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Last week Hofmann again proved his power with long-familiar music, made his piano seem not like a man-made instrument but like a vibrant human voice spontaneously singing, whispering, shouting to the skies. Every piano student knew the pieces by Gluck, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt. But fresh cause for wonder were Hofmann's dazzling arpeggios, the flying double octaves, the countless tonal colors. Said Critic Olin Downes in the New York Times next day: "It was playing of the grandest and most compelling sort...
...younger days, Hofma-m spent some time composing, credited his pieces to one Michel Dvorsky, whom he liked to describe as a poor, sickly Pole living in Spain. Hofmann still plays "Dvorsky" music, much of it reminiscent of the Chopin he reveres. But the hoax was exploded years ago when someone took the trouble to translate Hofmann into Polish, found that it meant Dvorsky...
...Boston Symphony is on tour this week but a reminder of the fine performances of last Friday and Saturday remains with us in the person of Jan Smeterlin, Polish pianist, who played the Chopin concerto in F minor with the orchestra. Mr. Smeterlin is to give a recital in Jordan Hall this Saturday afternoon, and he has chosen a program which is both interesting and well-balanced. Beethoven's Sonata in G major (opus 79) is the first number and it is followed by the impressive Brahms Variations on a Paganini theme. Works by Raval, Albeniz, and Chopin complete...
...Tellington Medley of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Song of Flame", and "Vagabond King" Frederick C. Minckler, Jr. and Charles W. French, Jr. Miscellaneous Jazz Leonard Bernstein Selections from "Rhapsody in Blue" Gershwin Bernard Siegel Little Hammers Couperin Rhapsody in G. Minor Brahms Leonard Bernstein Nocturne in F Minor Chopin Malaguena Lecuona
...died in 1925, the Temple has been looking for "another Conwell." Dr. A. Ray Petty, who came in 1926, shocked his flock by inviting Negroes and again, when 50 parishioners started to walk out on a sermon defending Al Smith, by directing the organist to follow their steps with Chopin's Funeral March. Dr. Petty was soon replaced by Dr. Michael Joseph Twomey who abruptly resigned last April, explaining: "God says I go." Tired of seeking another Conwell, the Temple last week decided to try something different-a Poling...