, 1875-04-16

TIE BEETHOVEN Roc1ETy'a CONCERT.
A largo and brilliant audiouce wns attracted to
hcCoEmick'a Hall last evening by the eccond
concert given by tho Beethoven Society this SEN
son. Tho Society has The reputation, and proba-
bly, 1t Is just claim, Of botng par excellence tho
fashionable musical club Of tho city, and, a.
the concorts are gtveu to tlA associate members
aud Invited guests, thoy naturally acquire s
tocIal distinction that ought thus to bc formally
recognized. Perhaps this fact will account for
tho late coming Of largo part Of tho Audlenco,
and tardy beginning Of tho concert. 1t Ia only
fair to Lii. Wolfsohn, the conductor, to say that
hs fully atonod for this fault Of the Society by
tic briefnoas of Tho programme ho had arranged
and the pron,ptucss With which 1t wn carried
ont.
Tho musical featuro Of tho oycnlng Was tho
pro luction Of Mendelsaohn's "Walpusgisntght,"
which Ia rarely given. Wo believe that 1t was
brought out onue before In Chicago, bus II waa
many Jeasa ago, beyond tho recollection Of tho
present set Of music-giyara and audionces. The
thcne is charming ono, aud calculated to fn-
Epife tho best effort4 Of tho composer. It was
briefly described upon tho programme aa foElows:
uos:ho's poem - Tho Fisat Walpurgisnfglt " (not
to 10 confounded With tbs Wa1pusg,Hnight scenes
IN his "Faust"} ia basod upon tle old pagan
custom In uermeoy, according to which tho
night. from tho 0oth Of April to tho lat Of
May, sftcrwaras na1ncd nf!er ths Saint
Walpurga, Or WalpurgiB, was maao tho occasion
for meetings and celebrations uuder their sacred
trces. When Chriauanity was introduced into
Germany TIC hosthcniah cnatom was forbidden
poopie oiing to their oiG ritss it, and traii,ions. '
that long afterwards they held thelr meetings
9ccIe.ly under the leadership Of thelr priests or
drnlds; 70 H.tch secret celebration. prosurn-
poom' Tho ,onstn cnnaia,s ~ ~, nHart,,,a ~ ~
4pfI,g break,nu In unon wintcr, annrsnn ao1o
aooutrato solo, md soyefsl baritone solos. s ali
fomrio. sni anmn ! nf ntr"1 ' oeMo vaioas ~
17,n. co,nnos,t,on ,tin,o :. 'nSss. tnss
getipr. I'M st5;kinc oniv In r1scos
vl,ich can bp read.iy niske,l mi aa aasbsa ~ sn.
AID csrefu, ca I'LL charsc,or1ed ~ ,,nat W
1frndaiasnhnt. n;ndret;n,s nnd Jat"a,, Inuas 1'
tho enthusiastic admiration ciyoa to son,o H ~ ha
con.amnorariss sn,i imn,c.i,stn nrc;,anessaaa sa
H." "hy tho
rank nmnnp In bc.t ~ i,ie 1sro1rctinns ~"
doscriptiye narIs aro yery mnsl, jofsnor r. thnao
Of thc :" Midsummar NipItss preamn ~ n,ns;c ,'ev
md there aro oa'y ot,o a. t,So n.ssao"a ancb ~
tho io eoIo anI thn corcl"san ~ H. 1an ehn,ra aS
"Thy llehta shall soluo" cte,, which ,ise to the
i not al{osstlss tSe pfopsr tIns e bold to
elrss H. H''cai sa,cst sreoohs m psve society which
friends tbs neetove ~ socI",v cn ans sa,a ana
ita aotire memhcre roanv ~ liz % hsst ~ ,no
fant sve,,i,,v coa5stsd " ~ ;ao sy' ue Gnnins
With yefy far basnes nesvosn "oos aav, o'sea 'aas
tsnors and bassea Tha sonsanos aMa aao
ora S asr. p.opao'y ,c hos unaycn IN point Of num;
sitns, "''r tnt "cn s'tonaes than eho tenors aud
Isp becaas, tho eho1ss %Sso sss oa!''s rs5
ran.sS sou sosaps psona y wea - saoy bad boen
tsa tSnaIn soso'ugs. ne Aoio parts wore tasen by
Shic isa ra WIN woa Swno sang tT pat
~ taou, .ak'ngj, ano ~; ui. Mss. btsr*t's sing
~ so.s d A ~ nee an1 1mef oh1:te aud
ss Go oa ooi ~ oat he ~! measure Of the