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HODfflESS— Nov:. 7i A. D. Hodses, Jr., of San 



Francisco, Cal.,' in his 08th year. Services at 

 St. James Church, St. Jamee street, Roxtmry, 

 on Tliuraday, ,Nov. 10, at 3 P.M. Please omit 



THIRTIETH SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED TEN AND EL EVEN 



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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, at 2.30 o'clock 



SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, at 8 o'clock 



PROGRAMME 



Schubert . . Andante con moto, from the "I'nfinished" Symphony 

 In Memoriam Jtilia Ward Howe 



Symphony No. 3, in F major, Op. 90 



I. Allegro con brio. 

 II. Andante. 

 III. Poco allegretto. 

 rV. Allegro. 



Beethoven .... Concerto in D major for Violin, Op, 61 



I. Allegro ma non troppo. 

 II. Larghetto. 

 HI. Rondo. 



^"■"'^^ Comedy Overture, "Puck" 



SOLOIST 



Mr. ANTON WITEK 



Mr, WItek's playing ot Beetnoven's con- 

 certo .was unique. For tlie first time 

 within recollection a virtuoso made no at- 

 tempt to make tiie music sound "big," as 

 thouglr It were of the lieroic Beethoven of 

 the nfMi symphony, or even ol tlie ninth. 

 For the first time, again, within recollection 

 a virtuoso made no attempt to make the 

 cadenzas, the "passage work," the orna- 

 mentation o£ the Romance, the rushing- 

 rhythms ol the Rondo sound brilliant. 

 Mr. Wltek chose ariother way. He played 

 the concerto without a hint of personal dis- 

 play, w'th a "platform manner" that was 

 quietness and preoccupation in his task 

 themselves. His tone was light, 

 as the large and heavy tones to 

 which violinists force their instruments 

 go nov.-adays; but It was exquisitely- 

 soft, luminous, edgeless. It waa all 

 of the liner, sweeter, more Insinuating 

 qualities of the violin. Technically, in all 

 the insistent demands .alike of the instru- 

 ment and the music, Mr. Witek's perform-, 

 ance was flawless. Often It attained to per- 

 fections thiit were as the result of the 

 minute care, the patient study, the endless 

 polishing of ye^are. The listener might al- 

 most hold his breath at the felicity with 

 which Mr. Witek phrased and accented the 

 music, at the adroitness with which" he 

 "led" the melodies and accomplished the 

 transltlor.s, at the fashion In whicli ho 

 fused the voice of his violin witli the 

 orchestra or held it in contrast against it. 

 The endless finesse of Mr. Witek's playing 

 stirred mind and fancy, caressed and in- 

 toxicated the ear. The unvarying beauty ot 

 his tone brought like sensations. The 

 violin, the music, the orchestra all seemed 

 at one with it. The concerto resolved itself 

 Into patterns of sound adroitly and beauti- 

 fully woven, touched with it.s own emo- 

 tions and so touching the hearer. We 

 moderns try to read deep things Into tiie 

 concerto, which, after ell, was written 

 frankly for a virtuoso. Perhaps Mr. Wltek 

 ie the nearer right. 



