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WILL TEST HER SKILLTo Have Aus der Ohe Follow Carreno So Closely.Difficult To Determine Which la the Greater Artlat—Their Relative Merit.It was a mere accident, and not with the intention of challenging critical comparisons, that Miss Adele Aus der Ohe was chosen as the soloist for the ninth Symphony concert, following right after Mme. Teresa Carreno, the soloist of the eighth in the group of con- , jj*®si 11jectonaiwahetocrreaMaouithaonlwitunlt;erabelbutag£seqMrzerbutingcalcorbutbeethetheMacerts. Under the circumstances it was rather a severe test for Miss Aus der Ohe. There are not manypianists who could have held their own under similar trying circumstances, and fewer still who would have been able to come out of that contest with flying colors like Miss Aus der Ohe.Teresa Carreno is undoubtedly a great artist, but so is Adele Aus der Ohe. If the former evoked our most sincere admiration by the brilliant and artistic rendition of Beethoven’s “Emperor” concerto, the latter carried us away by her thoroughly musical conception and faultless technical execution of Schumann’s beautiful and extremely difficult A major concerto.The program presented quite an interesting variety of classical music—Bee-mazenwitcorMtioiNoanchiswh“RRelt;theThlt;citjagsTpre is i not wei cor Thlt; thii mh dis; brii tioi Dei cro sioi isla enc thecuiuig »aun/ vi v-taooicat uiuoit,—.thoven, Brahms, Schumann and Wagner, | *“ surely a fine array of tone-poets for one i concert. Beethoven’s “Coriolanus” over- I ture, with which tne program was opened, I *v1'; represents the great composer at one of | H1® the most productive periods of his musical | Jy®, life. Its beauty, its masterly instrumentation and the simple grandeur of its construction are characteristic of the immortal master. Mr. Van der Stucken gave a dignified reading and the orchestra played well.Extremely difficult and intricate as the F-major symphony (No. 3) of Brahms is, it nevertheless is a work of great beauty.It is a typical composition Of the great contrapuntist. He seems to fairly revel in contrapuntal paradoxes, and seems to l.ke nothing better than to weave a most aar complicated network of themes and coun- | eye ter themes in a manner completely be- p,a wildering at first hearing. Many people; can not find aiiy musical beauty in Brahms, and condemn him as too dry and iheoreiical. It is true that Brahms frequently sacrifices melodic for contrapuntal effects, but as to the melodic beauty of his F-major symphony there surely is no doubt. It is a grand work, full of surprising originality, and in some of its parts of wonderful poetic beauty. Its rendition by the orchestra was very creditable.Schumann’s A-major concerto for piano and orchestra, the only one that he ever wrote, ts one of the most beautiful, and, at the same time, most difficult compositions of Its kind. It was a high compliment to the musical taste of Cincinnati’s , concert habitues that Miss Aus der Ohe he chose that concerto. The first movement I pea is of great beauty and full of poetical sen- j issi timent, but does not give the.pianist much j moi opportunity to display his or her brilliant j con technique. The second movement Is grand , pat and impressive; the third, however, al- | though not dazzling, like some of Liszt’s i T compositions, is sufficiently brilliant to ! Le\ satisfy the most ambitious virtuoso. The : citi rhythmical difficulties are enormous, but i Lev only musicians can fully appreciate them, forThe overture to Wagner’s “The Flying I offilt; Dutchman, well rendered by the orchestra, brought the concert to a successful close.Tonight the same program will be repeated.faccesstanenAothpeoT nor elec the fav gon rid Ma if hfortheLinbeflt;Golt;eneT
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sat, Mar 13, 1897
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