New-York tribune., 1870-05-09
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA
MUSIC.
MUSIC.
PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

The sixth and last coh0oi' VI @ O..
,,onic sccietys twentyeighh season t0oN
urday evening, ana lroSel''ou wv
PART l. scbumonn
e,nDhonv No 2 in c. Reethoyen
Concerto for the Piano, IN In5 usi MebIiS
Charms from "Die Meistersnger ""s"''
Crusaders from the "st Elizabeth ..'-'Ls|V
tno'"' The Arion Society. ,.,,o,
Overture TO Fdeo,' No 49,.
- ,os.ra OF the Philharmonic Society under the
,,oton Of Mr. Bergman is generally SO good 'na' VIC
80 M excuse to find fault with It, III We take soho
,,or IN Us execution of the schumann symphony
evening il is with no disposition to Judge too
, Oh a nerformance which in most respects was ex-
So, Tho second and fourth movements td"egro
,o non lroppo and Gego With their broken ihy 'nh'
rsions and eccentric pauses, are extremely uihou''
GA ;r tho former Of them especially the playing oeseh
erated at fines into heitersKeter hurry .ei!
differnt from the neat and precise s'yie Nhioh
,,s,ouv cbaracterizes this orchestra and which
u'u"' ,crors indeed in other parts OF the
-. .,r saturday The overtures were admirably
- cade,s "Ossian" is good descriptive work.
ohe for distinct character and scholarly wrIhg' aa
poethovens fourth "FdelO" overture st the emu VI 'no
evenine filed our minds with repose anu sent us holno
contepted. The concerto in G, OF when Miss Mehne
played a part is one OF 'he oes' hno"n u
poc,bovep's pauo compositions, and II we are not
1atstato, II has been heard several times OF
Ia,o :, New.York-it certainly was played
AZ philharmonic concert last seasonbut we have never
heard IL rendered with feeling and intelligence
than by the delightful artist who undertook 1T on this oc
casion How well she understands Beethoven she had
already shown at the fourth Philharmonic Concert
this Spring; and indeed whatever she does we can
alvayshave an assured confidence that she will do well
The cadenza which she introduced was Won Bulows-
brilliant elaborate and totally unsuitable, for Beetho
ven and Won Bow minge about well as oil and water
Its OF course no than right that society like the
philharmonic should give specimens now and then OF
the new school Of music represented by Lzt and Wag
ner but this have really been afflicted with
modern vagares far beyond our deserts OF Wagner's
"Die Meistersinger Nurnberg," which is now in
European opera-houses the direful spring OF
numbered. and the occasion OF fierce musical warfare
revolutions behind the curtain and cOmbats among the
audience nothing believe has heretofore been pub
lcy performed in NewYork except the overture which
Qke almost all the novelties have had for years.
was brought out by Theodore Thomas The chorus
Of mixed voices given Saturday by the Aron Society
and auxiliary force of ladies, not devoid of certain
grandeur, is in many passages impressive, and now and
then almost becomes melodous, but it is singularly
unpleasant work, struggling with immense pains after
effects which IL reaches and creating difficulties
which it resolves. wOthreads of solo through
it. One given by Mr.. Candius tenor the other by
Mr. Kemmertz, baritone. Both did well in very un-
grateful duty. But If the "Meisersinger" chorus was
unpleasant the chorus of crusaders from Lszts oraOro
of St. Elizabeth" little else than repusive. Only
the fnatca devotee of the school could bear
it for part not willing TO call this music.
The performance OF neither chorus very good and
than Mr.. Bergman lost that quiet and self
possessed which makes him TO the eye of the
audience ordinary occasions Of the pleasantest Of
conductors.
OPERA PROSPECTS.
Our readers have already been advised that
Madame ParepaR Rosa will bring her English opera troupe
NewYork this week for few moro performances be-
fore her departure for Europe and glad TO hear
that she produce this occasion the greatest
OF all operas Mozart's "Don Giovanni" 1t will be sung
Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Madame Rosa
will take the part Of Donna Anna restoring the famous
Letter Aria which nearly all other singers except
La Grange have always suppressed Miss Hersee cast
ZernG and the other leading roles are to he filed by
Miss Warden, Mr.. NOrdblom, Mr. Campbell and Mr.
Seguin. Saturday evening shall have "Oberon"
once mOre and after that it may be long
before we such good English opera company again
Mr.. and Madame Rosa sail for Europe next month They
will probably return next season, but whether 10 place
themselves again at the head OF English company,
TO lead campaign Of Italian opera, or merely to give
concerts Is entirely uncertain BY this years opera
tons they have succeeded in making English opera both
popular and fashionable; they have proved that opera
viii pay If it is properly and literally conducted with a
and we have no that Mr. Hess who purposes after
their departure continue operations with Miss Hersee
the seguins Castle, Campbell the Bowlers, and other
good artists will profit by the prestige accumulated dur
ing the Winter
As soon as the Rosa troupe has gone, Brig
noli opens the Academy for campaign, which we be
svs 60 be conducted the basis Of three nights any
how and more If them. With him are Miss Kel-
logg Madame Gazzanga, Miss Clara Perl, Susini, and
Petrilh
THOMAS'S CONCERTS.
When the swallows homeward fly, or perhaps
little later ii is safe expect the return OF Theodore
Thomas to the gttng bowers Of the Central Park Gar
den There amid the rattle of spoons the cink Of beer
glasses the patter Of wandering feet and the pratte Of
innocent young persons TO whom the gasightcd groves
are visions OF eysum, and the Illuminated foun
+ains are spendors of fairy-land, he begins to
dav his Summer season OF concerts For months
he has been wandering about the land with his
forty ddles and things he has conquered the provinces
aud brought Boston 20 his feet he has won the fame
1ycb is rightly his of being the most entcrprising anC
with only one or two exceptiOn) the best orchestra
conductor in America In the Boston Music Hall hC
gave eight symphony concert, in single week, and h'
room, which holds as many our Academy of Music
was filed at every concert. SO he comes back loade'
with the laurels Of victory and on the principle tina
nothing succeeds like we ought to give INN suc
a wecome As he never had before. Seriously, his sum
et concerts are boon 70 NewYOrk, aud their openin
is a matter Of deep public concern