The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-18
AMI1sHMENTs.

49,, uyo,.raours FAREWELL CONCERT
ono of The LARGEST and most brilliant audiences
ever eonereeated within the walls or the Aca'
demy Of Muslc was presentthere on IhuIso'y
evening last, at the farewell concert OF Oarle
yUoloaohny The sight must have been cheer'
~ ora IN that gentleman for even the third
circle of the spacious building, which Is gene
ralv "tabooedV by the fashionable public, was
Nued on that occasion with the elite OF Philadel-
phia who had been unable 70 gain admission
10 the lower part Of the bo',-1 ~ -, periolsss
ance was very enc and every way worthy Of
sne .slon. Madame Gazsaniga was very
warmly received, and sung charmingly'
Mr. Habelman was in the best Of voice, an ,ha
sang with all the g. ace ieryor ano ino,o 10 Dame
true artist that he is his eIla irod ond received
B'0neSte Tss eSS1S eSSoSe %Ssohns songs The
"Water Lily" and "Loye Star" were sro adsU ppneh
didiy sung by MIR. Habeman, ana WeIy1 nta5s nIue5h
Teiished by the audience. Wenzeli nvP. taafpres q
violin playing was one OF the prli.ais, prlnis,i would
Of the concert. His "Kreut5er SohaO1p poomayini
have done no dlscredit 10 the gIeatU ,5;Srts in
himself, and was among tne nee5 Se5' treated TO
AZ we veaSH Some portions of 10 were wonH1eI-
fully fine, and ali of it bore tnS .,ns1 aPtist
thoroughly finished and ~ me evening was
The nsrSornance OF the Mendelssohn Soclety:
This young and ,rSIog yigCfops Mr. Jean Louis, has
made rapid strides since its organization, snu M
to-day it is Of the best musical hS tbs
aociety al The Wolfsohn Concert were an M Su-
peTbly executed. This was particularly the
Ease 9Th the grand "Indammatus" or HoSslnl,
ami Mandelssohn's "O'er the Sea-" both OF
which were enthusiastically encored. Great
credit is due the society for the effectiveness
and completeness of all they undertake, and
Mr. Louis its leader, aud Mr.. Henry q. rhun-
der It's very talented pianist. have great cause
for INSTRUMENTATION on the progress made
by II since it's formation TO The present time.
plano PayHg T4s a Sent
from Faust and his solos ia, the Beethoven
''Fantasia" were executed with wonderful pre-
cision and effect and were highly enjoyed by
the audience. Mr.. Wolfsohn's great abilities
as q pianist were never displayed to better
advantage, and the success that marked his
performance throughout was that which could
only have been achieved by one as eminent on
the Instrument as himself ~. d,
The, orchestra was one Of the best, IL not the
best, we have heard at concert Tor years. The
overture to The Night in Grenada, and the
accompanimentsto to the "Infammatus," and the
"Orange Girl" sung by Madame Gazzaniga (Lhe
three capitally led by Mr. Simon Hassler), were
superbly executed. Indeed, such an orchestra
Including as it did, no less than hVe orches.
tral leaders among its mem bers--ts rarely found
in Pbfladel Tia, and we would much rejoice If
the same body OF splendid performers could
be oitener got together ii (. q. goo
Altogether, the farewell of Carl Wolfsohn
was splendid success, and the remembrance
Of it cannot but be an acceptable accompani-
ment to the voyage our talented townsman is
about taking to the Old World