, 1874-03-08
| ing epoch. Of which little use has been made By

y 4s1-
some local charity, and the fire company selling
the most tickets was to get silver trumpet
The strife waa warm, and before the night a
jammed houee was certain. Harry Cou1tane. an
actor Of immense popularity there was 70 ap
pear in his specially, entitled Bob Ticket" and
expectation was on tip-toe. To prevent dsap-
point1nent, :Ir. Courtaine was locked In his room
during two days, aud guard placed over Mrn, 10
insure his sobriety when the great Eight came.
In the last afternoon. however. he clmed from
the window. and finally turned up at the theatre
blind drunk. His head was held under pump
and he was braced up with soda, until when the
time came for him to 60 on the stage It was
hoped he would carry himself properly. But he
did not. He called the audience names, and be-
hayed 80 outrageouslv that committee OF tre-
men went behind tho scenes and wallopod him.
After which the entertainment ended in disorder.
MUSIC.
The two notable events in music during the
past week have been tho opening concert Of the
Schumano Club, on Wednesday, evening, which
has been fully noticed ip THE TRIBUNE, and the
organ concert of the First Congregational
Church. on Tuesday evening, which presented so
many features Of interest that We make room for
detailed notice Of it, even at this late hour.
THE CONCERT
opened with the Toccata in 4 fiat By Hesse,
played by Mr.. Herve D. Wilkins, OF Rochester
N. Y. This piece, although By no means Of the
first rank in point Of massiVeness or of techni-
cal difficulty, ia good organ music and thorough
II legitimate. It WAS played exceedingly WE'LL
and, notwithstanding itslength, was well received
BY the audience. In the same connection,
hlr. Wilkins played two Communions from
Batiste's Op. 4, pieces which familiar to all
young organists. although not always SO well
played as on this occasion. In subsequent parts
Of the programme, Mr.. Wlkins played an alr
from a sTannhauser and another from - L'Afri-
caine," as well as Hesses variations on ''God
| Save the King" and q very pretty ohertoire
in minor (op. 81 by Batiste; TIE most ahoySy
| Of these pieces was Hesse's " God Save tho
King" one of the most popular brayura pieces
| with young organists, On account Of the familiar
air aud the snowy, though not extremely diff
cult, variations. In al his selections, Mr. Viii
kins showed himself an organist Of rare ability.
| though not OF genius. He not only played all
the passages with perfect mastery OF tho tech
nical details. but manifested small amount OF
rcpose. and contrived to impnrt to his playing
generally certain air OF "stylo' entirely beyond
| the reach Of the mere amateur. In the accom-
| paniments, Ms. wilkins showed still further lis
excellent taste and Judgment particularly in the
varied coloring; it was only pity that ut times
| the instrument wnB too loud
Mr. Louis Falk appeared in two solos. The
first consisted Of three movements from 3len-
delssohn's italian Symphony;" the second
was the overture to "The Merry Wives OF Wind
| eor" by Nicolai. These selections were we'll re-
cei7ed b7 the audience, and tho second was i'm
peratively encofed, in response to which, LIE gave
| Bucks variations on ''Annie Laurie" which
were played sp1endldly. Tho symphony, how
ever, pleased less; chiefly from the fact that in
| anv well written symphony, the Instrumentation
iB Of so delicate q nature as to be utterly ire
| ducible to the resources Of the organ. The only
exceptions to this those tender and sustained
fyric movements il which the orchestral coloring
| Is comparatively simple.
4 great deal Of interest attached to this joint
appearance Of Mr. Wilkins By tho side Of our
pretend @ to say What tie general verdict OF tho
an1ienca was IN the relative rank Of the PLAYERS;
hnt the following compa1ison seems to us Just
Ar Wilkins il a nlayer OF vide reading in organ
mns;c. and of superior technical requirements.
| His nlayinr is intelligent and masterly-to the
e1tept nt feast Of tie requirements of this pro
rramme. Louis FaIk has not only talent, bn:
ehso1uto peuins Of a certain kiud-that is fol
maryelously quick reading md for execution.
On 3 question Of mere execution he would
fast, NJ Bncf stitI his repatriation il
| Cet far from perfect. though mproviug yea
| hv vaar IN another yery importan
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