New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-04
MUSIC.
FOURTH PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

The storm on Saturday night had little effect
upon the attendance at the Philharmonic Concert The
programme was as follows;
symphony No. . in Ritter
Aria rom Iphigenie In Aus" ............ luck
Mr.. Franz Remmertz.
Concerto for the piano In minor .Schumann
Miss Anna Mehiig.
Overture Coriolanus'' ............... Beethoven
Aria from jean de Paris .BOeldieu
Mr.. Franz Remmertz
Symphonic Poem, " Les Preudes" List
Prof. Ritters symphony is a new work, and this was
its first performance II is musical illustration OF
Byrons sardanapaus - TO speak more correctly it
is supposed to have been suggested the reading
tragedy, and the spirit Of Its different cor
responds with the frame OF mind inspired by the poem
It is in no what is called programme music and
Prof Ritter remembers the great truth which 50 many
lose sight Of that the function Of music Is not initiate
but to suggest and that composition which must he
interpreted by elaborate verbal description music
OF base and imperfect order. Without expecting us,
therefore, 10 follow in his symphony the action Of the
drama, he has taken certain passages texts to
speak, and built upon them aegretto moderate
responding the picture Of the great king he "lOs
crowned with roses" scherzO, symbocal Of the royal
revels andane suggested by MyThaS sOliloquy and
allegro spirito in which catch the furious spirit
Of the pa catastrophe. The orchestra under Mr. Berg
mann gave careful and refined Interpretation of this
work. and the impression produced by it was highly
pleasing If we say that Prof Ritter to have
been reverent and intelligent student OF Beethoven,
do not to imply that he has borrowed anything
from the great master except method of treating his
ideas and Of course he could not have looked to
better model The style Of the first movement to
particularly good II is simple, fluent and fOrcble
With a single lOngdrawn note the poets Z" wOe-woe to
the unrivaed city,! it passes at once into the charm
ing scherzo allegretto The andante is plaintiff and
somber In the final alegretto the composer has given
somewhat freer rein to his fancy, and made little
approach toward the exuberance OF the modern school,
but he becomes either coarse or fantastic. The
whole symphony is characterized by sort Of compOsure
which indicates writer OF his resources and master
Of all his instruments. The scoring Is solid and rch
without being snowy and abounds in beautiful touches
We doubt whether such work would captivate the
multitude but it will the respect OF connoisseurs
and increase the reputation which Prof Ritter already
enjoys of the most accomplished and scholarly Of
resident composers.
The orchestral pieces in the second part were well
playedthe Overture better than the Symphonic POEM
and for give hearty praise TO all the solos,
We never heard MI Remmertz sing well before; while
Miss Mehhgs performance of the lovely schumann con
certo was simply delicious.
The pieces announced for the Fifth concert are Bee
thovens Heroic symphony, Bargiel's "Prometheus"
overture, and Memberships Fngars Cave" Mr. Berg
ner is TO be the solo player
MUSICAL NOTES
The Nilsson Company which reappears this
Miss Anna Mehlig is to give a series of
piano-forte matinees seinway Hall, beginning next
Wednesday.
Miss Lasar, who recently made her debut in
concert at steinway Hall, has been engaged as leading
soprano at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn from the LIST Of
May.
Henry F. ChOrley, musical critic of The
AheneDl and for the space Of generation one OF the
best known English writers music, died recently in
London at an advanced age.
At q performance of "The Marriage of
Figaro" last week in Philadelphia Mrs Zelda Seguin
tainted on the stage and the opera finished without
the Cheru6ino Mrs. Seguln had been unwell all the
evening, but unwilling to dsappOnt the audience
The fourth of the sOirees of chamber music
by Messrs Pruckner and DamrOsch will be given this
evening at stenway Hail. with the assistance Of Messrs
Matzka schuessel and Bergner violin. VIOLA and 'ceo)
and Mr.. W. C. Baird baritone The principal selections
are Beethovens i'll major Ernsts Elegie for the
violin quarette of Schubert's minOr and two songs
OF Prof. F. L. Rtters.