, 1874-02-19

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ADJUSTMENTS.
PARADISE AND THE pEnr.
McCorm!cks Hall presented d spectacle last
evening which has raroly II ever been witnessed
in tho mualcsl history Of tho city. The Rpnctons
auditorium was pncked to ovorfl owing, oven tile |
aiaes aud evory inch OF atanoing-room boing oc- |
cupied, mud hundreds had to 20 away unable to
Get in. This brilliant audienco, numbering
$500 people, was gathered together to hear
Boothoyeua Fifth Bymphony and schu-
mann's "paraliso and tho Peri," and
this fact Of Itself speaks volumes
for tho musical taste Of Ohicago-that 80 vast
AL audience should turn out to listen to tho
works Of two such masters, and that it should
hayo grootod go enthusiastically music us sove1o
as TINT contained IN Schumanns work. Bee-
thovons Fifth Symphony, especially whom in
forprotod by such an orchestra as TINT OF Mr.
Thomas, would appenl to any ono ut iirst
hoaring whose cars wero not made OF Rtone, but
the "paYadiso aud tho Peri " Ia q work which ID
not to 10 absorbed and exhausted ut one herring.
Eta difficulties aro sometimes enormous, itB solo
parts yerY high for tho sopranos and very
low for the altos, and Home OF the chorusos pre-
sont perfect mazo Of intricaces. Under such
circumstances, md especially considering tho
{aot TINT the Club could havo but ono reI,eareat
with tho orchestra, and that itH conductor was
therefore laboring under unusual responsibility,
It's performance waB simply remarkable, anu
gives evidence Of tho superior discipline and
lrill which this organization, young as it is, haa
alrcady reached.
Tho difficulties Of this work have always opnr-
stod against it's performance, and it has boon
given but fow ti,nes since it was written. In
this country 1t has never been given botore IN
public 80 that tho credit Of its fist performance
here belongs to tho Apollo Club. As it ia unfa-
niiiar sketch Of the music will intorcating:
schu1naun was a student Of great literary as
veil as musical ability, and, boing constantly on
thu lookout for sono now axs-for.n, %as attract
cd by tho legend Of tho Pori, as told in "Lalla
nookh," inaHmuoh as it combined tho Christian
paradiBe, and Thus furnished hin. wide seopo
for his genius. Tho work. opens with ehort ILL
etrumental introduction which leads into q
qunsi.recltatiye for alto. (" Que Morn at
tiful srln Tor the Peri e. How Blcst seem
TO Mo'D, expressing tho longing for tint
Paradise from which she had heen hantahed.
Az in oratorio, tho connections Of tho !ibretto
. tenor md alto respectively those portions Of
tho work. In this manner tho Angel is intro
duccd, who ''keeps the gates Of light" who
preudes in short rocitativo for tenor the Bong
o. the AhEGi, tos Aaso soseS \ ~ MN NJ, "a
Thlns Iho rorl no no" c aEt, tns of oyn~iae widtl
swoatnesH. and with voly rich accompaniment
declares tho beauties Of India, and spccn!ntte,t
upon the chances Of finding tue gut whieL
Is to admit her to tatadiso* >, shoI
9uartetto or seml'chofua ieaas u1loc's IIIs asI a.
to what may 30 called !iN Il, .no n,,t c";,n Es'
Gcones, which contain the ehoIus @ ~ 1a o;l Ji'', =
Mahmoad y for tonoID md paaaos, On ar Gy shs
recltinE tenor I" Denola Aoutalua "aartu ,.an,
Standby, nftor which dazna, the cohan,oror
aska for mercy. when tho YOUTH q ~ Nilaaa lill
Tell hurls tho last arrow at n aug 10 qspaec.
The multitude then stfRes up a,ae ta'Iy1as Wna
which ia 60 well expressed Dy tno caGlua .i se mos
Woe Inc Ief wo n.. naa aeaeoa sou mn md ratnar
Of hle country fall nov aesceAas a n1l9 gaai,let ,
tho blood thas wan shoa ~ tne lagna l1r ''onl ;9
tY" to prc8ohs 81 ING Easc VI tlSa'D" au si'o s;.
This ia followed Dy tlo 11GHeo eltStos, H1 H. eion'n
tho frat part Holy Dlooa olnhe bg = lne a.a iaa.
bera which wo have 1aacatea as tao "as.sGen1 a1
present rchnesH o. THOUGHT ano ,,nra 1an.oa, -,
w9kng up WHICH seapm ,,or&a Gas e netr
nontation Is truly Oriental neh, aud warm a,t .at
dae!as ss the h' so5as SSsfd q dasas tho eoaaasto'
while tho fnai CHORUS Win It's mAshlVe 1oBu'
forms an inspiring climax to INC waolo. II.
Fart second commences WIN IN roa;. ~;
a @ t wfg .r ,n,onsea Il
PerI p 'oI TINT aoi far far iu hoI,or "o vot tho boo
munt oo. Ates aho.nor =, connec.an ea s,a,'
tecnatlVo loiio"s t9.I tAo cho1uh " NV hi, III,
ol Mo MUG! written ~ tne Ssyt N;a3
and lofeoy remno'1g oho' o. the nnaao ~ a,e. ~,
oslssonns 1.a1nne "1nen IN, 10 'elJ o'.sns s III,
n.so' H. M'on ss s..o M t
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