New-York tribune., 1867-04-08
MUSIC.

Mr. Carl Wolisohn has satisfied the good taste
which has summoned him at last to the mont OF a
grand concert The promise of this concert was
considerable and it was brilliantly fulfilled on Satur-
day night n Stoinway's The programme WAS an
exquisite selection quito up TO that stIndlfu OF
musical scholarship made evident IN all Nj. Wolf
suhn's planism. Players and singers more cOngenia
tlan its four principal cxecutan,s seldom
come together and when they do we have true
German service of the good things OF art Beside
these were the two comfortable bodies of chorus aud
olchestr3-onc OF the Licderlanz, and the other
under the baton OF 1heOGOrc 1honas-loinihg a
grand background 10 Mr.. NolfsOhn's lustI0us per
fornancc Of the piano passage IN the Choral fatasa
of Beethoven. This Is one OF the most lahlii2r
works Of the master: but when Will pialisis
cease to love it, preluding poem ottht7t'S
10 thrill with is varied theme, such elatcltl WORK
fof flutes. obOcs. and the Iest-and when WI
choluses cease 10 sing the solid and hearty simplicity
OF its sougt II was well rendered thcr-esscn
uaiv more important doing than many IN opera.
Clorius p1lonaise IN minor received equal Justice
cputYc spirit of Chppin's native lauda spirit weird
and Wild and only srmi-Russian. We perceive tlat
t ha, grown ont Of the same element rs those elhn
children OF Chopin's. hi, Polish song. these are
hii Do with an cllsh brightness, and pathetic WIN
the tears oi tine ideal i1irirs aud So Whr we H'teh
10 the Wild majesty and abandon OF the t0ohu'e'
the nature and geuiu, oi nation = Tcrutd 10 Us
We were pleased To- heas OuF I3hE-4useHt tiu'
ulorr llab.mnun-rlad, too, that ne sung w: N"il-
sohns brace Of -onr Inc hISt Is l'uhi 'h ,,i, on
truu'l.iVc strain" Wcpt while was ul'nNAs
thuu,htfully phused, well formed M most it,rct,'
and only wanting the touch that awake, The heart
The e,rcoud-callcd Tho Water Lily -i7mgfc vocal
Iui b., hy no means deficient IN the poetic Ch1iaCcI
and both are cTrdtable % the culture oi Ml. Won
sulu Ilbcmanu gave them better N0ict thih
cuun, aiiOn. but ~ Was nevertheless good I'd near
thi, very clever tenor Probably the best passage IN
&" D,I TJti.ciHt. sCcna and ana al ir famous
playcr-wa, sung with broad and generous tone by
Madame fredcuci. 30 cuthusiastlc was tNl' ot-
giving that we hesitate 10 iiud fault with voice
the feeling OF which satisfies us much more Than
it, education and capacity. The Hungarian drld-
GOns cnprclous. and intricate rs Ernst could mat"
them. returned 10 rs a vonng v..iulst from whom
we cannot hear too .nuch Mr. Wcnzcl koptas cXocu-
tiOn %. this wing aud versatile passage deserves all
;.'-c In thG inevitable encore which followed this
mastery pcriOrWgnCc Mr.. kopta gave some equally
difficult and Efust-lik6 variations on theme iiom
E,HdDi. The freedom Of bis bowng; running 70
all but luuscucss, vet keeping surely win the
science that bound, the liberties and yagares oi the
yolin-thc complete ingenuity aud sweetness liia-
tmtcd IN the players manner and tone-wcie allkc
10 be admired. Each composition was "A teat 9i no
common sort and what with much that Nh. kOpta
has lately done To- lSinde growing respect FOR ms
powers they proved his claim 10 recognition one of
The very best vionsts now before the public
Prof Augusta Blsscttl was unfortunate. ifSt, IN
ecturng on music on Saturday night and second, IN
preiuCiug the lecture with concert. Boih mo con.
cert and the lecture were equally good 5tl we SHOULD
have made the first illuslatc The second 10y ihietpo-
laton: for who will wait 10 hear lecture alter
concert is Overt We have only TO record that MAJ
Zocui sang with nervous Vigor "A new ana sty ylI'h
barcarolc 20 words bc one Ot the best OF modern
Italian poets, Dall-OngarnO. and that Signor
itself rs 1t was long and out ot place
IL WAS review Of the history of the Italian Operate
stage. subject tat does not lack ATTRACTIONS and i1r
this reason we trust that the lecture viii he repeated
50 little does the public know OF the biography ana
history of music that instruction by lectures IN TINS
respect might be more frequent than IT IS II we cou
trust that the hearers OF biography written III score
would once in while listen to history spoken out OF
bare prose,