The New York herald., 1876-10-26
AMUSEM ENTS.
srxrSwAY HALL-wAoNxn CONCERT.

sTEISwAY HALL-wAGNKE CONCERT.
Theodore Thomas gave Wagner concert last night
a. stenway Hall, and the audience numer-
Gus than any occasion since his return to the
metropolis. The selections from the works OF the
great -usnft apostle the introduction and finale
10 Tristan and Isolde" the introduction and sies
munds love song. the yslkyrcs' RIDE wotan's fare.
well, and the lire from Die wakare' and
The sword forging scene from 'sieglred
On no previous occasion did the msgDlh-
cent orchestra appear To such advantage as IN
the selections from the Ring OF the >iDeun9cn
Ihe lnsrcacies OF the score. labyrinth OF instrument
ration, were easily mastered by the circle o yrtuosi
over whom Thomas welded his baton. The seiectIons
IRON ''he Waiknre are now familiar 10 the American
uoc through frequent representations on the part o!
MI Thomas and his able eoauJgtors. He has found In
Mr. B'schon an energetic and capable rep
merit very Impressive Wo.an Both gen.
uemen did ihe composer and themselves justice
last night which is saying a great deal. considering
the difficulties with which an, human has
tend when entire army OF instruments is in tho
held horse loot and artillery orchestray speak ng
The from ..Sicg.riea'' ordeal that few
tenors would 10 acc and out OF II Mr. Bischo
came with lew scratches The Instrumentation
IN this scene is marvellous. It feuinds ono
of the eternal voice OF tho ocean, that mighty
monster" which, whether IN storm or cain,
alike cnchaIns the mad giaucc al The
score reveals tho following distribution OF instru-
mehts:-rares nutes three obocs. three arineis one
BASS clarinet, English horn three bassoons, eight
aoihs, th.ee Nomoones Que ophciesue, co'ne.s,
!trines and instruments OF percussion (among The
iormance oil such requires AT least
sixty players, ana even then some oi the
performers obliged 10 lake double parts especially
~ The percussion line The selections were precisely
those gwen The the morning after the first
performance Of the music drama AT Bayrcuth in
august last The tenor song "Nothnng! Nothung!
ncdlichcs Schwcrt,D and the following scene in
which sicgred succeeds much TO The surprise of tho
Milking, Mime IN Welding together his fatheris broken
sword, in the words, .schincdc. mcin Hammer"
brought out the best points in Mr. Bischos yric train
ING. There should be remedy for the ovefpowcrnx
influence o. tho orchestra the human thoso
selections III concert form from the 'Rng OF the
NibeinDgep.' Wagner evidently never designed his
music drama to he OF utterly annihzting the
voices OF the singers Hence tho smystic abyss from
which surccd up the instrumental utterances or
RIchters orchestra. With an orchestra on the
stage behind the singer great caution must be
taken BY the conductor 10 preserve ihe happy
medium between the nunt,n voice and the nstru-
ments Tho story OF the sculptor who designed
work OF art 10 be placed ON AN cinincnce and whose
work magnificent IN the position designed for u.
coniI not bear close Inspection holds good shc case
o. the music OF the sRing o The Nibelungcn.' such
tionsly presented Notwithstanding Mr.. Bischof's
earnest enicavors to aeclaim musical form the first
scene CT the Tcutonc NEUROLOGICAL hero Siegried,
there were tunes when he was Oyerpowered by the
orchestra. The concert closed with the "kaiscr
Aarchr The first public rehearsal Tor the season OF
sympLopy concerts takes place today,