New-York tribune., 1876-01-17
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
The second concert of the Brooklyn Philhar-
monc Society Il 3th season. took place Saturdayght
1t was brilliant affair." the Academy being crowded tho
audience delighted the performance OF the orchestra
der Theodore Tbomas's direction remarkably fine, and
the solo pieces well chosen and well rendered The fol-
| lowing was the programme:
Dramatic symphony, No a, in minor, op 30 Rubnstsn
Afi"' d. ANU Miss Miss Z. G. Thursby
PART H.
Overture In c, Op: beethoven
Concerto for the violin. ...-..:....-. Mendelssohn
Se10r Joseph White. . .
Rcctative and Rondo, Mia speranza adorata" Mozart
Miss l.. C. Thursly.
Introduction 10 the Mcstersinger Won Niirn-
berg
tits nearly year since Thomas first produced tho
Rubinstein Symphony at Stenway Hall Since then he
has played n at the Central Park Garden and in Boston.
and naturally he has made great improvements In tho
execution. Its technical difcucs-and they are cx-
traordnary-he conquered at the first tho good results
Of study and practice chiefly to be seen In tho moro
vivid coOiing the delicate gradations or empha-
SIS and increased disnctness with which the unu
sual rhyths marked and characteristic phrases and
leading motives thrown into relief. While the SYM
phony follows classical models in structure 1t resembles
music modern school in the great number and
beauty of what may call solo passages, given soo-
times single instruments, sometimes to groups OF In
struments which be brought out against the back
most difficult OF the wind instruments hautboy clar-
net, bassoOn hon-are thus required TO sing
ana to declaim and RubinsteIn demands not only
the best artists to play them, but conductor OF
exceptional ability to mark the dynamics great work
given the strings aiso every one from the vions
the double bas5e beng taxed TO the utmost 1t Is hard
to saywhch part OF the symphony went best satur
day night The majestic delivery OF the Presto aud Finale
was superb but perhaps the cOquence OF the beautiful
and melodOus Adagio was most thoroughly enjoyed by
the audience We have heretofore expressed admiTa
ton of this great composition warmly that need
only add now that with every fresh hearn estimate
OF its importance rises and listen to 1t with in
creasng delight. The programme Saturday contained
a valuable ami interesting illustrated analysis b. Mr.
Dudley Buck.
Beethoven's overture, composed for tho namsday OF
the Austrian Emperor. Francis l., was splendidly
played of the familiar Y0rspiel to the
'Meisiersingor." Miss Thursby deserves the highest
credit not only for her singing but FOR her choice OF
pieces The pretty air of Handels from the opera OF
"Muzo Scevoa" il the samo which she sang recently at
one OF the Bow concerts. The Mozart selection Is
concert aria which gives the singer the ampest oppor
tuny for display, and yet Is full Of melody and gontlo
sentiment II has brilliant staccato passage in which
Miss Thursby very marked success aud her de-
livery OF the music throughout refined and delicate
senOr Whites Interpretation Of the mendessohn con-
has been heard so lately in NewYork that need
only allude in brief to IT'S Characteristic mesgrace
elegance. and scnsiby. He several times recalled
and for he charmed bis listeners with the
delightful gayotte OF Bachs which he played at tho last
Philharmonic concert In New-YOTk.