New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-11
MUSIC.
THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

TIE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.
The second concert of the twenty seventh
season Of the Philharmonic Society place Sat
urday evening In point Of attendance it OF the
most successful tho history OF the Society At carly
in the evening all the seats IN the Academy OF Music
were filed and good half hour before the performance
opened people began to encamp the floor and gaiy
tedecked ladies to occupy the steps Of the ases The
programme as follows;
PART
uTlsT1o for p be violin :i Be5,ss
N''''''' Madame CAMILLA Ur.o.
Overture "S,nairanids" cstsl
r'slO 'O''e''0 )" -'' Mr. s. b. Mii.
Poeme symphoniqe" &c quoH enad SIR n ontrgn<' Lis,t
This was not SO good selection as that Of the previous
concert All the pieces were interesting. and all but two
were OF q high order Of merit; but none were OF the
highest for the sublime music not represented al
all. The Haydn symphony Is an rresislIDy charming
composition redolent with pleasant odor OF antiquity
perfectly and polished IN structure and full OF good
humor and cheerful fancy II kndles in the mind no
sense Of rapture, but fills t with easy intellectual
contenment in which the lips curl with an involuntary
SMILE and tho head wags merry to the measure OF the
music The performance by Mr.. Bergmann's hund.
red well-traned players was admirable
Madame Ursos playing In the first movement of Beeth
ovens only violin concerto exhibition OF excel
lence such rarely is yOuchsafed u.s. and such un
fortunately s rarely appreciated The perfection OF he,
tones and the exquisite truth and cxpressyeness Of her
touch merits however, to which The least cultivated
could not be nscnsbe and at the close Of her per
the delight the audience found voice mol
only hearty recall but in loud murmur OF approval
This furnishes good test OF the higher qualities
Of artist for beside the technical difficulties which
have TO be surmounted. there is subtle spirit in the
music that mere facile exeeutant CATCH and
that is the very life Of the composition Madame Urso
caught it, and the genius of the sublime composer spoke
TO through her Interpretation In reply to an encore
she played beautiful Eiege OF Ernsts with remarkable
feeling aud delcacy. Passing at to the other
Beethoven concerto, in which Mr. s. b. Mills took the
piano part say that it by 10 means so web
done Mills is conscientious aud artistic player,
and the decaey touch IT, at times, exquisite But
OIL Saturday night his playing lacked warmth Had
almost any other been in his place we should proba
bly have been better satisfied with the performance;
but remembering his highly poetcal Interpretation OF
schumann's minor concerto at the third Philharmonic
concert last season. disappointed with his rather
frgid rendering OF Beethoven.
Catels overture TO "Se,niromide" heard for the
Grst time in America AT Theodore TIoinaS's first Sym
phony soiree Of the present season. Heard second
time, and play ed by very much larger orchestra u
pleased us better than did at FIRST although candor
compes us to say that upon the greater part OF the
audience Il fell entirely dead. n is rather weak IN
melody but its harmonic combinations are admirably:
its treatment il broad ard bold; aud very happy
effects are produced by q massing Of instruments.
Tie absolute novelty OF tic ptOSrammo was hn@s'
Posnse Synphonique On the Mountain" II was writ
fen m illustrate Victor Hugo's rhapsody in which from
the solcm mountain hi ghis he fances himself listening
TO the calm voice Of Nature mingled with the troubled
cries OF Humanity. The programme (Which we may add
was we'll made up contained the French text OF tue poem
IN ful but we doubt whether II threw much light upon
the mysteries Of the The task which List under
took IN this work was for which God had not desgned
him. He never heard the voice OF Nature, ana he can
not describe it, lie understands but lmperieeuy
the voice Of Humanity, and lie CANNOT echo
that either The wild voices OF the unreal world
speak to him sometimes with distlnctness 10 WHICH
other ears are strangers and in the music OF the super
natural he Is capable OF rising TO the nights OF inspra
ton but there IS no inspiration in the harsh rawlings OF
symphonic stherc - no true coueep
ton Of the ideas which is designed TO illustrate the
work long and chaotic, Astounding IN the worst faults
the sensational school, and lacking the enectve ell
makes which make List popular with SO many who
know nothing OF his real excelenees defects At the
close however there in lovely reiigioso move
ment that ia like Pepose after hard days work. The
theme treated successfully by horns, reeds strings
and full orchestra and sent away With this ut
least thankful for that IN the last strains Of tho
evening there is some truth and poetry.
At the next concert, Memberships Reformation SYM
phony," Bcethoyens taird overture TO Fdelo," and
the unfinished posthumous Symphony Of schuberts VIII
compose programme OF remarkable interest
MUSICAL NOTES.
Ole Bull Will give anOtlcf concert III oIein-
way Hall on Tuesday.
The production of L'GU Crer6 mt the French
Tbcater postponed account Of the Illness OF Madame
Rose Bell is announced for this evening
Sgnor Seyerini's fourth soiree the last of tho
present season. will take place this afternoon. Madame
(azzaniga Mr. s b. Mills, and Others will take part in
the programme.
The Harmonic Society are rehearsing Men,
dclssohns Eah" for production ON the llth OF neN
month Ii rnmored that some new solo artists VIII aP
per this occasion.
Signora Elena LAMAR. an Edinburgh lady,
who married Florentine masca DIRECTOR ana has hsd
great deal OF operate experience III Italy VIII make
her American debut in concert IN this city on the ltn
Mr.. Theodore Hagan, the proprietor OF Inc
Neu- York Weekly Rerier, and one OF the most accom-
pshed musical critics the press OF tins country has
commenced IN his paper the serial publication OF New
York Musical Directory" Two iustaments OF the wOrk
have already appeared. The "Dccory" Il 10 contain
OF all the principal musical personages IN ths
city, with remarks upon their talents and pursuits
German version OF the work-manfesty work OF greM
interest TO the musical philosophers simuitaheousS
Lcipsic.