, 1876-06-05


LInrfnnuH t:,,stitt. Jtnfa
The Union Musical Festival came to close
with tbs third ca,ticcrt last night. All the
singing Of the chorus DID not oscupy twenty
minutes, tile only cluEus rantcrs IF the pro-
gsaintnt bcng the fantasie In e. In opus 10, by
l,cuthosen, and the cantuta, composed for the
occasion by Mr. Singer. The remainder Of tho
programme consisted Of one. orchestra ntlrnlmr
anil vocal solos. The orchestra dnr!Mg the
evening. beginning with the llungaral H!.aIst-
dy, NJ. 2, did the best work nf thc Festival,
playing with much bcttes. precision than during
thu performance Of the Messiah" " on tte l'rs-
tuld sualy u nearly all the solo NUN;
bers. III. Michael Brand conducted nj!
tc prograune, 9th ths fsxeGti9I 9;,n,oi 1t
aylm"a f;b, by Gugliem!, for ,l,e Swiss song mn
io,lncesi u, tie programme, and Mr. Carl sehutt,
Of the Cincinnati Orchestra, played the oblgato
,:uay given on W. the luts, on ths cht"Gt 1
repetition was ma4c, but Mrs. Smith !nr very
g".,.l REASONS declined The tempting Invitation:
the piano solo, u,,l he plnged 1t will correct
ness n',d rare tlste and Judgment: Ii'c tIurns,
too, with an easy task before II, sang the DE-
llshtfu music s%se,,y al eorrtcct;y r. y to d 1hs
adaptation Of these words 70 the. snus!c Of
the fan,asic was nothing short OF q mon-
strous absurdty, a'sd @eeasloned double ,;
bs's,actio dl;aster, ot 5hs wGsds' nra.1t"'
wcre simply. pr"stitnttd By the mus!c,
md the music wus similarly treated ioy the
words If lines of tle ea,c meter wax atl TINT
lunk,' would havr donc quite ns we'll, alld Ger
tainiy been lrss violation III the rules of musical
truth. Bit thu sncsalliatce between the 'enti.
nr,ts ut the song anl the music wns no less IN
artittic than the expression given so'ac ~ur7is !;
"laiur' towards the close, loE instance, III
whiyl. II tre1uulous emphasis is thrown upon tlla
serond syIlahIe of thu word, III defiance ol al
rules Of orthocpy nud pny,ry' iIn%isves, sns: ,nc
funeral 1nn1cll to the music, Which Beethoven
wrote e celebrate joy, peuse, beauty and al the
other bright, cheerful, r4nlit tones, which un!t1
the happy, utar,nfng soncelt Of the lunster WIS
received with applause.
lii tic second Iart, NJ Diseloif 'la TIC Iest !,
singing during tie Festival, W strongly dIa.
"Erl.king,t With orchestral accompaniment, ar.
rAngrd hy Mr.. Bergman, Of Srw York, IL met
with generous reception. Miss Drastiil the,
eH erca Cd d u furur. equal to tlat u tic prcvun.
night. In vain did she bow to the nutl!cncc am
clluruE, they were tntetIt on neari'iE n.nre oI
this lst opportunity, and finally SLY retnrneht'
pathetic Bohemian Bong, playing tic aeeunpanl
4 inrnt herself Oil the piano. .-..
). Mr. Whitney introduced novelty In the scen
+ from Ka1lticgscr's '.Frhlolin," which he rang
= lie, too, wiz compelled to deny Il c]amurou
r demand fur I'LL encore piece.
= Wien Mr.. Singer appeared upon the stage It
II conduct his cAntAta, tue closing scenes ~ Hls
year's festival were 5eenactcd, shower Of l'pl!
u1,cts thrown by the chorus SINCERE, fell nroslAt
. lin upon thr stagc, aud chrcrs nl lluzzas wen
,lp from bis many enthusiastic tylenh IN the 11
= tlirnce. Tie sln,fng VI tile chorus and llayini
+ uI the orchestra culuifHated III this lltatut JUS
r rs thu successes If last year did III the pcrlu7nl
ance under Mr. Singers baton Of L*zts q" l,fu
: tnctlleus," More volume ni,l better precisio1
, than Inns been shown IN my Of the utlcr work
J. marked the performance Ut this, anu "he'i ~
n Singer joined In the applause which greeted tn
G performance, III compliment to ths singers &c
ness Tint Ills work lind been given worthy I.
. tcrprrtntinn OIL lis first herring. II did not eyt
;te furore, and Is not lkcly to DO SO III til
!, future, for It's style is foreign 10 the undo
~ - stnuling md tastes Of our public.
10 G4ncfnnuti Ct.n.mtrcia. Jtnt
s, The excellent performance of air. Singer
IL cantata constituted the worthy close Of this COL
10 crrt. Singers and OrchcstrA entered Into Its rel
:; tcc1n In which their worthy tilrect"r is hel
} could not but create Tie cantatA ubounds
al Which would ie:,ti too iar. The phrase, " \,
ID Us tlc flying co1nc," deserves to be special
). Noticed On account o. me rem reinafkahle silv
le Tie Tuttt repetition of the lyMn III sncucv
T. style (the subject consists Of n most har]
te lchgthui!ng Of the theme which Is the fo,lntl
II tun of thu Whole cantata] OVER atl organ poi
,c III effective llrmunrs. The 1llial Chorus, "Ay
= Call 1t Holy Ground" IL very brilliant and Z
I'll prtssye. As might bc exptrtrtt. not nnly fro
ihc personal favor in whiri. slie composer is ltl
hut also u, account of tie intrinsic sncrt OF Il
cantata, It wAs most enthusiastically receive
a. er's desk.