Word: mazurkas
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...started out with two movements from the Bach Italian Concerto, in the first of which he was noticeably nervous and therefore inaccurate. The second he played with a real depth of emotion and stylistic discrimination perhaps unexpected of him. In the Chopin number which followed, the Fantasie-Impromptu, a Mazurka, the A Flat Ballade, he again disclosed a wealth of poetic imagination, proving himself a really great Chopin player...
...with most of that statement. Occasionally she was guilty of excessive rubato, and occasionally she rather pounded the lower reaches of the piano; but, for vitality of tone, evenness of scale, and fine interpretation, she cannot find an equal among any of the contemporary pianists we have heard. The Mazurka and the Etude were especially fine. The second group was disappointing; Albeniz has written much better piano music than "El Albaicin", and as for Liszt, he seldom rises to anything more than a series of mechanical jimcracks...
...program is as follows: 1. Adoramus Te Palestrina Cherubic Hymn Tschesnokov Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav'nly Light Bach The Harvard Glee Club 2. Fantasia, F minor Chopin Prelude (Posthumous) Chopin Mazurka Chopin Etude Chopin Mlle Novaes 3. Adieu, Sweet Amarillis Wilbye Vieille Priere Bouddhique Boulanger Now is the Time of Christymas Bax (Flute-obligato by Georges Laurent) Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda Holst Hymn to Manas--Hymn to Soma --To Agni The Harvard Glee Club 4. El Albaicin Albeniz Mephisto Valse Liszt Mlle, Novaes 5. Pirate Song Gilbert...
...from "Shanewis", Charles Wakefield Cadman b The Bird, Dwight-Fiske c The Angels are Stooping, Rudolph Ganz d Vigorous and honest is he, Swedish Folksong e Song of the Open, Frank La Farge Mme. Sundelius. 5. a Air, Jean Hure b Papillons, Gabriel Faure c Serenade Napolitaine, Sgambati d Mazurka, David Popper e Tarantella, David Popper Mr. Casals. 6. Aria from "Louise," Carpentier Mme. Sundelius...
Chopin--Ballade No. 1 Minor; Nocturne F Sharp Major; Waltz Op. 42; Mazurka, B Minor Fantaisie...