, 1872-10-11

t TIE FIFTH THoM4S CONCERT
| Ihe htta OF the Thomas concerts called mi
the largest and most brilliant audience of tl,f
season. The theat1e was dense1y crowded il
every part. and the ais1es filed with ca1up stools
This remarkable musical outpou1ins was m
douhtedly owing to the popnlar character of The
! programme, which contained many Of the mum.
bers which first made this orchestra famons
The f.st part OF the programme Was devoted ie
the solid music Of the evenin2, and the second
to the popular. Every number in tho first pari
presented special features Tor admiration, but
the grand centre Of interest IVES The il
PRODUCTION ead fnish to Wssncrss Tristan and
Isolde" given for the first time in this city.
Ihe opera itself is yet hardly known eTen in Ger
{ many outside of Bavaria. It wes composed
long after Tannh1user and Lohengr;n, and more
fully deyelopes Wagners peculiar theory Of the
wedding OF sense and music than
| any Of Ills earlier works, to which
the above named belong It is par.
OF the great Nibelungen Tnlogy, and is founded
upon one OF Gottfred's old nedinsh POEMS
The selections which we're given last evening
I are beyond all comparison Srander ilaan
any Of Wa1gner's music that has ever
been performed here bc{ore-more thrilling,
mora majestic, and more expressive Of the inner
| most feelings Of the soul. The fnsle is
| mighty saxging crescesado, which forces ITSELF
upon the listener and co.npels him to acEno.yl-
edge It's power, whether he be 3 willing listener
or not The introduction is 3 severe task for
the orchestra, and fairly bristles with almost un-
fact that none oi the paris are carried together
but the finale has firm set dramatic pnrpose,
the brasses have the motives, the Tiolins work
ing up the accompaniment, all combining in q
~F 1x.{--r t%- IL 4-1
gradually. di1niniahes and dies away on
pres VIII a grief N' On - the lsf'es BODY CT oi
Tristan. It is to music what the tragic fate OF
simply wonderful music, full Of beauty, force,
and brllEancy, thrilling in expression, and ma
jestic in accords. It is too grand to be entirely
conceived on single hearing. II 31r. Thomas
deserved the gratitude OF al lovers Of music for
giving them this norceau from Wagner's great
work The remaining features OF the first part
we're the quaint little overture to Cherrbini's !
the a1lesretto from Beethosen's Eighth sym !
phay, which was delicionsly played; Mendel- |
sohn concerto for siolin, and Schubert's |
s:suleka," sung BY NJ: ossood= The a1enael-
in thoroughly artistic way. His tone is re-
markably smooth and flowing, and his playing
marked by beautiful regard for expression. This
was specially noticeable in the a'adonte, which
b.
produced decided furue, which ended in
recall The sulelka song is 3 dramatic gem,
the words taken from Gnetha's Diven, and the
music literally set to the words BY Schubert, at-
Meeting the rhythm Of the poetry and that Of the
music, SO that the music il in large degrees
based upon the words, as in the
Nas1sa. MaSnez DEes operas; y and the schnnann
question to epec1sa Of musical elocution which
does not properly admit of establishment. and
AIR OsSood sang it IN this manner with COZ
6c1entious trestment, and according to the spirit
weather hss got into the theatre in liberal juan
htiee, and this, added to the unavoidable damp
ness, has gwen not only 11r4 Osgood, but many
otherB, severe colds, and this has prevented the
ing Of t.suleika, however: was both novel and
pleasant as something unusual in the concert
toom- The second pnrt OF the programme
% .ss made nP az OF numbers, all of
pleasing japanese gallop, written BY Iii. Peuse,
formerly OF this city very familiar to concert
5oers. They were the Tell overture, the Trau-
merei, and the Strauss waltz, Swine, Woman,
Of these numbers, for they were
simply perfect. This evening the following pro-
''ranna viii be given:
3F sGA3FFaoNY, 10 in B. op- -sehr1aann
,m z,.n " s; SEqk&E i osGooD.
oberon.~ - Weber
ADAGIo, Pzonetheus, op:
;oNG, The Posthorn, op. 50. Frora The II
Poem Of The Winters Journey. .sehnbe-.
lA1s1:R-MaKsc;aI Esd; Icohs.E l. o,aoop' v.,nr
TIE FARM OPERA.
The drst performance OF the brief Farin1 {
ea5on of opera will be given this evening, at Nc
Icker's Theatre for which the faTo1ito q Tro- !
atOre IB announced. Tna east faa haer already | !