The fifth Concert of the season at the Shanghai American School, presented by the Baer-Wittenberg-Schoenbach Trio with Robert Rose, as baritone soloist, took place on Wednesday evening.
In the opening number, the Mozart Trio in E maier the first allegro movement lifted one at once to the cheerfulness of the Mozart tradition which brings immediate relief of tension, The meticulous precision of this performance was like photographic art of the unmistakable Teutonic or central-European type. a tyneknown for its thoroughness and excellence.
The Schubert s which Rose presented with" able icianship were well-chosen and in keeping wih the spirit of the program Sung in their original form with understanding and taste, the amazing versatility of Schubert was most apparent, Serious and slow-moving in the first two songs, the third, of brooks and flashing trout, contrasted as a gay scherzo against the primal urge of him who would wander and wander" and never destroy.
The Beethoven Trio in B flat major, opus 97, which followed the interval, has recently been reviewed. after being played by Mr. Paci and members of the Municipal Orchestra.
With all its beauty of structure this trio could scarcely be presented without satisfaction both to the performers and to the listeners. But in Wednesdays performance, individuals were forgotten in the' buoyancy of a common spirit, to be remembered in the complete sympathy of Mr. Ryuji Ito, director of the Cultural Affa Bureau of the Central China Liaison Office of the Asia Development Board, will leave Shanghai for Tokyo on Monday in the s. Taiyo Maru, for a cons, ference of the board's officials, the "Tairiku Shimpo" states.
As a result of considerable prospecting, large deposits of salt have been discovered in Lotien and Chengyen and other districts in Kweichow province, the provincial authorities announced at Kweiyang yesterday, says the "Cheng Yien Pao." Extensive salt-mining has been started for some time at the district of Kaiyang, and it is now found that. Kweichow possesses salt deposits as abundant as those found in Szechuan and Yunnan provinces. The provincial authorities have petitioned the Ministry of Finance in Chungking for permission to develop the salt mines in various districts, the report concludes.
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