Concert

Includes programme.

“Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Guzman, pianists, gave their first concert in this city at Steinway Hall, assisted by Miss Jenny Landsman and Messrs. Matzka, Bergner, Schwartz and others. The programme was a full and varied one, comprising in the instrumental portion, a concerto by Mozart, a fantasie by Chopin, Beethoven’s trio No. 1, two grand marches of Mr. Guzman’s own composition and two of Gottschalk’s Cuban dances. Miss Landsman sang an aria from ‘L’Africaine;’ a romance entitled ‘Douleur Passe,’ by Mr. Guzman, and Millard’s song, ‘Waiting.’ Mr. and Mrs. Guzman executed their portion of the programme most effectively, and were warmly applauded. Miss Landsman was in unusually good voice, and each of her songs was encored.”

“Mr. and Mrs. Guzman, pianists from Chili, gave a concert last night, at Steinway Hall, with the assistance of several of our resident artists, including a good string quartet. We failed to discover in the newcomers sufficient justification of their adventure. They play in a shambling, amateurish style, and in the movement from a concerto of Mozart’s, with which their performance opened, their comprehension of the music seemed imperfect, and their execution slovenly. The audience was painfully small.”