Word: cellistic
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...being evident, as well as lack of precision in following the conductor's beat. The melodious overture of Schubert's, however, fared rather better than the rest, and was played in a way that well brought out its charming and overflowing melody. The soloist was Mr. Gilse, the leading cellist of the orchestra, than whom it has been our fortune to hear few better performers when at his best; which he apparently was not last night. His tone had not quite so much of that full richness and purity that it usually has; but his technique was most effective...