New-York tribune., 1869-05-10

The Gluck overture Is the greatest put INC SV PoPu
lar of these four pieces Grand in style and eh"rmngy
compact in treatment it leaves upon the nina IeehhR
OF delicious repose and satisfaction There are no loose
ends Of thought imperfecty into the texture 10
scraps Of melody left hanging tantalize the memory
but the theme simple and direct and its elaboration
perfect 1t was performed with great delcacy and In
telligence yet we cannot say that it produced very
deep effect for upon q miscellaneous audience such
music rarely makes its due impression.
Mr. JARVIS who made in the Beethoven concerto his
first appearance IN NewYork, is Philadelphia pianist
OF high repute He has clean bright touch auda good
technique, aud In q small dare say would DC
much better advantage than In the Academy OF
Music 1t must lbe very remarkable piano playing In
deed which does suffer by contrast with orchestra
such that OF hei Philharmonic Society Mr. Jaryis's
playing is not very remarkable IL lacks character and
force. Moreover, there very few pansts who can
grasp the subtitle spirit of Beethoven and Mr. Jarvis Is
not of them.
The chief feature Of the evening was tho Interpretation
| of schumann's Manfred by Mr.. Edwin Booth, the
Lederkranz Society," and the orchestra. This work. as
readers probably know is illustration OF Byrons
poem Schumann wrote for it an overture (Which was
played at the first Philharmonic Concert last seasOn and
some incidepta vocal and instrumental music and Rich
ard PohI Leipzig condensed 1t by recasng parts OF the
poem into narrative proogues and leaving what he sup
posed 10 be the finest portions to be decaimed as soc
0uy 1t has never before been performed In America,
and TO m it for tho OF the philharmonic Society Mr.
j. II. Cornell has turned the prologues into English,
taking, rs no assures us, great many lber'
ties with Herr Pohl. and keeping as near to
Byron as possible. His task an ungratefuI
one and we are not disposed to crce the execution of
IT, albeit the double dutOn OF The bard by both Cornell
and Poh has produced curious effects Indeed we
may say the whole performances more valuable
as n curiosity than work Of art Music and deelama-
on very apt to kill each other and except In three
or four passages found the Manfred" tame. The
overture is by far the OF it, The choruses are few
and Short the principal Hymn OF the Demons"
wonderful for its strange fire and It's wild effects; and
there are two quartettesono for male voices only
which need much better Interpretation than they re-
ceived on Saturday 20 be fairly appreciated good
deal Of the sooquy is accompanied by soft music and
I'm the passage where Manfred s saved from suicide by
the chamos hunter beautiful effect is produced
by the introduction OF shepherds pipein the distance
playing simple rustic air which contrasts singulary
with the passion Of the poem. Mr.. Booth read win
rather than his usual mannersm, and less than his
| usual fire. His Manfred is melancholy soul, with
tendency 70 with the sadness OF
disappointment, not Byron painted him. with the
fierce proud grief OF fallen spirit Contemplating per
peuay his own wretchedness plying his own s0rr0Ns
listening TO his mOans he loses the dignity WIN
which tho poet invested his creation, and the awe when
ought 10 DO inspired by sin, and mental torture, and
the presence Of spirits Of the unseen world. Yet
I'm several places Mr.. Booths defamation was superb
The dialogue between Manfred and the Witch OF the Alps
WAS excellent, and the farewell to Asare produced
very deep impression The reader Of course was greeted
with tumult OF applause both at the opening and the
close aud was several times rather nopportunely inter
ruped In the course 0f the piece Dy similar uemonsu"
| tions.
Tho overture 10 Oberon," with which the concert
closed was charmngy performed. but after the vague
ness Of Manfred" huugered for rather stronger
meat The last two concerts Of this season IN iacs nave
be&6 strangely deficient in the highest kind of music
"a cd ~
TO Interpret. We fear IT Is getting too prosperous
RoSsIN's MASS.
| The performance of Rosslni's Mass last night
t St. stephens Church much better than the per
formauces at thcAeademy that IL seems pity the work
should ever have given the stage. IL was not
that the sOemnity Of longdrawn aisles and fretted
ynus added the effect of association TO tho sweetness OF
religious song for there no solemny about IT, The
church was filed with chatering crowd Of gay people,
rho altar Of course was dark and bare and there
nothing IN the assembage to remind Of sacred things
unless IL were the complete insucency Of the ushers
The building however well suited TO bring out the
full effect Of the chorus, and the organ supplied ful-
ness TO the choral passages which was lacking In the
prcvlous performances. In the great fugue OF the
Gloria The value Of this addition especially apparent
As whole the execution OF tho Mass moro than
ordinarily spirited and careful Madame Testa added
new glory 10 her former triumph In tie ADrus Del 1t
is not too much 10 say that she sang maRnihceny An
tonucci was In admirable voice. and displayed unusual
animation; Boctti was spirited and panstaking. and
Miss Kellogg excred herself successfully In the Cruel
drus though the effect Of the solo was injured by the
substitution OF the organ for the orchestra as an
panment this accompaniment consisting entirely OF alb
rupt chords for which an organ is certainly unsuitable
Mr. schreiner played the ocrtory piece, and we found
| It very dry.
"Lurline" will be sung at the Academy OF
Music alternately italian and English. For the italian
nights tho cast comprises Miss States Madame Iesta
| Theodore Habelnann. and AntOnucci; In English the
work will be rendered by Miss McCuogh. Mrs. Annie
| Kemn Bowler Brookhouse Bowler and OrlandinL
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