New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-04

TUr PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

The opening of the Philharmonic season Is
always event Of remarkable interest In the muscai
circles OF NewYork. and the Academy of Music wa' con
sequcntiy crowded on Saturday evening with an audi
cncc OF excellent quality and Of mere than average cr
cal Mr.. Bergmann IN his place promptly;
4 concert opened precisely at the advertised hour; and
late Of whom there were some hundreds, were
civy required to wait at the doors until the first pause
III the music. This excellent arrangement we trust
Will le persevercd IN. Not many changes have been
radc In the composition OF the orchestra. Mr Mnzka
lays aside his take the frat violin in place OF MI
Nol; Mr.. Metsch appears among the trombone player
and Mr. Dirz among the trumpetcrs- The principal
specialists whom have known Of past yearo-Bershef
Bralne, Lcscgang, Pfeif NJ, hncdcr Kehder' Klt zei
Oht mann, BOchn, SOlst-are all III lAf'r "c' "
places.
The programme for the first concert WAS as follows,
Beethoven, as usual opening the season.
Part I. ,
lrIa frunI Le We di sono Mozart
Mrs. Philip ID. Gulagcr $3.50.
Intrn1uction to Die Meistersnger Won MINI
borg .....-''.''''''' part H.
Con, erto for Iiapofoic III FAT. Beethoven
Hen Dionys pruckner.
ARA from e' Mr., P G%G D G ,ii.s' D'HA'"
Introduction and Poiunlso piano-forte. ar
Hanged by LIE i1err Donys Pruckner.
Overture, Julius Caesar ..-........-'.'''-o Imam
This was a good programme but we cannot give I'M
ouaacd praise to the performance The Pastoral sym
nhony lacked both the precision and delcacy "heh we
had reason to expect the Interpretation OF 80 Iaihar
work. and the first hall OF the thTd mo'emeh'-tnc
festive passage which precedes the famous s'ol1n PIE
ture-the deficiencies Of the orchestra were especially
arnarent The chief fault seemed to lie with the hoiliN
In the subsequent selections there WAS less opportunity
FOR criticism Wagners Vorsp,ei being gwen with the
necessary iune,s of tone and breadth OF ehcct anu the
fine Scluma nioveture being IN general c1eui'"pe al
The opening Of season. however, i'm oroi"s'fa "oc
members have necessarily done more or lets rough hn
| ,nperfcct work during the long VACATION II never
III very good riD and some weeks paclce Is heedeu "
hiring M TO it, standard excellence. The Iorspae to
Die Meistcr,ingcr" though not heard on this occasion
for the first time was novelty. III was uucu ~
the American public by Theodore Thomas aboht 'hree
wears agot and we have 10 recollection OF ID having
been performed that time To the average hs'ehe
/, viii al ways seem drer than most o: Wagnrs orceS
tral writing hut 10 the musician II presents "ohc III
,ornsc studies in the creation and resolution o. con
trapntal difficulties, ARISING OUT VI the smutiheous
! treatment Of three distinct themes
| Herr Pruckner Nwho made his first appearance III
America In this concert is pianist and scholar OF eHce-
lent repute In Germany pupil Of Nzs and professor
IN Tie Nusikschic Of Stutgardt His technique II eX-
ccent his touch delicate ard clear aud his style refined
lie nlave with nice appreciation OF the nudncrs OF
copositlon and with quite enough sentiments uis &c
feet is lack OF Hence his performances
colorless and in such large hal as the Academy OIL
Music IL often Ineffective. In small concert room Ii
| would lie liked better.
Mr. Guager is church singer or some require pn' NJ
a Philharmonic concert she ont Of place II Will be
subject Of general regret II the Directors OF the society
allow the tone Of these concerts be lowered by the ill.,
PRODUCTION Of mediocre solos, such have been ufor
tunatcv too common during the past two years. An
Invitation to sing the Philharmonic has hitherto been
looked upon ms n high plment but 1t will be 40 no
longer II II is to he indiscrimnatey extended There
are not than five Elk vOcasts III the country ~
! whom such an invitation could he wOrthly given-
Madame ParepaRosa for instance. Mr.. santley' miss
Nilsson Miss Kellogg, and Miss0Adelaide Phillipps III
we cannot have the hest, let us have none at all
At the third concert " be given JAM 6we SHAH have
RATS elm wade' symphony, Memberships Die
Hebrden overture, aud WebeTs overture t.
Quarantine" RATS work, announced by the society
last year but postponed because the music wae not
received In time has been played q whole In
this country, although Theodore Thomas has made us
more familiar with the second aud third move
Inents.
MUSICAL NOTES.
An American singer of promise, William n
Perkins OF Illinois, died at Milan on the a0th Of October
Gounods new cantata, "Gallia," described as
lalnentaon," referring TO the Insforunes ofFrance
has been produced ut the Paris Opera Comiquc, with
OF scenery costume and tableaux ana las
been very warmly received
A concert, complimentary to Mr.. Henry
this evening Miss Stirling. Miss Toed. Mrs Hoyt Miss
Th,lrsby, Miss Lasar, Mr. Leggat, Mr. g. W hofgin MI
8 p Warren. Mr.. Iasa< and q number OF other ladies
| and gentlemen, have offered their SERVICES
Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, now residing at
Chicago comes East short ecturng and reading
,our commencing about the middle Of tho present month