[From the Sheridan, Wyo., Enterprise.]
Replete with fine etherially beautiful melody and graceful
embellishments, it represents Mozart at his best, expressing in a form
as clear and finely finished as a delicate ivory carving that mood of
restful, sunny, impersonal optimism which is the essence of most of his
musical creations. It is like some finely wrought Greek idyl, the
apotheosis of the pastoral, perfect in detail, without apparent effort,
gently, tenderly emotional, without a trace of passionate intensity or
restless agitation, innocent and depending, as a mere babe. It is the
mood of a bright, cloudless day on the upland pastures, where happy
shepherds watch their peaceful flocks, untroubled by the storm and
stress of our modern life, a mood so foreign to the hearts and
environment of most present day human beings, that it is rarely
understood by player or hearer, and still more rarely enjoyed. It seems
flat and insipid as tepid water to the fevered lips of the young
passion-driven, ambition-goaded soul in its first stormy period of
struggle and achievement; but later, it is welcomed as the answer to
that inarticulate, but ever increasingly frequent, sign for peace and
tranquil beauty.
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