New-York tribune., 1867-03-28
MUSIC.

! A night so rife with the ideas, IMAGINATION anu
spirituality of the masters witness Beethoven, siiu
bert MendessOhn and Chopin, was as goou do i .
Walnurpis Nights Feast. so grand pr0graInnpo 10
| rare and IL happily crowns a season that 10 us
wealth of solid entertainment is seiHoh SUPP SUI 3o
Let us consider the programme. Flfs1 oS,i9 T ra
Enfr Gctes by Schubert the beauty of form ana rec
dom of which we have already noted. HAD ne Wrotcn
nothing else they would give him clam 10 slnlu,u, %
prominence as symphonlst Dul II ~ rs ~ Me hns "a
bv this time that Schubert belonged 10 Ihe Dais 40
we'll as 10 the tTOubadOurs. Accordingly heIeis an
aIIeor0 i'm the mood of Beethoven, with largeno oi
phrase and grandeur Oh accent nl ;n tSe bnnor Of
mastership and in the liberty OF genius II aIteI'' '
amaiority of hearers would regard the dadanD aoi
lowing as q passage of raTer texture the IcIt TI -
| these two interiudes must be inferred. l%helr %
| contrast il exquisite. thanks most 10 inc M mo,,o
Interviewing of melodous cOors IN the IalgVttoHto t
apdnnino-a poem for the Elfland that LOOKS t AZ ~
self reflected in still waters. Succeeding Schubert,
came Chopin in the piano concerto ~ n,oIi LILY lb
Guyon at the piano, opening with 1lsl eneiiL u, @
of offippancy' butdeepenhga c ana amnst in the
| midst of his performance, ehcltlng na naii
pertinent HppaGse the only GScJ6 t1e nSs
and dreamy in its majesty, darkling and sparklng III
its livclincss and set against strongly sIaeu OF
ehestrol acgolnd Wv, was PIny, PIiayea Sos M Gpsof The
| hest poen of Mendcssohn, welded to hlgIly I'M
apinatiyc ne by GOethethe tradition OF the Tltch,
orgies on tho Bocken wrought IIo sSpmU,S ne"
naturally belongs 10 neither; ana Menueissu s, -
NOT Beetbovcns way OF treating the mystic ana the
grOtesaue But he responds with etherlai delcaSy,
| and powerful deaity TO the muse of Goethe.
| The preluding symphony. IA q whole, mas HpeI
| depth and sweep than the body OF the podn, pui
nothing i'm the work surpasses the shuddeIiR anu
| fugitive chorus of druds wherein demons theatoh
TO come with torches through night gloOmsandipchy
hOllows to howl with owls and raVehSTior NHun ; Ge
have the assurance of GOctheS verse beslheS ths 10
the PRAYER of the priest sung with rude but serihg
and earnest expression by the baseo Marco JusLhntH
an invocation of the highest harmonic tnalIo-
Root
q with a vvacOus opening movement salS
italy played succeeding this the dHeWe'' shad.
in the temperate delight of its scGHel tn, presto
n marvellous passage, possessing ali that Ile Dai
pWgis Night wants Is the third movement !" ~ u
comparable at all 70 its very sofcery-the rhhVhhu
speed of it's guty humOr, the storm OK ITS lnaglh-
tive sweep, the dance as 1t were OF wlnd ana ewes
In this and in the last movement. duH0 con "'o, lc
orchestra had opportunity 70 illustrate sonio
of the pTandcst eecentices OF the composer IN the
strongest effects Of the violin. sougihng OF tne
winds with all the suddenneSs OF gale seems To
coIhe from the orchestra IN tho lattef-D6 In, Wld
ness Of its presto was even more cXactihg leSt Oh
Mr. Thomas's ~ instrumcntslSts They were equa
10 it, and what need bc sqfdf better perform
ance on the whole hGs seldom been gwen III America
Mr.. Harrison the enterprisiag Concert Manager
is gradually making wide preparation ior gleat
choral festival, beginning on June D. ana ias,,E
dessOhns Elijah, llaydL's Creation and me HyDn %
l5dsc. A new Fortysixth Psalm Tor the whole
choral and instrumental force OF the occasion has
been composed by Mr. Ferdinand Ritter. who Will
direct the small army OF musicians engaged.
