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Musical Courier 1927-05-05: Vol 94 Iss 18, 1927
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1May 5, 1927
2MUSICAL COURIER
3NEW YORK CRITICS APPLAUD SAN MALO IN SECOND CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT
4April 25, 1927
6POST
7San Malo is said to be of South American birth, but he is of undoubted European training. He gave his second violin recital to an audience which nearly filled the big auditorium. By his program, which was not the usual one for violinists, he proclaimed his belief in himself as an artist and did much to enhance his standing as a musician. Mr. San Malo achieves a remarkably fine tone from his instrument, and his technique is good company to his tone. He will take his place with the leaders.
9HERALD TRIBUNE
10He showed much technical skill and brilliance, with a tone clear and far-carrying. His lower notes had ample fullness and richness, and his higher notes preserved their volume and smoothness. He has ample tonal and technical merits.
12WORLD
13Most excellent music was heard in Carnegie Hall, where Alfredo San Malo played the violin. The art of this young South American has already been extensively commented upon. It probably will be a long time before the pensive and vivacious beauty of his interpretation of the Eccles Sonata will be equalled in this town.
15TIMES
16In his second program at Carnegie Hall there was applauded contrast of light and shade in an alternation of classic sonatas with romantic works, recalling the fine art of Spain in subdued color and chiseled phrase. Mr. San Malo again played modestly, as one absorbed in his music. A rare 17th century Eccles sonata and an unaccompanied Bach served as points of departure.
18AMERICAN
19His equipment is that unusual but much desired combination of technical efficiency and intelligent application of dramatic values. He is an artist who eschews the sensational and self-exploitation. His interpretation of the ancient sonata by Eccles was beautifully phrased and marked by delicate nuance in the expressive episodes. The Bach number was played with fluent and flexible bow, its intricate polyphony ably and securely disclosed.
21TELEGRAM
22San Malo gave another recital to the evident pleasure of a considerable audience. The Hispanic touch was present not only in the form of the violinist's name but in important elements of his program. His playing displayed the characteristics that had been noted earlier in the season,—neatness, polish and vivacity.
24SOME OTHER RECENT APPEARANCES
26BOSTON
27That San Malo placed as little emphasis as possible upon ornamentations of technic marks him as an exceedingly unassuming violinist. Only the tones of his instrument achieved any predominating prominence. These were full when powerful, sweet when soft, and always agreeably resonant. He played the Tartini piece broadly, slowly, serenely. The famous trill was begun and completed uneventfully, almost before one was aware that it was in performance. Entirely as a matter of course he played it, rather than as that most difficult period which masters hold up to their pupils as the bugbear of the virtuoso. The novelty of San Malo's manner had a noticeable effect upon the audience, which was thoroughly pleased.—Christian Science Monitor.
29PHILADELPHIA
30He showed faultless technique, a thoughtful interpretation and fine feeling. His performance belonged in the class of high musicianship.—Bulletin.
32He lived up to his excellent reputation.—Enquirer.
34Mr. San Malo is an excellent violinist in the matter of technique and has a fine tone. He displayed good musicianship throughout, made a fine impression and was cordially received.—Public Ledger.
36LOWELL, MASS.
37More than 2000 persons listened to a violinist of rare attainments last night in Memorial Hall. Without question, Mr. San Malo is a virtuoso of the violin, and a virtuoso in whom the means is forgotten in the sheer beauty which he brings to music of various moods. While it was clear that he had every technical facility at his finger tips, lightness, skill and surety in marked degree, his playing was so effortless and his appearance so free from mannerism that one sat comfortably back and took enjoyment in the program without thinking of the means. Test of the violinist's qualities came in the unaccompanied Bach, managed with easy skill.—Courier-Citizen.
39CHICAGO
40In his music there was evident the unquestionable authority of a polished violinist and a delightful musician. Being a great violinist, the young South American is different from his few comrades, for it is only the poor ones who are indistinguishable from one another. He is strikingly at ease with his instrument and all its secrets. A prodigious skill keeps his performance soothing to the ear, but the simplicity with which he employs it might easily leave one baffled to recognize his genius.—Journal.
42No one will forget San Malo in a hurry after hearing him play the violin. He is a born violinist, a trained virtuoso, an aristocrat of the platform. Here is an unusual art personality.—American.
44Management BECKHARD and MACFARLANE, Inc.
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