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Silva Is Exceptional in Recital Given at National Art Gallery By Elena de Sayn The National Gallery of Art pre sented Luigi Silva, an extraordinary cello-virtuoeo, at its 300th concert held last night in the west court. As no one before him—although many fine cellists have passed here In review—Mr. Silva overwhelmed the audience first of all by the ex tent of his musicanship, expressed in the different types of his tran- j scriptions listed on the program.' Soon to be published in sets, these arrangements include Boccherini's "Sonata in A major"; the Vivaldi Bach "Organ Concerto No. 13"; sev eral Pagannini's "Caprices" and Delia Ciaja's "Toccata and Can zona," with which the recital opened. Delia Ciaja, an amateur organ builder of the 18th century, is chiefly known for his church music, much of which had never been printed. Broad melody <bf majestic ρrepor tions, scale passages the length and breadth of the cello and-tremendous effects of sonority achieved by the artist in his delivery of this number, and of the Bach-Vivaldi later, could be but associated vith the organ. However, Mr. Silva had a surprise in store when he did not repeat any of the foregoing effects in Boc cherini's sonata. Light and grace ful, played with a charming mezzo voce tone, the unually ponderous cello suddenly showed a side here tofore unexploited in the same degree and therefore unsuspected. Still another manner of attack and sensitivity formed the basis for Mr. Silva's interpretation of Casella's modernistic "Sonata in C Major." Intended for a virtuoso, the work abounds in technical difficulties none unsurmountable for Mr. Silva, how ever. Whether playing high in the violin clef, or executing rapid double stops and fancy bowings at top speed, the artist is always a master 4 * Look for the Magic "V" ai the top back. See how it ex pands and contracts with every body movement, to give you"Visible Beauty" who seeks to bring to the fore the underlying ideas. He had a worthy partner in Carl Fuerstner at the piano. It was a treat to observe such a perfect co-operation between the instruments, the exact distribu tion of volume and to follow the interplay of the two parts. Jan Tomasow Gives Recital. Jan Tomasow, concertmaster of the National Symphony, gave a è violin recital in the Phillips Gallery yesterday afternoon, assisted at the piano by Paul Callaway. As soon as the orchestra's season is over, Mr. Tomasow will leave the city for ap pearances in the festival of the Indies in Cartagena, Columbia, and also ih Bogota and Medellin. He will be one of the three soloists engaged to play with the Columbia Symphony and the Guatamalan Symphony orchestras, the other two artists being Jacques Thibaud, famous French violinist, and Claudio Arrau, pianist. Playing his newly acquired violin, made by Landolfi, Mr. Tomasow's ingratiating tone was heard to fine; advantage in Desplanes "Intrada";! Beethoven's "Sonata In G Major"; Chausson's "Poeme"; AchronJs He brew Melody"; Tartini's "Variations in a Theme by Corelli" and shorter numbers. Accomplished technically and pos sessing a high level of musicianship, both artists gave a noteworthy per formance of the conata and of the poeme, the pieces de resistance of the program. It is not the first time that Mr. Tomasow played the latter composition here, however it gained greatly in effectiveness through his new association with Mr. Callaway. The pianist's com-; plete and thorough analyses of the piano part, the prominence given ι the left hand in certain passages,! and the artistic elan which carried him through the difficult measures lent compactness and beauty to the performance, often marred by too much attention paid to accompany ing figures. 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