New-York tribune., 1873-01-20
MUSIC.
THIRD PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

THIRD PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.
The third concert of the New-York Phil
harmonic Society st season. drew as large audience
as usual on Saturday evening the only effect Of the
storm being perceptble in the number of late arrivals
The tardy comers were allowed crowd into the dress
circle during performance of the overture and the
ht Of the concerto TO the great annoyance
subscribers wh0had seats in that part Of the house
They should been requested to remain in the lobby
until the first pause in the music, as they are at the
Thomas concerts. The programme as follows;
PART L
Overture, OberOD" Weber
Concerto Tor 'hepang, N uPs Ms
Hrtengesang" from the oratorio Of Christus List
Concerto for the violin in ID. opus l2l...... MOZART
Mme. Camilla UTso.
PART II.
Symphony, No. in Schumann
We car say little about the overture for parts of it
were entirely inaudbe where sat, and the hearing
OF the rest was constantly interrupted by the nuisance
OF late oOmers The placing Of the overture at the be-
ginning of the programme aud the symphony at the end
is an inversion Of the usual order at the philharmonic
concerts ana upon the whole at least under existing
circumstances the change isa good one If any part OF
the entertainment beI disturbed by talking aud
rustng gowns and shufDg feet, and creaking doors,
II mad better the least important part On the other
hand it confessed thst for the perfect enjoyment
OF symphony the audience and the performers should
both be fresh Perhaps 1t may be possible to manage
things so that thewhole concert can belgven in quiet
Mr. Mills chose one Of the most difficult OF pianoforte
compositions and covered himself with distinction by
his brilliant success with IL. There are other works
which present greater technical obstacles than this con-
certo in minor of Chopins but there are few whose
rare aud recondte beauties easily eude the grasp OF
even the most accomplished player. Mr. Mills has all
the facie execution the soft clear, and elegant touch
and the Quick poetic appreciation which necessary
for the inerpretatonio such incomparaby refined and
fancfu music He playedthe!saIne work at one OF the
Philharmonic concerts three years ago. andiwe had not
forgotten how wen he played III yet his performance on
Saturday even surpassed our expectations. Madame
Urso who has long been absent from NewYork winning
aures in Europe and on the Pacific coast was cordially
welcomed she played the Mozart violin concerto with
beautiful taste and great feeling, with masculine free
dom and certainty Of touch, with every excellence In
fact except good tone Her great defect is rasping
and that marred many of what would otherwise have
been her finest passages. ..
The novelty OF the evening was the Hirtengesang
l"PastoraJ from LISTS "Christus" 1t begins with
exquisite melody for the reeds alone, in which an ntri
cate structure is made to present all the effect OF rustic
simpicty and then passes into religious movement
rich IN the ingenious combinations wherein Lzt Is SO
happy and free from the eccenicies so characteristic
OF Of his II is from first 10 last beautiful
piece OF writing. and the orchestra gave it worthy In
depreciation. The performance OF this piece good
that It rather remarkable that the symphony should
not have been better schumann's Symphony in major
Is very difficult, abounding in strange variations of
tempo and unexpected suspensions, aud II We say that
the orchestra playedi fairly give them all the praise
10 which they are entitled They lacked unity Of sen
Inent vivscty, and spirit, and in that exceedingly
passage which marks the transition in the second
movement from the scherSo to the motto yiyace they
seemed 10 be feeling their way.
At the next concert Feb. Isl we are to have Haydns
oxford symphony and the great Dante" symphony Of
Idszt which the society presented Tor the nrst time
about two years age.