That Miss Wincia Tomaszewska is a very fine pianist in many respects does not require to be: formally, stated at any great length by the critic, since this would "be an Observation of the -most: obvious kind, With this creed. declared, then, it becomes permissible to add a few notes on her recital.
The possession of. ihe necessary prowess in pianísm, and its relegation to the background as a foregone conclusion, should be one off the stocks-in-trade of the concert piänist, and is with Miss Tomaszewaka. 1t is comforting, and a necessary adjunct to full enj ment, fo be able fo ease down in one's seat, realizing that-it will not be necessary to tremble with the performer, and content, in the knowledge that the means will always be adequate to "serve their appointed ends. As a result, a di traction should be removed, while the important profit to be expected is that the music can better be Savoured, The main criticism of Mis Tomaszewska's recital was that a distraction did exist, but that it was certainly not due to technical shortcomings. Quite on the contrary. It is a paradox that abundant possession, in her case, of the very means which should provide the basis for a better appreciation of the music, was just that which often prevailed as a barrier.
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