it was, each rer vealed himself as a serious musician Whose work commands respectful attention. Of the two, Robert]
Kitain, at the piso, has the greater claim to artistry. Labouring under he double handicap of a most unsympathetic instrament ard of the adverse acoustic conditions whic' ever obtain in an auditorium but partially filled, he nerve theless proved himself a tot more] than usual merit, choosing to be Feard in the Bach-Busoni "Chacon. fe," the Liszt setting of Wagner's HIsolde's Liebestod," Liszt's "Sonets of Petrarce," and the Sais Liszt "Danse Macabre." to a dearee.
"Prilles de Diable' (Tertini-Kreister), the Andante of Lalo's Spanish Symphony, a Bach-Kreisler Gavotte, Kreisler's adapt ation of Dvorak's Slavonic Danes, No. 2 (E. minor), and the "Theme and Variations" f Paganini were each in a measure satisfying, yet not completely so. broke out on Saturday morning in.a Chinese shop in the French Concession, at the corner of Rue Hue and Rue clu Consular, but vas exticguisted as soon as the Fire Brigade arrived on the scene.
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