New-York tribune., 1869-06-26

TanpbGUser overture and " Coronation March ) Mr.
Zcrrahn in the solos and the Gloria.
The second was a great day of excitement. Added
10 the 6cR of the Festival now IN full tide OF sue
cess was the visit of the President rather disturb
inc The conditions precedent for the Grand Class-
cal Programme" which had been much relied on Tor
the conversion or conviction of the musically culu
waited. The crowd was enormousdouble that o. rf tf
dav before; curiosity, herO-worshp swelling heiIO
of patriotism, doubtless drew more than music uiu
OF course not the best sort of audience either 10 tL
or let hear Well, the selections were all eAoeuCn%
though we would except, perhaps, the 9penhs Ii
Overture by NicOlal on LutheTs ChoIai, itl dt or
chOTals to our mind were gIander lln VII ~ o," 10
chesral cOunterpoint and t1vla ep. IN nat
tween the stanzas; not being goiop grv"S Of three
kind, like Bachs it weak kens tue lin ~ v,ou tb
Handel Choruses, "See the T hn ord vas
most effective; t" And the GLORY OF tue LoIu was
taken So slow as TO make il hard to sing-a necessity
real or foncIed in conducting SO vast muiutuue
through any labyrinthine moYement; we were sur
nriSed thar we c9uld hear Miss Phppss voice so
VII .Ioro rs weight in her rich tones that carries
far and quietly peryades Inc piece one Oh te PSS SS
80 ~; ~ 6ori p was too good for the crowd, not heard
b some on account of restless noise and not appre
ciated by the majority. Such crowd conIriDues s
nothing on its part to music does not truly us
ton but waits to be smtten and carried away. lie
watching over Israel" the gentle, softly swelling
chorus from Elah strange to say proved one OF the
most successful of all the chouses that week; like
broad Amazon the stream moved Steadly ana evenly
within bounds, and the round full, smooth
quality of the collective tone IS something
memorable. Let the bright ScTaphim" was
Just the perfect selection for Parepa-RoSa IN that
place and was the ohiefest triumph OF her voice nee
With Arbucke's trumpet obgatO (Ono longs Tor the
real cracking old-fashiOned trumpet thought u maze
great effect by no means so great as u would pc III
smaller hall but the half,muslcal, Which Is py Iar
tbe larger part of any such great audience always
need the personal element 10 interest the IN music
and go the full halfway TO meet a solo. Ihe inter
mission was of course filled with the HerOl resident
Then came Part H., the great Schubert Symphony
in c, Mr.. ZerTahn's capital selection for ms grand
orchestra; great hopes had been placed on inat ior
sentiment if not that work Alas the lahtalus
cup was rudey snatched away. The Symphony was
TO be sacrificed the other element fasting from
native noise and anvils, and free swing ot hnrrah
BOYS had grown irTepressible To the brave fresl'
dent all music is alike they say, and how easy LOT
press wish for good Spread-Eagle Scream with
anvils! SO into the programme, unannOuneed ana
right before the symphony were % thrust. thrust DOLLY
and again until the building shook with thunder of
applause all mood fOrfner music was destroyed, all
fine conditions broken up Prospero schuberts wand
tossed under feet, the Symphony was killed!
knocked on the head by anYllS 1he wand,
however, was picked up and waved 19r
were weary, restless, moving about or starting
homeward talking aloud, in no mood to listen or let
others hear so the first uoyement and the ScherZo
were omitted the beautiful Andante (Of the
Heavenly length was scarcely heard, and never
did the impetuOus, sublime finale with the thunder
thumps of double basses think OF 40 or 81 OF them
sound so feebiy. Were right in the suspicion
that the classical programmes were apologetic,
meant TO be like the of nights IN a theater
compliment to musical taste. while the substantial
meal was for the hTe-eateTS the senbatlOnasls VINO
90 forth seeking sgn"f Good Mr.. ZerTahns best
opportunity rustTated he could not try the elect
of monster orchestra on tins the chosen symphony.
