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Musical Courier 1926-02-04: Vol 92 Iss 5, 1926
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1ELLY NEY
2COAST to COAST TOUR
3Beginning January 20
4ONLY NEW YORK RECITAL, CARNEGIE HALL, MARCH 24
5EIGHT MONTHS EUROPEAN TOUR INCLUDED
6SCANDINAVIA, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY AND HOLLAND
7Never before did I realize the limitations of the writer in his endeavor to describe to his readers the perfection of an artistic achievement, as I did after Elly Ney's Beethoven Concert. This interpretation of a genius by a genius is one of the unforgettable events of a lifetime. To analyze the musical perfection of such interpretation is impossible. It does not consist of just so many details that can be enumerated. It is something so wonderful that we can hardly grasp it—a secret of transcendental nature.
8There only remains for me to thank this God-gifted artist in behalf of her listeners, whom she gives so much happiness. And, moreover, Elly Ney is an artist, who, in the consciousness of serving genius, remains modest, in spite of all the storm of enthusiasm that she arouses at her every appearance.—Allgemeine Musikzeitung, Berlin, December 11, 1925.
9Elly Ney again conquered all hearts. This artist's playing is so purely spiritual and soulful, that her audiences at times forget they are listening only to a piano. In the three Beethoven Sonatas, she made her listeners understand the deepest secrets of the great master. Whether she touches the most tender, innermost chords, or depicts storm and struggle, she always does so with that power of conviction that carries away her audience. Elly Ney is not only an interpreter of the tender mood, the dreamy, the mystical, but also of the most dramatic, demoniac, gigantic. This woman seems to be a priestess guarding the divine!
10The opening numbers were Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, the latter plastically rising to the heights. And so as to prove her rare versatility and sure feeling for style, the artist presented a Mozart Sonata in the most perfect Roccoco frame, with ever so delicate a touch; no modern interpretation, but Mozart melodies in all their purity and chastity.
11Again we are convinced that Elly Ney undeniably heads the list of all living pianists.—Schweizerische Musikzeitung, Basel (Switzerland), October 2, 1925.
12SEASON 1926-1927 NOW BOOKING
13Available for Engagements With Hart House String Quartet
14Management: BECKHARD & MACFARLANE, Inc., Fisk Building, 250 West 57th St., New York
15STEINWAY PIANO
16BRUNSWICK RECORDS
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