New-York tribune., 1876-02-14
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
THE NETWORK QUARTET.

The fomth of the series of concerts by the
SowYork Quartet was given Saturday evening at
Ch,ckerng Hall. before very large and sympatheuc
audience II was gratifying to notice in the size and
character assemblage evidence of popular ap
preciatlon Of the pure and elegant music TO when tmS
modest little club devoes itself The programme was as
follows
l. Trio for piano, VIOLIN and cello, in fiat o-.u
Ar 3Iiegro gc mcdcrao. scherzo. Andanie cantaOe
Alecro moderate.
Messrs. Mills. Mollenhauer' and Berener' Bode
q Concerto for violin III minor h'u"
Mr.. L. MOlcnhauer ,l,horo,
3. Songs. " An die fern Gelebic
Mr.. Franz RemmerN'
l. az Etude, Chopin
@ Ia'"ntehe'' Mrs.B. Mills
s. String Quartet in inno 0P Idagio. Prcso
Messrs MOlleDhsuer. schwaE' Aatzk"' anu DoiSN'i'
Here we had az admirable selection most adiirao's
perorped The Beethoven Trio is one OF those supero
creotons before which criticism stands silent auu 'he
,,tener has only to revere aud enjoy. The famous
Andapte cantabe is probably more familiar 10 our
audiences through the arrangement by List for in
orchestra than In its proper shape but we have never
enjoyed the translation into the reb language :" te
orchestra as did the simple and iehned
of the original on saturday night There we iouiid
dep,b Of feeling which Liszt somehow failed to reach
yr d,n, whether music OF this class has been played
with finer finish and closer sympathy both with the com
poser and with each other. by any company OF artists III
New-York since the days OF the Mason and Thomas
chamber concerts The balance Of parts was Good the
technical execution smooth and precise, and the
whole rendering distinguished for elegance ana
bre,dfh Of expression. The same coinmenda-
tion nay no given to the beautiful Schunann
Orartet dho first Of the three published as Opus iD,
q work Of charming fre hness and mastery
construction. little inferior, in our opinion. TO the
famous piano quintet Op A. or the piano quartet,
On A. Eoth numbers we've received with lively demon
,trstions Of delight. Mr.. Molienhauer gave beautiful
exbbition of his rich tone and broad cantablc style in
Rode's eth violin concerto with piano., the arrange
ment We believe being the work OF +. Hermann. The
music is exceedingly pleasing and melodious
and many Of the Listeners must have regret
ted that the sweet and emotional violin compo-
sitions of this eminent pupil Of Niotu are not
oftener heard in concert rooms. MI Reinmetz
sang the exquisite Beethoven Hedehreis n0bly Where
wa so good invdious TO single out particular
portions for special praise but we cannot forhoar to
mention the tender yet digincd expression which hr
threw into the first song OF the set C Auf dem Husel stz
,ch spshend" end the crvOr with which he delivered
the Lest ( Nimm sic hin deni dieSe Leder). MI : b.
Mills who is one of the most satisfactory intcrp eicS OF
Chopin we have ever heard in New-Ior6. played with
remarkable success even for him, etudc which he
long ago made "a favortc here Gf not mistaken It
was No Of Opus %, In sharp minor, waltz and the
tarertele. He was of course recalled.
Tho fifth concert will take place March II.