Evening star. [volume], May 17, 1948, Page A-20, Image 20

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Jane Lea Displays Her Talent
In Concert at Phillips Gallery
By Alice Eversmon
Jane Lea, pianist, who has been
heard here frequently within the
past season, had an opportunity to
display to full advantage her decided
talent in a recital yesterday in the
Phillips Gallery. The program which
ahe presented might be said to have
been built around Prokofieff s "So
nata No. 6” for it was the most tax
ing and the least familiar of the
works on the list. The Scarlatti So
natas in D minor, G major and B
flat major were first played, followed
by Mozart’s "Sonata in B flat ma
jor,” and after the Prokofieff there
came Chopin s “Etude, op. 10, No. 9"
and from opus 28 his Preludes; No
23 in P major. No. 1 in C major and
Not 19 in E flat major. The final
number was Debussy’s "Jardins sous
la pluie.”
In many respects the Prokofieff
aonata was more suitable to Miss
Lea’s style. She as both vigor and
power besides a clear and facile
technique, all of which was em
ployed in the execution of the sona
ta. It is, however, a work of fantas
tic design with seemingly willful and
capricious utilization of harsh and
dissonant effects, particularly in the
first movement. These could be given
a more evident connection by a more
imaginative approach than Miss Lea
exercised but as it was, her brilliant
mechanical mastery was paramount.
Her tone is inclined to be per
cussive and without much variety
of color and while she is conscien
tious in using degrees of volume, Miss
Lea is not so adapt in giving them
a corresponding interpretive tinting.
Her strong and fleet fingers have
not the inherent grace of expres
sion for either the Scarlatti or the
Mozart Sonatas where mellowness
end delicacy of tone are required.
The weightier sonorities of Proko
fleff were more congenial and she
has a flare for the spectacular.
There is much imagery in Proko
fleff’s music that bespeaks a pro
gram and, as it encompasses a
great deal in a small space, a
particular subtlety is necessary to
visualize it effectively. The old
and the new Prokofieff combine in
this sonata, although the former
1s glimpsed only occasionally as in
the second and the final movements
While the performance of the last
numbers served to verify further
the general excellence of Miss Lea’s
pianist ic and artistic gifts which,
in spite of a few slips, was to be
appreciated throughout the pro
gram, her approach to the music
is much the same whatever the
period or characteristics of the com
poser. No marked contrast in style
or interpretation or any broad scale
of nuances are part of her equip
ment at present. Her playing would
gain in communicative power when
these are added to her fluent tech
nical skill.
Vocal Numbers Given at Gallery.
In the National Gallery of Art.
the third program of the American
Music Festival was given over to
vocal compositions by American
composers. The artist, was Abrasha
Robofsky, soloist of the Air Force
Band who covered nearly two cen
turies in his choice of selections.
The well-known bartione is a fine
Interpreter and each number was
fervently and intelligently sung. He
was supported at the piano by
Frederick Fall.
If the composers from 1900 on
enriched native song literature with
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