New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-09
THE BOSTON MUSICAL FESTIVAL

fThs Boston letter OF musical reporter, In which he
gave closing days Of the Festival held there the wecS 10
fore last having failed reach he has since his return
written the substance Of H. which we give belo~.l
The performance of the second day, Wednes-
day. was confined " Vocal and Instrumental Concert
at 3 oclocl D. m. leaving the evening open for re-
hearsal Of Handels Israel in Egypt. The programme
was az follows; Overture TO Rienzi by Wagner
Qaartette from Fidelio. Beethoven SYMPHONY No. T.
Beethoven; Overture 10 Midsummer Nights Dream
Mendelssohn Fuckeltanz Meyerbecr. and three songs
The Rienz overture Is one Of the least myserousiy
reconcile works Of the composer Wagner. IL is
measuraby broad and clear in design, and has some
melodal phrases Of great beauty 1t was grandy per
formed. The Quartette from Fidelio was only fairly
sung by Frederick Kempton. Himmcr and llermanS.
but the beauty Of the work was acknowledged by an
encore Beethoyen's Seventh Symphony was executed
with precision every Der Of that large orchestra
being familiar with each movement and with every
respect We are satisfied that II there had been no one
20 WELD the batoD the result would have been good
and perhaps little better OF the singing VIC say
but little in commendaton. Mdle FREDERICK sang the
slow movement from the Frcyschnz ARA very badly,
to An Indifferent accompaniment by MI D. j. Lang
while thinner and Hermans sang acceptaby and moth
ing more The Midsummer Nights Overture, was
taken 50 fast that it literally hurry skurry up TO
the closing cadences when the conductor pulled up
little 1t need hardly be said that all the poetic nspra
ton Of the composition utterly lost sight OF
Thursday morning vas signaliEed by another vocal
and instrumental concert Of which the following the
programme: Symphony in c major, Schubert; Over
ture TO Leonora (NO. 3D. Beethoven Aria, Mrs. Van
Zandt, also Venzavo's Concert Waltz; Adelaide Mr..
John Farley. Beethoven and Overture Tannhauser.
Wagner. Schubert's symphony never specially ad
mired 1t is long and rambling devoid Of breadth and
intensity Of thought. 1t contains, Of course many
points of distinguished beauty single passages In which
the soul Of the great meodist made itself felt. and
much richness and variety Of Instrumentation but the
only ponto of unqualified grandeur IL the brilliant and
erescsnlo In the fourth movement which
Ia singularly startling and effective. The performance
WAS really very fine indeed; II received the
minutest attention to color and effect, and
we icould scarcely wish for an alteration In
any point of the rendering The two other instrumental
pieces the Overtures TO Leonorn and Iannhanser'
were magnifcently performed. We have rarely heard
the trumpet call in Leonora" executed with such per
feet precision. While We give our hearty commenda'
ton TO the wind strnments cannot suppress our
entire and unqualified admiration Of the stringed instru'
msuts in both these works. How grand and solid the
movement Of the bass how true brilliant and decided
the execution Of the difficult and remarkable figures In
both works BY that splendid body Of vionsts Finely
az We have heard it played here its performance on this
OCCASION by band Of such vast proportion and Of such
excellence completely obterated all
previous reooections.
Mrs. Jenny Van Zandt sang very brilliantly and Of.
fsctiycly and made decided impression on the Dos
tonians. She needs however very close and Intelligent
study One fault she should strive 70 correct at once
her tr is in almost all very faulty too wide In Its
interval. and generally below the written note Bee
thoven's worid.renowned song. "Adelaida" met with
cruel and lingering death at the hands Of Mr.. Farley
The tempo was 90 slow that the melodies were hardly