The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-27

Theatrical ana Musical.
Pax THKATRE.-Ths tragedy Of Antony and Cleo.
pa.ra 10 to be brought out tonight at the Park the
most splendid manner. Great has been taken TO
have the costumes faithful to the style Of the age in
which the action is laid and the scenery has been got
up with unusual brlancy and correctness We are in
cned to believe that Mr.. Vandenhofs Antony will be
noble performance. Mr. Dyott vii! take the part Of
Octavus Cesar Mrs Bland that Of Cleopatra and Miss
Croker that of Octava. From the whole cast, have
no doubt general satisfaction will be given.
BowrRy THEArRE.-The manager Of this theatre has
determined reproduce the splendid drama Of
the Wizard of the Wave" which had such trerasn
dous run short time SINCE and which the thems Of
praise Of every who visited this great establishment
II will be- accordingly, brought forward tonight, with
the original cast Of characters Previous to the "W
zard OF the Wave" the comedy Of The Loan Of Lo-
ver' will be played With such attractions, we.may
look for ccession Of crowded houses
GREENwIcH-This evening the inimitabls Yankee Hill
takes benefit at this popular place Of amusement He
deserves, and of course will have, crowded house.
Mr.. Hill appears four pieces during the evsning-the
: Green Mountain Boy p" New Notions,n" Wife for
day and Seth slope" Mr.. Hill Is actor Of infinite
drollery and in the parts which he takes in each Of
these pieces he has few equals We trust he will have
q bumper.
PALMo's-The Ethiopian Minstrels give one of their
peculiarly comic entertainments this evening. 1t will
consist Of songs glees &c., accompanied with the bapjs
congo, taMbo. violin. tambourine and bone casanets
Those who wish shake of the blue DEVILS and to en-
joy pleasant evening, cannot ud more appropriate
place tor the purpose.
PHILHARMsNIc CoNcRar.-The fourth concert Of the
fourth season took place at the Apollo Rooms, on Saur
day evening last This the last regular concert Of the
season. and we may say that WHOLE II was the best
Of the season. albeit there vocal performance in
the programme We never, heretofore, could discover
the reason, why the Of the society should
persist IN engaging second third rate vocsss to sing
ballads Indifferent Italian soenas after magnificent
tie senses Of judcious and critical sudsnc.-fsr there
certainly can be no doubt OF the act that the Phhar
monte audiences the most critical and udicious that
ever assemble in concert In this city A. proof
of this need onyto point to the circumsancs
that Of Late at all their concer auditory Of nearly
uninterrupted silence and listen to one Of Beethoven
symphonies performed by some sixty or seventy instru
ments and frequently single movements in such
irons must employ vocal talent should only be that
OF highest order; and since Sga Pco 10 in the city
gagged by the government If the society Of
her return In time for this concert to give relief to
the performances this occasion We think It would
have been extremely pleasant to have OF go-
rous seenas instead of the duett for two cornetos"
which was given, and which, though rather cleverly
ately after the "Pastorale Symphony" Of Beethoven,
rather out of place. There was, moreover, tremor
On part 81 Of
which considerably marred the effect Mozarts Sym.
phony No O. in g minor, was remarkably well perform.
ed and certainly Of the most effective and charm
ing compositions Of its class In many respects pre-
fer 1t even to the much popular Jupiter Sympho-
ss the mo. exact attention to ns and the
steady nerve OF iron to conduct prevails through
out every movement The third movement, the msns
efto received loud encore though in our opinion the
second the andante much if not more deserving
Of such compliment Mendelssohn's overture Of the
magic and ancfu charm produced great effect upon the
audience Beethoven's" Pastoral Symphony No g. in
the second part wa: very fairly
IDENTIFY to be disagreement between the fddss and the
tenors, a. to the So of certain passages in which it
together. Ofthe "Corneto Duett" which followed, We
have spoken above the concert closed with the most
wbcb was Of veil n.
the last concert of the fourth season Of the Phil
harmonic Society but another and great concert is
true lover music to take the warmest interes-ws
fer the Grand Concert in aid.of the fund for the
the Tabernacle, on the goth of May next. Sufficient
iands have already been subscribed by the members Of
the society and Others to place the erection Of this hall
on footing of comparative certainty, and we even
learn that eligible lot of ground has been secured
The hall is to be built at expense Of 100000 and on
most magnificent scale TO contain large and small
concert room, musical library, reading room, stores,
&C., So The fact that good concert room is most sad
Y wanted in our city has long been established beyond
structed to be to all sound All the other
Philharmonic and Sacred Music Societies, Leopold De
Meyers, and other great and popular artists On the
Choral SYMPHONY No. viii Be- sivsn Sy she .ocisty
to the strength Of nearly four hundred vocal
and instrumental performer This "Choral Symphony"
IL perhaps the most majestic piece of competition
put to paper The words consist in selections from Schl
lers Hymn to JOY" which have been rendered into
English, for this occasion, by Mr.. Burkhardt Besides
above mass performers is expected that nearly
all the distinguished musical talent now in the country
will aid in the festival The price Of tickets has been
for ady's ticket. The production of this symphony
alone may be considered in the musical history
Of this country.
SENIOR DE sA NoaorHA-A SOUTH AMERICAN
roErEss AND NORTH EUROPEAN PoEr-RoMANcE AND
NEST singular and remarkable musical &C.
MUS, has lately made his appearance among us-one
whose performance puzzled artists and critics. whilst
delighted and atonished the mixed unachooled part
Of the audience This artist Senior Francisco de Sa
Noronha. Portuguese by BIRTH the scion of most dis
an
principles and for his ardent attachment at the sacrifice
Of all ese to tho divine art which he had chosen for his
profession. From his fifth to his seventeenth year young
De Sa Noronha confined in monastery his fami
ly intended him for the church Bat the Bishops nitro
in Portugal he obtained the choice 10 enter
into diplomatic career (Which with the high influence
Of his family, might have been the most brilliantly or to
resign his distinguished title, and to follow his molina
ton to become artist but at the time, become
exile and wanderer Alone, without aid and sssis
avail himself Of the advantages of his high BIRTH he
rived in the Brazils. He never, since his child.
hood, had received musical instruction. beyond
that impaired by an old monk violinist Of the
orchestra 10 the monastery lin which hero had been
playing tho violin, con amere, ever since boyhood
During the Hrst few years after his arrival in the Bra
zi ga Noronha travelled through the valleys and noun
tains Of the interior giving concerts among the natives
Europeans he CHANGED meet decidedly nssursI
During these perambulations he acquired much money
but with the disregard which genius ever has for riches
charity At last he arrived at Rio do Janeiro. Here,
after giving few concerts at the theatre, he devoted
himself for some time to dramatic literature and wrote
sundry vaudevies to which he composed the music,
remaining all the time in strict retracy and endeavor
his favorite instrument In Rio dc Janeiro he became