, 1877-04-08
MUSIC.

PUTTING IT JUST As MILDLY AS POSSIBLE,
are not the musicians OVERRIDING the matter lit
tles Are they not loading the public down with
the burden Of sweet sounds until the last straw Il
about reached. Are we not having too much of q
given in fe teie YsEs thlEtseR Ss4t en t%a
every twenty -four hours, not counting the Sunday
entertainments. On Monday, ME. Liesegang gave
the hrst Of his series with hts new string quar-
tette, and Mss Cary and others sang for the bene-
lit of the Half-orphan Asylum. On Tuesday, tho
Apollo Club gave Its fifth concert On Wednes-
day, the Freja Society sang, and b1r, Matthews
delivered his lecture On Bach and Handel, ulus-
tFated with full muslcal programme. On
Thursday, the Apollo Club gare its sixth con-
cert. and the second Of the 'tMusical
Evenings was observed at Hershey Hall. On
Friday, the Mendelssohn Quintet Club give its
hFst concert and the Mercy Hospital had musical
benefit. Saturday reached the climax. The Mem
dessohn Quintet Club gave its second concert;
Mr. Eddy. his sixth organ recital; the Swedish
Society sang; and the Beethoven Society held
another reunion This Is an attempt with malice
aforethought to choke the musical public. How
can It be expected to swallow 50 muchy II it did
how could it ever digest It?
The most notabe OF these entertainments were
the Apollo Club concerts, which closed its regular
season, thus giving us the opportunity to review
what the Club has DONE The first and second
concerts were given Dec. and z; the third and I
fourth, Feb. - and Is; the Eth and sixth, April
and 5. Their programmes have included selec-
ton Of numbers admirable in excellence and vari-
ETY.. including US the heavier works, Schubcrts 'De
A1lmacht": Kalliwoda's ''Stofm and Blessing:
Bach's motet, IS wrestle aud Pray''; schubert's
Twenty-second Psalm "; Councils cantata.
Me- Gssz?4 Msys ssn a1s,
broise Thomas ..1ryrol'. which touk The purisian
prixs for exc.llence few years ago and ought 10
ssohn's majestic apostrophe sTo the sons Ut Art"
Sea -; Abt's Night Song" AMI ::se1enad|e | =:
well to the Forest :" 'Sishtinsalc. and ..IInnt.
Ing Song u; Lenz's ''Wandescr's Hieht sor9":
yoEers spsiSstly Waltz " and oenees eccentric
Numbers are Sultiyan's stBeleagurcd =: Iforsicxs
nnpy ny Gel{aa hssor" Dishops .Nynheer Van
madFigal Ha1k! ssw she auq nirds Smns,s anes
:. Cradle Song Carrots My Love Is 1es Like
Red, led Rose =; and calki1:s = sezen4de. F The
wh tbe eb ehascl na'e Of 9n e. nanl
kuakel brothers added nothin. to ttefr renntat;an
- musicians and nothing TO the inte.-st Of The
and Mss Amy Fay, the former fayorite every
where, and the latter a stranger who has not ret
!akcn decided place upon the concert stage For
they have given Kiss Benzigcs. Iii
innraoy. and Miss Turner, The first two well !
known, te third debutante of most ext,aordi-
aaty aolty: and one OF the most promising singers
Looking back upon the work of the Club, 1t Is
60 s 70 sa that they haye retro
he,s old standard but they hsve advanced it. until
they nay safely challenge 'snpetlority with any
'ther society Of its character in the ~ountry and
they may retire from the field OF their regular ron
cel. until next season with the assurance tae they
tave hade for themselves reputation which has
IfanscenIed local limits and given them rccognl-
tion u Es*tern cities. Too much pr1ise cannot he
aMasuea ; - members Tor the intelligence, pa
tience, ana Enthusiasm with which they have re-
rHH rMa@n fhnyH~ fSr%l %l1f~
bard T9tk1ne e,,ductor It is very Tint
active business wso cofda1 and n.,ently eiye
up almost all their spare time to rehearsais and
SUBJECT themselves sn t. almost martial discipline,
their treasury. With tho e1cention Of ia wnrE IN
the forthcoming festival, te Cub retires until the
season o. o. ae:fS SIS, ,com1am1n>ces. NM Mcndelssohn's
lure Of this festival, and he c}nb isd;ex,
chorus included, have aIresr t:ten hoId
OF The work with will That It viii he a yreat
Club and its excellent leader will de,ht a fni1
Tehenfsal Of the ladies and gentlemen s,iI he hed
evening at tho rooms OF Is. Club at
which fall attendance Is desired, tn. chorns
ers who desi ire to JON in the work should maa ao-
p'1cation either personally or BY letter to the1f-
rector at the Club b-rooms in the American Expr.ss
Building.
TIE AExDELssoHx quryrgTrg- Il
The Mendelssohn Quintette CLUB has given two
concerts during the week at Hershey Hall, insisted
By very chnrming vocalist, Miss Ella c. Lewis
The Club, with It's new waccessions.-Nessrs- Allen,
Heindl, and Hennig, not receded from the
high standard it has always occupied It Is still
The best interpreter Of chamber music In this
Try, and ts concerts admirable as they ever
we're. There ia the SAINT pure quality Of tone, the
,ame oneness Of playing, the came exquisite har-
shfif the 0niY organization that G3pe2 offer