, 1874-05-12

uB almost solid weok Of saoscd song, on acalo
never boforo attempted. a guarantee fund Of
s50,oGo secured tho financial baBis,-a precau-
ton proved unnecessary, llowoyor, by the I'M
menBc audiences. And Music Hail crowdod
means comfortable sun Of money, with eeaaol,-
Tickets at els, ana single aontB ut $3.50. Tho
engagement Of tue Thomas orchestra fixes Of
itBolf tho musical standard ;of the concerts, aud
their force of fifty is Increased to eightyaye by
tue addition Of out MendesBohn Club and othor
rnuBiciaus Of equal emincnco. Our loading eolo-
iats-Annte Cary mud Adelaide Phillips, Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. WoHt, NJ. W. Whitney, Rudolph-
son, thu Winchos, Varloy, Osgood-aro roin-
forced by Miss Edith Wynne, the sweet soprano
Of tho Dolby troupe Of two years since, NOW,
thoy say, tho bost oratorio-Bingor in London
who cotnos over Oh purpose for the Festival.
Tho ''nobto six hundred" thomsolgos-mar-
ahalod under blr. Carl Zcrrahn, whoso superb
leadership you know something of In Chicago,
and who conducts the ontifo Fostiva1-have
givsn the who1e winter to preparation, praoticing
1atterfy two or threo evenings Of the weok, anu,
ut tho worry last. every evening.
This iB tito splendid force with which tho Fes-
tlyal opened on Tuoaday evening with tho per-
formnnco OF ''Judaa Maccabeus." They make
an hmphitheatre Of our
MUSIC HALL PLATFonM
on theHo ocoasionH, ranging tho singers tier
above tier about the great organ,-the bright,
tho scene the look OF nn flnn1onso fowor-gartlen,
n Tho contra in maased the orchestra n vo1v
thioAet Of vion.bows in front. Before those,
the soloiHts In immaculate broadcloth and glis-
I'm cnndnctor iike Hsni a1nonf, ,,;a hrsthrar
welding tho whole force AZ if bis batoh wero
magnetic. Behold all this On the platform, tho
front draped n gay bunting, and garlandod With
Testivai nrnptl thc yyh5je imnense i,nIl tn tn,;.
tnnat rnliary With m nndienco m brilliant md
uo,, have III scnnn ennd for t,,c entira .saeE
/ wnuid 1,,irht 9iva nm entiro nrticln to
ryts yrnsT CONCERT.
,vondorfu1 na it was in brjinnny and etroncfh
rT'he orntorin In nn,onr ti,a most nonn1or II mt
thn most o]ahorato, Of Hnndo1sa works. tha
mugic is sttrrine twitt full Of pntr;otio 1,ro In
clorupes as we'll as solos; and the great buIy Of
singers took IN tho awift war.songs with an IN
sion. confident ease, that. II not nerfection.
wero sornothinv tlear it. Tie four star aoloists
nnDoarod. and Slies Wynne eapr nobiv hor almost
constant numbers. She is an earncst, pure,
one botb Of Patonn and Ni]asol,
m fbe fnte-1iko nualitv of itz nnra
silyory toner. Like all trneat artists her nanner
Is as simple and unafreotod as her art is exeol-
ont. Wer brilliant s,Iccose was matchcd by tint
Of Mr, Nelson Varley in tho rolo OF lie hcro. who
strength. Tho other parts welo woll-balanccd
in morit. while tho orchestra Buprorted tl,o
whole with equal precision and inspiration. Tho
whole moved on from succoss to success. AZ by
rnnt,1roue. hear what others sav Mr.. Zarrahn
eafd. privately, Mt the close, tllat q Ono might
hear it in Europe fifty times, and never opco 60
we'll If That" The Adrerise called It ian extra
ordinnry performances J" and John s. Dwight, OF
the Journal Of Music, pronouncos it tho bess
rendering Of oratorio ever hoard in Boston.
Succeeding this no haye concerts every after
noon and evening.
THE AFTERNOON CONCERTS.
by orchestra and eoloiata only, do not differ
indeed, Tiomas concort might over be spoken
Of az Ordinary, Merely to name the oyerturen to
tho famous operas aud tho great Symphonies
which form tho staple Of these classic oonrorts.
Of their merit. They require tho Utmost ' Of @ mG-
eical PERCEPTION and imagination tho absorI,-
tiun would be- too 1ntense wnro it not oontnna,iy
relieved by tho lnpptly-ohoaon efforts Of Tic
soluists, who iptorpret their ,nission in thasa
stance tlis afternoon, between au alacio from
sp wTae VII two y Rer native %ss
ballaly,-olo weird minor song Of "Tho Miss
Ing Doat. and tho other a quaint, olden love
melody, With rp-accompaniment and old
In Tano1niizinp tha artor,oon,concorta t,,,,x
We must oxcopt [ thursday. Which. as It i brou"ht
tliom to the middle Of tkeir t song," = was allowed
10 1ronir t,'a ,.rn@rono,,o trhorn5 a 49, ~ snr;,,e
narfor1nnucc md nhorla and ali annonrod in tho
afternoon with
LONG AND ELABORATE psoauAatag.
After the overture, Mr.. Yarloy .reudorod finely
ihe tenor air HIn native WORTH from "Tho
Creations" and Miss Wyuno gayo. with Tic
chorus, S1cndolssohn's famous motetto, 'Hear
NV PRAYER" with rnost i,nprosslyo and Ieautifnl
eject: tho roouost ia 90 urcent for its ronoti
tlon that It ia crowded in tonight. Tho
delssoln-waa noxt given Liko most
unfinished works Of eroat masters in art, It is
Interesting mainly IN its association. It il frag-
alternating with ohorusoH, descriptive Of the
scenes or Passion Weok. The recitatiYoa arc
gennoS ehoa s na Gy Sot 9na were won
constant reuiuisconccs Of j" Elijah !" and "st.
taul t !" End tho last. "Daaghter ot Zion. weep
aos yourselves and your children" j. especially
sweetness peculiar to h1eudessohn.. Tho con-