AT a recent soir6c Of MeSsrs Mason and Thomas
in Stenways rooms, Mozats String Quintet M
minor and Beethovens similar work IN ID. Op. j.,
were discussed with excellent appreciation and eX-
ecutiye agreement. For the next and last sOIeo as
good programme Is promiscd-BeethQHen so
pata i'm A. OBJ CD Mozart's String Quartet, fiat, No
3 and u trio in minor op -, by Schulnann. IN ih.
effort Of the quintet or scNtet o able musicians
by the two we have named there u n sincere trb-
ute TO music itself as almost any we have TO chrou-
icle III the happenings OF year
We admire tho work TO which Mr.. Jerome Hop
kins has devoted his cfforts-that of bcnciiung tho
cause of free vocal culture. moro particularly tho
Orpheon Free Choral OF Choir-boy school fund For
this purpose he has presented number OF popular
programmes, nerspersed with classical music the
sixth and last of which will be gwen AT his concert
tonight. Mr.. Hopkins himself viii play scholarly
composition of great maser-CheIubinis fugne. III
ID major-and Mr. Caulficld, an English Orgailist,
will execute Daelis vigorous fuguc in G MINOR The
rest Of tho programme Is "a popular as possible and
| Sir Eugene Trastour. wellkn0WH pianist and Mr.
Arthur Matthison, a tenor
"A mass by Mr. Jno X. Paine. Professor Of Music
for Harvard University has been given with success,
after many difficulties. IN tho Berlin Sng-Acadene,
mir Paine himself conducting. The critic OF the Bor.
lin National Zetung says of II: Ills mass thr9ughous
shows the conscientOusncsS and insight with which
he has studied his art. Everywhere IN his work one
recognizes clear methodical spirit, which. with in
tegrity of purpose and calm intensity of application,
has yielded 20 obstacle IN the way of sure accom-
plishmen of his aim. Nowhere does he show us the
traces OF unskilful workmanship, whether III the
parts" This praise from German critic TO an
American composer is high and singular
Paris, tho art capital of the world, supplies us
with its periodical crop of events. Music liko
everything else less in current toward the
great exhibition, for which there is world Of pre-
paration. Amboise Thomas composer of The Cdid
\ recently performed here by the French Company
leads the list Of the Committee for the International
festival which is to serve up in grand orchestral and
Il dramatic STYLE compositions and works by Rossini
Verdi Vincent Wallace, and other stars OF music
Il English, French, and German. Rossinls grand hymn
II for the opening Of the exhibition has already been
rehearsed under the composers direction Felicien
II David will preside over the first section OF nu-
steal arrangements for the Exhibition, the concerts
II given with orchestra and chorus. Verdis new opera
II Don Carlos of late diligently under rehearsal, with
II the new tenor Morere for its hero and Fau, as the
II Marquis of POSa. will have good part OF lis career
II contemporary with tho Exhibition; and GOuDds Ro.
II me0 and Juliet is likely to be greater attraction II
II the gossip hold good that II is as artistic as Fdn
H Othernews from Paris is the late singing of COun0ds
II cho1ses TO UIys6e and Victor Massees work. rus
II da BrgadiT at the Opera COmique-a success not III,
II fuor TO the composers Les NOces de jeanette (heard
H here lately and Flor dAliSG, II report Is TO
/ be credited. A cantata of Daliia by NJ; Pc
II sart is noticed favorably, and ROussOots Cdptlre
II is expected TO astonsh Marseilles. Lmanders pretty
II thrce-act comic opera of Les MOnteneUins nS been
III reproduced at Brussels, and Eugene Di9z ns com
peted his Ro Cdndaue which is to be rehearsed for
II Paris, where o month OF two ago, Sdrddnqols, by
II VictOrien de JoncieTe, semi-bOsteTOus composer,
began its rage at the TheGtre-LWiQue The taste OF
II presenting Mariana at tho international festival
II will not strike choice for Lrine is m every
II way work worthier of the composer and ofEnglish
II musicians: yet such is the report Berlin lot long
II ago saw o representation of Meyerbeors Camp OF
!, Silesid, and Dlrmstadt new and successful opera
Il dyed in Wagner and SpOhr, by Otto Gsdmick
III CaT0Zzl-Zucchl, still singing at Madrid and recOg
nizable young American. Miss Laura Harris, Just
engaged for three years in Paris are the most familiar
N names presented TO us in gossip of the lyrc stage
Il We have not quite counted off the last of The crop
of clever operas, for Cagnoni has had success in
Rome with Amor Tapp0le. A welcome announce
ment is that TennysOn's forthcoming cyclnS OF six