New-York tribune., 1875-11-02

cally rcoaiyed tOannot he called great work. Ran Is
a man Of undcubted routine IN eompcs ng, but OF very
genuine II moi very profound inspiration. HIS mere
workmanship is often excellent ms good as thst "f any
composer living his themes are almost always Vai ano
interesting, often powerful and fun OF sentiment oi
rather shallow sort his working up Of them often mas
terly; thorough command OF the resources OF the
modern orchestra goes matter Of course His predi
lection Tor brilliant effects Ia natural and genuine, and we
find trace OF artfoality or mere detiantism III mh'
know of no living composer who bears SO strong SUI
pcrncial resemblance Beethoven but IA only super
fcial and yanishes after thorough acquaintance Ills
damninr quality sa want Of refined perception, GER
tain awdrness of style that ls at tunes almost vulgar;
he too little OF gentleman to distinguish between
false glitter and He is ever committing some
glarng sin against good taste, ana All WIN 'he
most perfect unccnsciousness and the best in
tentons in the world This Conoertci is good example
both of his exceencios and his faults. The panoiore
part is not very effectively written for the instrument
and IL mistake not Won Biow took not few perfectly
varrantabe liberties with ho text The eject was GER
tany very good and Dsprting. especially In the fnaie
but doubt If IL is music 10 wear weil Al least nave
not found this 10 be the case with the composers
symphonies, brilliant their first impression is. Won
Bilow's playing infused life into the Mendelssohn
Caprceo hackGeyed IL has become. but IL was III tho
Isz solos that his transcendcnt talent a. pianist par
excellence, stood forth most prominently Sueh
laughing at al technical difficulties such command over
every variety of tnbre. such winning fascination in
playing had never even dreamed Of 1t opened a new
world Of pianoiortc playing. The audience was go
enthusiastic that he had to respond with Lszts
bewitchng little Gnomcnreigen." which fairly took the
whole house of its feet. In the Chopin R0ndo for two
panoortes he was seconded perfection by Mr. Lang
The two piarofortes seemed 10 be paFed by single man.
i have never heard more perfect concerted playing
on Saturday afternoon the programme OF Monaay
evening was repeated before crowded house. The
Tsahn
presslon it first the orchestra being 10y this
time much better up TO it, work the audience bemg
clanorOus as usual, after the schubert Iantasa' Won
Bfow gave US one OF the Liszt-schubcr 'soirces &c
yicnne parting salute.
Imenhoned The qualities in Won RHlow that struck me
most forcbly in my irt LETTER. The fortnghts expert
ence has strengthened my opinions. They may be
summed up in perfcct and G6sOi, SIMPLICITY Ano'her
technical point would mention lie is The only artist
nave heard who possessed absolute Thg""'cof Sc
euty in the hazardous rhythms; 10 matter anna
what syncopatons and counersyucopatons, his inten-
;ou il ALWAYS porfecy clear to the listener AZ for his
mere mechanical technique take the dicionar! ana pie
ON sCperlaives you viii nor overshoot the mark
have said nothing Of the purely orchestral selections
at these concerts because, although they were nyarahY
In keeping with the high character of the programmes
and often especially Mendcsshon'- charming little over
ture TO the son and stranger" on Friday evening very
nicely rendered. the orchestra itself Was too ANAL to
make that featarc the concerts Of real Importance
The weakness in the strings was often too much ict III
the conceros especially in the Older ones In the Ram
and Lzt COncertos, where the troinbones
corld come in in tuts this less noticeable but
in tine Beethoven Conceros where all the strong effects
nist come from pair " tnpets aud large mass or
Strings il was often very marled Especially III the
first movement of the fat Concerto where the second
theme played pianissmo the pianOfoItc in fiat,
is answered foItissno by the orchestra In Nat the hiD
effort of the orchestra simply sugha''e. But every
member of the orchestra is to De conmeuded for the I'M
usual zeal and interest he showed III his work. and
Mr. Lag earned well deserved anrrsor his ski Ia con
Quoting especially in The acoounanmentS