Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-21
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The Boston Jubilee.


EOOhIH DA1-IhE FRENCH BAND AND THE
MARSRILLAIsE.
COLISEUM, June 2O-The decision of the iubi-
lee managers to sell admission tickets, without
seats, however, for three dollars, the increasing
interest in the monster concerts, and the advent
Of the French band all helped to draw a great
audience into the coliseum to-day. Including
the chorus and musicians the building probably
contained over forty thousand persons. 1t is
thoroughly ventilated structure, and is probably
the coolest place Of meeting to be found among
any of the halls OF the city
First on the programme came the "Gloria"
from Mozarts Twelfth Mass for chorus, organ
and orchestra which was effectively rendered.
The second number, was as heretofore for the or
chestra who played with precision and great
success festival overture by Leuner.
Madame Rudersdortf then sang the great aria
Let the bright Seraphim," by Handel, in Il
style to call forth the hearty plaudits of her
listeners. Mr.. Arbuekle played the trumpet
solo and shared in the encore, and gracefully
escorted the great oratorio soprano 10 the plat
form to acknowledge the applause.
The anvil chorus was to-day given the third
place i'll the programme, and the efforts TO gain
an encore were at last successful. In the first
place it was sung much better than on the pre-
vious days, and then Gilmore opened with
very taking burst of cannon 1t was the first
time this most popular piece of the original ju-
DllcG WAS uOuOltu WIFI lHS great IdNOC OI tue
audience. Strauss directed the orchestra in the
performance of his fourth waltz, which he
styles "100l nights The splendid waltz he
gave yesterday is called by him "The Morning
Paper There was double encore,
and the Strauss piZicatto polka, which
Theodore Thomas made familiar to you,
was played twice TO satisfy the enthusiastic
admirers of the Vicnncse composer, the king of
waltz writer's who has proved to be one OF the
great and most popular features of this jubees
The great chorus, 'rhe Heavens are Telling"
by Haydn, was sung under the direction of
Zerrahn very successfully, the choral societies
showing good training in this music and deve
Oped Il volume OF tone not always sustained by
them The Mendelssohn song, Farewell TO
the Forest, remains yet one of their
best efforts in this building. The piano solo
to day was by James NJ Wehli, but in five acre
building performance Of this character has TO
be spread out too thln TO go all round, and can
not be effective. On the contrary, it is painful
to witness. There was no encore.
Madame Peschka-Leutner's marvellous voice
was heard day in an air from the "MagiC
Flute" and her triumph was in no degree dimiu-
iShed from that she has already won. How sat
istactory it would be to hear her glorious voice
in opera at the Boston theatre! The applause
with which her singing was greeted was over
whelming, and coming back, escorted by Franz
Abt, she acknowledged the encore by singing
| one of Abfs songs, Good Night, Sweet Child"
| the composer himself directing the orchestra
| This charming Leipsc songstreSs, who sings SO
much higher in the scale than any other soprano
singer is brunette, plump, fair and thirty
| three years of age, She wears new dress each
day. That of yesterday was a brilliant scarlet,
with a deep flounce of black lace and jacket
of the same, while decorations spangled on her
breast, the deserved triumph of her peerless gift
of song.
There was great excitement manifested when
the French band or as it is termed the Band of the
Garde Republicaine Of Paris made its appear
| auce. 1t numbered fifty-hve musicians under
the leadership of Geo. PauluS and Emil Maury.
1t is Il famous corps of musicians whose organi-
cation dates from the republic OF 1S4S AS they
came down the long line of chorus and orcheS-
ira seats the audience chorus and orchestra
arose en- maSse, greeting them with great cheer
ing, waving of hats, handkerchiefS, and all sorts
of friendly demonstrations. This reception lasted
fully five minutes, the band evidently feeling
gratefully pleased. They formed a semi-circle
| upon the platform with N, PauluS in the centre
| As soon as comparative quiet was restored, the
| band true to the French characteristic of ma
tional politeness, struck up Hail Columbia.
This was unexpected on the part Of the audi
| ence and every one in the whole house rose TO
| their feet and stood on the seats. Three large
baskets Of flowers were sent to the band from
| the audience and another Undesirable scene of
| enthusiastic waving of handkerchiefs hats,
| canes, and cheer after cheer ensued, completely
| drowning the music for few moments. The
| band, however, played the American air through
| and were again cheered its conclus on They
| then performed march by Myerbeer, "Aux
| Flam6eauX,' and the overture to civilian
| Tell" eiciting tho heartieSt applause AT the
conclusos of this, and amidst the greatest enthu-
| sasm, Gilmore appeared upon the rostrum. The
| organ and bands under his direction
| began the Marsellaise, which the chorus sang
with will, and were powerfully sustained by
the great orchestra, while organ and cannon
lent their powerful aid to heighten the effect.
1t was triumphantly performed, and of course
had to be repeated, the cheering was of SO STEM
I0rian a character. At the close of the repeti-
ton Mr.. Gilmore led the leader of the French
band up the directors platform, who, after bow
ing in response to the cheers and waving hand
kerchiefs, led his band in Yankee Doodle" and
"Ilail Columbia" and closed with perform
anCe OF the MarSellaiSe, into which they worked
more sentiment than is usual with American
bands. They played everything with peculiar
crispness and brillianey, and were an unmis-
taxable triumph. To discover which is the
best foreign band it will be necessary to hear
them all play the same music. They are all
splendid bands.
The Soldiers Chorus, from Gounods opera of
Faust, was next given, under GilmOre's drec-
tlon, with operate chorus, and then with the
lul chorus aud cannon accompaniment elicit
Ing hearty applause. This was followed by
Gounods Nazareth, the solo being given by the
balltones Of the bouquet Of artists, the chorus
and orchestra joining in the full chorus. Low
ell Mason'S hymn, "Watchman, tell us Of the
night" was the concluding piece, and was
erandly rendered, Gilmore introducing the can
non, and the audience joining.
On Saturday there will be Colored chorus of
$50 voices, from different parts Of the country
TO join with the colored Jubilee singers" who
will appear on that day in chorus especially
arranged by Gilmore.
The Genadier band of London will play again
tomorrow.