New-York tribune., 1870-04-22
MUSIC.
MR. HENRI kOWALsKI.

SIR. HENRI BOwALsKI.
Mr. Henri kOwalski has appeared seyera,
times at miscellaneous concerts since bis arrival in Tai.
country but always in such modest way as 20 give H.,
public 10 opportunity to judge Of his merit pianist
An opportunity was GgorGed, however on Wednesday
evening, when he concert OF his at Stcinway
Ta before an audience small that Il embarrassed
10 belong to "a. Tie Gt piece was Wcbcrs Conortt ek
with accompaniment b. orchestra. 1t q very
fortunate selection for nobody but pianist Of the frat
order con make impression with IL, and that Mr. KOw
ak 4. moi piaHist Of the first order apparent
he LIS delicate and accarle touch, and his deAtety
Is adull. bic; but his style Is cold and minspirsd.
aud he lacks both brlliAucy and force. Hs
second piece, q Tagup'uase Of his on "Fanst.''
showed Of hi good qua'tcs than the Conccrt,vek
especially lis precision and ceaness in rapid passages
and his skin wit the octave, but 10 was arHtless per
formancc, dcsling with two themes, the JaRfors Dif
G1ic and the -,uIro'I,rHe one with ingenious
variations but crushing all the poetry aud grace ont u
the other. Any vino win compare Mis- Mebligs
quiSc Performance Of LISTS "Fdust" waltz with Nr
Ko,.aIsl is lard rendering of Tie subject Will
how deficient the gentleman is iu That appreciation OF
composcrs spirit which Is entill t. tine mailing u
great artist. Some Of tie other performers at ths
Wednesday concert were more pleasrg than Mr.. Ko-
walsH himself SGraoate played supcIbly the andante
aud finale from Mendrl s-0hh's violin conc, ITO
in u, and joined Mr kCNalsh in The
duet by TLalbcrg and J." BcIot on themes r. "Tle
gIlanDt-.' 4
principally TO TIE yionist. Mr RandoG sang Colts
cba's 20 loving Heart trust on" with excellent ex-
pression and took part with Madame d. Lussan In
duet from Troyaore" Miss Clara Perl also sang, and
Mr. Frank Bartlett who is perhaps the most vicious BAN
tone now a large roared one or two songs with all the
voice he could muster. Mr.. Daehaucr accompanied on
the piano. and Mr. AuschGtz, who has peculiar talent
for making pcked-up orchestra play as well a, QUO
thai has r. lary rchcar.ed under the same baon con
Quoted the band in his usual admirib.- manner
GLEE AND MADRIGAL CONCERT
The first Of the three subscription concerts Oi
gIecs and rnadTigals offered by club OF amateurs for
the benefit OF the Wilson Industrial School aIacteda
fair audience last night at steinway Bal and all The
best pieces the progIammc awakened u genuine do
light which is far fatt,ing than noisy applause.
though it may not be so emphatic. Tho chorus was as
strong as it ever has beeE-numberHg moro tlan sixty
voccsaud, though is composed in part OF rev mate
ral its dill has not been impaired and the raw recruits
sing with al the precision and finish OF tie Oldest yeter
ans II there is any fault IN it, composition 1t that
the bass is too heavy. Tie prep0nderance of
tbi, paIt was conspicuous in the first piece,
Morleys familiar madriga, "Aiy bonny lass she
smcth" but in their subsequent selections these gen
tenen curbcd their power. The bases, however are
peculiarly and exceptionally rich, WLie the tehorS
though many IN number are comparatl'ely weak, ana
now and then uncertain. In most OF the male chofuse
especially the selections oIn the "AntigoEe" and "d
pus in CooDos" of Mendelssohn, the tinng defeets OF
both sections disappeared and the voices blended in
swelling tones which were really magnificent. Our
choral societies. with hundred voices, seldom produce
70 fine an effect got from these thirty gentlemen
last night.
Ii was the madrieals after all that went TO hear
end the only fault we have nd with these is that they
were so few. III programme of twenty pieces only six
belonged to the class Of compositions which give tho
club its distinctive name Morley's "My bOnny lass"
Wibyes "sweet hOney-sucLing bees, aud "Tho silver
swan" by Orlando Gibbons weknOwn, and will be
loved as long love for all that is sweet and graceful,
and ingenious ia music survives "The Nightingale" by
T. Weekes "a. ID. IGc0) and stl earlier composition,
"N len all alone" by Gronimo Converse are little in
fcrior FOrds delicious morsel "Sirce first saw your
face" reappcarcd a part OF glee arranged by
Sir Henry Bishop, the second part consisting
of trio of Dr. CacOtts; they fit we1
enough together dor Bishop had knack Of adapting and
patching the inspirations Of better mem, though we
confess preference for the original form in Which
FOrds madrigal exquisite that it Ia almost proiana
ton to touch it, The glee sung quartette, and
In obedience to recall the singers gave the pretty
suabian melody, "Come, Dorothy come" which Was
received with so much favor at all tie lalrigL
concerts year. OF the miscellaneous pieces, four
part song of HatOn's, "When evenings twilight" Men
dcssOhn's lovely partsong, "Thc first day of SPRING.
the chorus and quartette, Father, into Thy hands
commend my spirit" from Haydn's sublime Passion
Music" and male chorus by De Gail, "Come silent
evening"" given with hardly 'ait. There wore
several solo performances, but these being such as one
can hear anywhere, call for 10 criticism.
LELIsmE D'A;IORE.
The Amateur Opera Matinee "EElsire
dAmore,' given yesterday at the theater Of the
Union League Club for the benefit of the spanish Prot
estant Church of St. Jago in West Twenty ysecond-st,
drew together select aud fashionable audience, as did
also the opera Tuesday night, II ad Of The New
York state Woman's Hospital Mrs. Davidson DIR. q.
Durant Mr. Maritime, and Mr. sarbi tie principal
solo singers signor Albltes and Nine Gazzaniss being
the conductors.
MUSICAL NOTES.
A concert is to be given this evening III the
Lexingtou-avc NJ L. Church, under the direction OF Jr
II. j. Johnston. Mrs. GcItudo FraukauIc.s Miss sarah
Johnston, Mr.. W. H. Beckett, and several Others VIII
take part in it.
We have had no performances of oratono
this Winter except the usual Christmas offering OF ms
Messiah" but the Harmonic Society seems unwllnSto
let the without cir for h haneh
of art which 10 has devoted itsef though lt' rast
efforts the public Ia o,oro music Law lcf
ltnt t'ip h.rg