How much more satisfactory 1t may have been IN
the rehearsal we do not know, Poor chance AFTER
this for Haydn chOTuses The Marvellous Work."
and THE Heavens are telling; for sing as they
might to audience preOccupied. 1t still went: lhe
dRrilS are telling" The selected trio of dozen solo
singers each part was very pleasing when 1T could
be heard; but there was much founderpg III the
IL nd al.
inst said was retrospective and subjectiye; the
chords those hammers set to vibrating were still un-
damped.
Third day, like the last. but more So / was
not there and should have had TO be dragged there
after that fatigue 1t was the 18th of June-ot
course. the chief day III the anvil calendar. That
should have been the Presidents day; so tho two
kinds could have been kept distinct one day for
music and one dav for glory.
Fourth day. Friday, best Of all. The one really
musical occasion, when the programme. choice in
itself was preserved In its purity. had the Tor
tune to sit very the stage and found 1t by far
the best place for hearing. Even the orchestra be-
came appreciable. Mr.. EichbTg led Webers =" Ju-
biee' Overture, which perhaps went best of all the
orchestral pieces in the festival Mr. Lerrahn led
all the rest. The glorious old minor symphony OF
| Beethoven, the one OF all Others the best known
among u.s. and most sure of close attention, was cut
short needlessly, there time enough and the
vast audience was calm; the chance at last seemed
! offered. But no. the experience of Wednesday had
unneryed the yalor and the faith for Symphonies IN
that place; there not left 10 risk H. so
| the first movement Pate knocking at the door')
was left Out sotOo the Scherzo-the curiosity TO
hear so double basses execute their scramble went
uDRratified and, though the glorious March Finale
sounded very well land the Andante, too,
vet, robbed of its prelude, out of which it
grows so marveously, il lost half its effect,
while the return of the threc-fOur Scherzo
rhythm in the middle of the march was meaningless.
This was the only misdemeanOr of the concert Miss
Phillips sang that large and simple aria of Handel
LdScid &c, in her nOblest style and with incTel
ible effect for that vast place. The ten thousand
singers had grown more at home in their work. more
blended and assimilated by common effort and en-
thusiasm. now burning at something like white
heat and almost everything went better than before
with them. Best OF all, the grave and solid ChOTals
from st. Paul-that with the startling trumpet inter
lude, SleepeTs, awake especially. IL s the solid,
pOndeTOus swing OF the great mass of sound IN PLAIN,
long chords like these, sound equally diiiused and
oceanic yet, like the wide waste Of waters smooth
and unObtrusive that dwells in the mind the best
the true effect Of choral force multiplied. Yet all
must own that that more rapid, graphic, difficult,
exciting chorus OF MendelssOhn, the great Rain
chorus from Elijah" was, on the whole, the choral
achievement OF the whole Festival, which most
signally rewarded effort 1t was electIifying.
Zerrahn, wisely, would not risk q rope
tidon The down rush through the
thing TO thank God for, like the rain. The Haydn
chorus, " "Infammatus" TINS time with eight choice
soprani for the solo, the Prayer from Moses" and
the Mozart Gloria again, made good impression,
though faults might be found had one the impression
present. The Gloria past the Handel Haueigjah
alone remains, and we await IT strong III the peace
and security of pure musical convention far
broken. But think not that the other element
has all this time been sitting quite 50 patiently.
Creditable il was indeed, TO musical taste and cul
tuTe here, that the vast audience had not shrunk
steal; but think not That all those 1000 people
came there without some inward assurance that
Anvil Chorus would appear and take its throne, as
rather, of course, by divine right of its own divine
right of disorder! Loud was the clamOr for it. For
tunately the means and men for it were absent: or
rather thanks and all honor to Mr. Gilmore. who
mOdestly yielded the command that day, and absO-
lutely refused to have the programme interrupted Yet
the HGlelgjah suffered after the confusion; singers
had RrnMn weary. nerYOms too. perhAps. and