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Another unusual piece was a Suite for Flute and Guitar by Kaspar Furstenau, a contemporary of Beethoven. Its rather uninteresting music was partially redeemed by the sparkling flute playing of Karl Kraber, and the rare use of a guitar as the accompanying instrument. Richard Zaffron handled this part adequately, but with a curious disinclination to dampen a string once sounded...
Balancing the two novelties on the program was Beethoven's Trio No. 4, a very early work, which has much of the scope of Beethoven's later chamber works without their unity and continuity. Its effects, such as a too close imitation in the adagio, do not show the later Beethoven's sense of pace. This trio was handsomely and forcefully played by violinist David Hurwitz, cellist Walter Wheeler, and pianist Landon Young. They provided fine musicianship in a concert otherwise interesting only for its instrumental novelty...
Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. 9:05 p.m., CBS). Beethoven and Brahms...
When Conductor Eugene Ormandy asked Gilels (pronounced Gill-ells) what he wanted to play at his opening concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia and New York, Gilels suggested: Beethoven's Third, Prokofiev's Third, the Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1. He meant all three, was pained to learn that Ormandy had chosen only one-the Tchaikovsky. As Pianist Gilels stepped onto the stage of Manhattan's Carnegie Hall last week, his short, stocky figure made him look boyish, his high cheekbones and flat face made him look Russian. But he did not seem alien. Like any pianist...
Like the late works of Beethoven, the graphic art of Goya seems to transcend the limits of style and arrive at an absolute. The parallel is interesting because both men produced their greatest works shut off from the world of sound. Misfortune no doubt seemed endless in Goya's case: he lost his famous mistress, the Duchess of Alba, soon after he lost his hearing. But in spite of the compounded misfortunes, there was some compensation. It was just about this time that he was really finding himself as an artist. His etchings follow the last developments, describing the concerns...