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January 4, 1929 THUNDEROUS OVATION ACCORDED HOROWITZ By Rutheda L. Pretzel I WILMETTE L~FE 11 Central · Laurel P.T.A. Master Pianist of the Age Plays '-T-h_e_J_a_n_u_a-~y -m-e-et-i-ng_o_f-t-he_C_e-nt-r-al,J- . Before Host of Music Lovers Laurel Parent-Teacher association will at Gymnasium be held Tuesday, January 8, at 2:30 Vladimar Horowitz, startling Russian pianist, played to several thousand Chicago and north shore folk at the New Trier High school gymnasium W edn~sday evening, December 26. He received rapt attention \vhile he played, and deafening applause when he finished. Cnusual mtelligence, extraordinary accurate fingers and the. iqdescnbable, intangtble divine spark make him one of the greatest pianists of this age. Agamst a background of sturdy pine tree s and stripped bareness of the gymnasium wall, he seemed almost unreal. A black silhouette hunched over the white keyboard, part of the dynamic lines oi the piano. A man of angles, electric force. Tall, pale, and remote with his high forehead, bleak nose, sharp chin and deep-set eyes. One does not have a sense of ease as he plays, but of perfection accomplished through conscious, complete control and intensive concentration. He has hardly anv arm movement, -and fe\Y mannerisms, \Vhen he wants pow:er one mcrclv sees his shoulders rise up as he dr~w a tremendous, unbelie,·able amount of it in a complete line from his toe::; through his body and out his finger tips. He is like ~ runner straining at the rope, ready fvr the race, every muscle alert. One is reminded of \Vanda Lando,,·ska, for bo~h have the same cri:;p, controlled fingt' r action. Dining on Ambrosia To hear a Scarlatti Sonata and Ca;) riccio played by Horowitz is to din~ on ambrosia. Ab solutely clean playing, it \\'as. amazingly flexible. The · Chonin Dallade in G ~[inor was a differe;lt piece than that played Q..V all other pianists, ior Horowitz goes at it deliberately, making it gro\v and ~~rmv until one is hr cathle ""· It was cvrn more exciting \Yhcn he made a mi stake ancl desc ribed an impatient, electric, circular gesture o,·er the keyhoard. The t\Yc) ~(azurka s and the three Etude~ of Chopin were meticulou sh- executed. He docs the impo-;~ihle- \Yith the piani ssimo and always there are hi:'; pedal e ffecb to add new beauty . H e caught the spirit of the dance, purified it and made it marvelously r,-raccful. The ~linuet waltz \ras nffercd a~ an encore'. a11<l here ag-aiti he approached it in a distinct!:; original \\'a '·· Miniatures of Daintiness Poulenc's Trois Movements Pernctucl-; \\'Crc miniature. of daintines s. and there \\·as a dresden fragility in Dehussv's Srrenadc a la Poupce. . Sharper con tours \Yere reserved for Ravel's J eaux d'Eau. As. for the two Liszt numbers. the Sonnette del . Petraria and the Valse Oubilce, one can onlv sav that theY were perfect. In the.m hts hands looked unearthh-. almost immortal. He concluded his program with variations on t\\'O themes cf Bizet's Carmen. It was superbly played, and it was s::> full of fire anrl color, so boldly conceived, that it brought cheers and thunderous ovations. Horowitz is a comet. Whether he will still he hlazinrr his way through the music firmament when he is as old as Paderewski remains to be seen. Needless to say, the eyes of critics a11d all music lovers are riveted upon him. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Tarnow were hosts to a numher of friends at a New Year's eve party at their home, 126 Fourth street. The guests attended the Teatro del Lago before gathering at the Tarnow home to welcome the new year. A midnight dinner was followed by dancing. o'clock in the Byron Stolp gymnasmm. Girls' and Boys' organizations will be the theme of this program under the chairmanship of Mrs. John Hallle s Stackhouse, who has arranged to have a demonstration of Boy Scout work under the "direction of Mr. Ball. and Camp Fire activities under the direr.tion of their guardian, Mrs. Cook. Miss Moore, supervisor ot elementary grades in the local schr-ols, will talk on club and organization work J" it is carried on in our school life. I~ illy Katz will favor ,,·ith piano solo:;. League of the \Vomcn Voters wilt . peak on Faithful Citizenship. as t11c work of the Parent -Teacher org-anization is closely lin ked \vith all civiL interests. Mothers of seventh and eighth s:rrade pupils will have charc-e of i'Cf r es hmcnts at the social hour folio·x 111~ the program. There will be a t'~:.Irh~r in the kinderg-arten room to care {or ,·en· small children during ':he afternoon. Dancing Classes E"thetir classes under the dircrtinn of Miss Pocock '"ill hegin the new term Monda,·. 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