The New York herald., 1869-06-17


dent reached the broad aisle he was within
the view Of nearly the whole audience. ana
Of Of welcome. % such cheerseso many Of them and 50
loud-were never, positively never, heard before.
Every individual seemed to exert his voice and
were not satisfied with the simple waving OF hand
kerchefs for they too mingled their delicate strains
with the shouts OF the sterner sex.
OPENING OF THE CONCERT.
For full nve minutes this incessant din Of applause
was continued and when 1t began grow FAINT the
organ and orchestra struck In with the strains OF
"See the Conquerng Hero comes and the chorus
of IL, 900 voices united IN singing. The scene was
truly one of suDlimty and grandeur, anu it Is Ger
tain that these words loudly and SO sweetly sung
by such colossal chorus wereneyer heard on an
occasion more fitting and appropriate
See the conouering hero comes
Sound the Eumpets, beat the drums;
Songs Of triumph to him sing.
See the godlke youth advance,
Breathe the Ite, na and rdiss LEAD asS the Dances
40 "eoA mo neio .,'"N Dio~ os'ne
When the singing OF TINS welcoming anthem was
finished the audience stood up a!m0s. invountaf1y,
ana In response 10 suggeslOn from some entnusl-
astlc memoer Oh tne receptiol cOnni,tee there was
the musical programme Of the Jubilee was begun.
~ az s oS AN H.; Of ,4n aMS ,s ,.
those grand and impressive violin harmonies Of
Nlcholal commenced the programme. Here the
immense power OF the strings was again felt. The
voices came IN at Intervals with the utmost preci-
slon and there not the slightest break the per-
formance. Two choruses from the Messiah. "Glory to
former rendered partly ineffective by being
taken in andante time instead of allegro. The Sec
ond was faultless in every sense OF the
word. The altos in particular were grand;
the mass of instruments and voices with
such distinctness ana precision that even the
oldest musicians were astonished. The altos in the
New York societies are generally the weakest of the
chorus but here they formed the best feature In the
Jubilee Miss Adelaide Phillips then sang recitatve
and ara from Mozart, Mr.. Weber playing the car
onet obligato with rare skill ana spirit. The selection
OF the aria was an unfortunate for such an occa
sion, as It abounds In passages which could hardly
be rendered by the human voice with suicienI dis
tnctness and tntelligIbe expression in sucI vast
building. The recitative also should have been left
out little Of 1t could be heard py the audience
Miss Phillips voice mas lost considerably in the
lover notes which is generally the case when an
alto strives TO force the upper register OF her voice
the loyeliest of Mozarts melodies and as there are
few solo singers who could make themselves heard
to advantage In the Coliseum Miss Phlllp5
can hardly be blamed for having failed in IT,
The chorus next sang the exquisite chorus
HE is watching israel" from "Elijah' 1t would
could be rendered by sucn an army or singers with
all the expression and tenderness it demands, but
such was the case. The altos were again a feature
IN this work .sSee, the C0nquering Hero Comesn
was again repeated, the two being sung by select
'''p' u THE Tii:,pfS PSss,pESr ON THE PLATFORM.
During the internission President Grant was
corted to the platform nam amd such , Whirlwlnd Of
seemed manifesty afraid of being called upon for
speech; for, after mounting the conductors stand
again TO the noor. AFTER the performance OF the
''Star Spangled Bannern ana the Anvil chorus"
the President sought refuge In the reception room
where he waited for some time closeted, with the
inevitable cigar
SECOND PART OF THE PERFORMANCE
The "Anvll Chorus" was much grander In effect
than yesterday. AT each wave OF the conductors
wand came the voices OF 100 anvils, the big drum.
the artillery and bells ana organ chorus ana the
orchestra Still the sensation was not that OF mere
nolse The complete clockwork precision with
which every note was given and the IN
preston OF sub1mlty more than OF noise.
Through all this avalanche Of sound pealed the notes
HARMONIOUS structure: Ine arst and last move:
ments OF Schubert,s symphony IN major was on
knows what singuarly beautiful march commences
this symphony. 10 near the theme given out by
OF se vons sounded ike the gathering ram on
zinc roof was treat such as mas never before been
offered TO an American or European audience.
The siXty-nve CEN also sufged up repeatedly In
billows OF sound, and In that part where
the brasses give Out the chord OF the
diminished seventh, ut regular Intervals, and
the rest OF the orchestra dash against
them In scale PASSAGES running through nearly
every key. the effect was immeasurably grand. In
the impetuous nnale there was not jar. Even the
precision. 'The Heavens are Telling, closed the
concert and was a fitting finale to such a royal
feast OF music. Nine. Parepa- Rosa created furor
by her singing OF the matchless air "Let
Samson. Her voice appeared to better advantage
than IL did yesterday, aud filled the entire building.
The trumpet obligato OF Mr. Arbuckle was fitting
accompaniment 70 this glorious solo.
FINALE OF THE sRCoND CONCERT
Thus the second concert has turned out an entire
success and II n likely that this gigantic enterprise
which no one but an lrishman would ever dream OF,
as any sane man would have been scared az the
thought Of H. viii be one OF the greatest musical
triumphs OF the gae.
DEPARTURE OF THE PREsIDENT-A BANQUET GIVEN
BY THE CITY.
The President had as much OF an ovation when he
left the Coliseum as when he entered. There were
the cheers, the same enthusiasm and the same
nm mi tupne N Of flo Itno oda
modest and repeated bows. He was driven imme-
diately to the Revere House, where a mag
nincent banquet was given TO him by
the city of Boston. Mayor Shurtlen presided
on this occasion. On the right OF the
chair Of the distinguished guest, Secretary Bout.
Rice General Banks, C0mmod0res Rogers, Thatcher
and Winslow, and General Benham. On the left were
Governor Claim, Speaker Blaine, Senator Wilson,