Evening star. [volume], July 26, 1948, Image 24

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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Violin Program
Given by Ritter at
National Gallery
By Elena de Sayn
One of the best arranged violin
programs of the season was given ■
in the National Gallery by Melvin |
Ritter who played a return en
gagement there last night. Since
his Washington debut a year ago.
the violinist appeared as recently
as January in the Phillips Gallery
where he scored a legitimate suc
cess. He gains in accomplishment
continually. This culminated yes
terday in his remarkable delivery
of Szymanowsky's second concerto
and Bach's first unaccompanied
i sbnata.
His ease of performing in public1'
has grown with every concert. It j
was put to an unexpected test lasti
night when a small girl in the first j
row seated herself suddenly on the;
step almost at Mr. Ritter’s feet and ;
; went through a long series of
; stretching and rolling exercises
while he played the entire sonata.
The violinist was unperturbed.
What he got out of the number
places him on considerable heights.
The work can easily become a dull,
meaningless jumble of notes, no
matter how flawless the execution.
It requires a touch of a master to
make it alive and pleasurable.
With one or< two exceptions the
program consisted of numbers tax
ing the capacity of a violinist in
more than one way. Haydn's “Con
l certo in G Major,” although not in
| that category, was something of a
: novelty. Within the knowledge of
this reviewer, the selection nas nev
er been performed here before.
Built along simple lines, it is be
lieved to be an early opus, the first
essay of the master in that form.
It does not exact the same amount
of skill required by the other two
Haydn concertos, yet. the edition
used last night was made notable
i by a singularly brilliant cadenza
which lent the necessary flourish to
I make it effective. I
The interest of the recital cen
tered around Szymanowsky s "Con
certo No. 2, Op. 61" performed here
for the first time. In one movement
it is designed for a modern techni
cian, full of passages which do not
lie comfortably in the hand. Com
; positions by Paganini. Ernst. Baz
zini, St. Lubin and other master
violinist^ of the past, are child's
play comparing to those by a Pro
i kofiefl, Stravinsky, Bartok or a Szy
manowsky. The modernists have
advanced immeasurably technical
I perfection. Without realizing it,
i young violinists who play their
: works undergo a rigorous training
which enables them to do full
' justice to such monumental works
as Bach's unaccompanied sonatas
! which never will grow old.
‘ Szymanowsky's. concerto is some
thing of a fantasy. Its sensuous
melodies soar high and occasionally
work up to an anguished frenzy.
The concluding part has a barbaric
rhythm and swing. A tremendous
cadenza, vital and rich, could put
to shame any of the familiar ones
by the demands it places upon the
executant.
Mr. Ritter gave a world's premiere
to Edward Dewis' "Song for Muted
Violin,” still in manuscript. It is a
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pretty piece of no particular distinc
tion. It constituted a group of short
er pieces together with Paganini’s
“Caprice No. 14,” unaccompanied,
and Paganini-Fuchs’ "Caprice No.
9,” with the piano, played without
a break. Harry Kondaks at the
piano furnished as usual an excel
lent accompaniment, although a bit
\ heavy in Szymanowsky’s work.
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