, 1872-12-05
ADJUSTMENTS,


| 4He tQlIu lsuDinsleln concert, last evening,
was attended by the largest audience OF the sea-
son, thus far. We have already given our im-
pressions of the artists 80 much in detail that
there is little left for us to chronicle except
mere events. Where there is perfection in
| everything it leaves little to say. Rubinsteus
! first number was an aria and variations from
Handel, and Scarlatti's Katzenfuge. For the
| latter he substituted the Moonlight Sonata
Of Beethoven, the always beautiful
adagto Of which gained new beauty
! from the tenderness Of expression
| and ineffable grace with which he invested it,
| His second was the Kreieleriana Of schumann
| like his Carnival, an arabesque Of odd concoits,
and fairly bristling with difficulties. It would
! have been Beyere task for any other pianist,
IS it is nearly half hour in length; but in the
| closing measures his touch WAS as clear and
brilliant and his strength as clear Us at the COM
! mancement. His closing number WAS three OF
Mendelssohn's - Songs without Words" which
aGibsatsy bs lay sn9 sf and rbs yhiR %eas
cert-goera, we doubt whether there
was onein the audience to whom it did not como
like new revelation: Its magnificent move
with power and impetuosity which made it
seem as if dozen pianos we're in operation.
Wieniawski also came in for his share of the
triumphs, playing Ernst's complicated fantastic
on Il Pirata :" and Legende and Va1ee Caprice
of his own composition. For his two encores he
repeated the Bach aria and gave the Carnival
Of Venice with three or four new varia-
tions no other violinists have ever
attempted here. The vocalists we're also en-
cored, and altogether the concert was one long
to be remembered as an oasis In onr musical
desert. There are but three more Of these con-
certs, and those who do not improve the oppor-
tunities will have something to regret for life
time. The programme for this evening, which
is specially noticeable for the performance OF
the kreutzer Sonata by Rubinstein and Wieni-
awsh together, is as follows:
PART /.
f. Air ct Variations, major. .Handel
c. Variations seiieuaes. Mendelssohn
Anton Rubinstein.
MNe Louise 01meny.
s. {a. 5aeg1e; Ernst
" Henri His,.iaissEa. "1'DAA"'A1
' Miie: Louise Iisbha1t.
S. Sonata, for piano and Violin Beethoven
Dedicated to Kreutzer.)
Anton Rubinstein and Henri Rienia,eski.
- '''&S' M1k. Louise It<6tari. 4 14'u8
7. Andante, ct " Carnaval de Venise," Paganini
Henri HteniGESkl.
s. a. Berceuse Chopin
anton Rtibin8efn.
THE M1Ns1AELs.
The attractions at Myers Opera House are not |
meeting with the encouragement they deserve,
for the reason, no doubt, that lovers Of fun are
not aware Of the extreme excellence Of the en-
tertalnment. The new song and dance artists,
Mack1n and Wilson, are by far the neatest and
most accomplished pair in their line that have
yet appeared in Chicago. Besides being re-
markably skifu and active in movement, they
have trained themselves to an absolute unity Of
motion, and give 8 performance which
secures for them recalls without num-
Der. h1llburn's protean changes are good,
The comic sketches by Arlington, Cotton, Kem-
BILE, surr1dge, ETC., unusually rich and alto
gether the programme is SO meritorious that
admirers Of minstrelsy in its perfection cannot
afford to miss 1T.
A1EESs THEATRE.
. On Saturday evening Of this week Lawrence
Barrett, one of the most talented and popular OF
Americas rising actors, begins an engagement
It Alken's Theatre, opening in Richard Ill.,"
n which he will be supported by Messrs. Aiken,
LaWlor, and the entire company. On Monday
'!ening next mr. Barrett will appear as Hanlei,
With cast, it ia promised, the strongest ever
'sen in Chicago During his epgaeement he
Fll1 play Cassius in "Jn1jus Cesar" in which
10 made SO notable success at Booths Theatre.
THE OTHER THEATRES.
Brilliant audiences are the rule at McVickers, |
Ghere Hiss Coombs, as Lady TeQz{e ia giving | ,
me Of the histrionic treats OF the season. The
arious members of the cast have improved ma
erialy, and the "SchooI for Scandal" now ]
moves like clock-work.
The Lingard Company, at the Academy, ia
It will be most acceptable