Word: cadenzaed
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...Conductor Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, sank his fingers into the keyboard. They heard Rachmaninov's dense symphonic thunders rendered to the last chord, and they shook their heads. Definitely, it was a disappointment. There had been moments-in the adagio, in the arpeggiated chords of the cadenza-when the sustaining power of the instrument was evident. For the rest they did not know whether to felicitate Mr. Hammond on his invention or berate Pianist Donahue for what had sounded like miserable pedaling...
...Franz Kneisel. The audience showed its high expectation by a warm reception, and Mr. Kneisel surpassed all expectations. The movement from Brahms' concerto, which an inferior violinist would have handled with much show and gusto, Mr. Kneisel played with charming simplicity and grace. The extremely difficult cadenza was played with an ease almost wonderful. The concerto itself was a trifle too much like Brahms, lacking considerably in melody...