Most Successful Concert on Sunday Sunday night's performance of the Municipal Orchestra was undoubted ly.one of the most successfuleof the season. The large audience, with strong Chinese element, was obvious-the two. principal features of the ly drawn to the Canton Theatre by
programme—the Mozart Concerto, {and the works on Chinese themes by the local composer, Aron Avshalomoff To take the programme item by item: the Air de Ballet "Dardan: by Rameau, given its first performance in Shanghai was, if one ex. cludes the pleasant little "Alr vit," hot particularly exciting.
The piano part of Mozart's con-cerro in D_ minor, embellished by Gasella's cadenzas was skilifally rendered by Miss Dora Trachenberg, he of Maestro Pacis pupils, con:
dering the difficulty of doing full Justice to Mozart's compositions—in which every note counts, the applause accorded Miss Trachtenberg's efforts was well deserved.
Mr, Avshalomoff's works occupied the Whole of the second part of the Programme, The descriptive sym-Photip hsieh vu Hutunes of Pex ing," recently composed in Shanghai and now performed for the frst! Hindson's excellent analytical notes time, was fully described in C.L.
accompanying the programme.
'The sketch was based on Chinese themes, including street vendors' cries, faneral music and folk so the|If a' few of these, re-stated in the notes already" referred. to, were! Griginated by' the composer himself, they "sounded '29 characteristically Chinese as to be indistinguishable from the lectual native themes. 'The use of the Chinese pentatonic scale, on which Chinese melodies are based, find' the inclusion in. the archest tion of numerous Chinese percuss instruments—though "often instruments of torture to light. sleepers where performed "solo" in the early hours of the morning—subseribed to the unique aspect of this extremely Interesting work, The "Lwo. Songs for Female Voices with Orchestral Accompaniment," also a first performance and excellently rendered by the chorus of Chinese ladies, were really first class, and given singers of the same capabilities and nationality, could not fail to "bring down the' house"
for America, aay of the beat concert in Europe performed ug the previous concert season, farther use was made of wood block, tong, Chinese drums and cymbalo Creating. a. delight pangemontam of sound effects which entirely Pelled the. somewhat "melascha thoughts engendered. by the fourth cof the song rendered some fen wrap myself up in a counterpane nnd burst into flood of teats "An excellent concert. for which Maestro Paci, the orchestra," and foleists should receive the warmest
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