, 1877-01-28
MUSIC.


MUSIC.
AT HOME.
| THE HERSHEY HALL CONCERTS.
The second concert of the series inaucurating
| the new Hershey Mus,c-Hall was given OF
| Thursday evening, and attended by a good audi
| encc OF the musical connoisseurs Of the city,
The concert calls for but little criticism, except
perhaps, with regard to the programme, which,
considering the severe nature Of most OF the
| 1nusic, was somewhat too long. With the
| enco7es, there were but nineteen numbers, and
when it is considered that the Schumann
] Trio in D minor iu four movements.
the Beethoven Sonata, op. 10, No. 3, also in
four movements, and the long Bach Chaconne
| for violin were among them, 1t will readily be
seen that the programme really contained SO
much music that digestion was rather difficult.
We have already expressed our opinion OF Mr..
Sherwood's playing, and see nothing in his per-
formance OF that evening to lead us to change
it. His numbers were the Beethoven Sonata,
op. 10, No. 3, the Menuctto and Rondo OF which
he played very effectively; Dach's Prelude and
Fugue in c sharp major, Mcndelssohn's
Song Without Words in G major, No. q,
and afoschelcs' dashing Etude in D minor, all
included in one number; a Song Without Words,
OF his own composition, which it seems to us
would have been much more aptly named Fam
TASTE Caprice; Rheinberger's highly effective
two-part Fugue in G minor; Chopin's Nocturne
in T sharp major, and the Black Key Study; j;
Lfszt's Etudc Waldesrauschcn," which was
substituted for the Won Bulow Waltz, and IisZt's IS
transcription Of the " "Isolden's Liebes- Tod"
from Wagner. OF these numbers his playing OF
the last two, as well as OF the Rhrinbcrger
Fugue and the Moscheles Study, was superb.
Miss Drasdl sang Bccthoyen's impress
siyc aria, I'm questa Tomba:' and Rossini's
voice, and with Il grandeur of style that reduces
nearly ali other altos to pigrnies. For an encore
to her first number she sang Ferdinand Hillcr's
noble "Prayer" with dienity and truth worthy
bcrs were the schuman Trio in D minor played
In excellent style b. Mcssrs. Wolfsobn, Lewis,
and Eichhci1n; the Bach Chaconne for violin,
which Mr.. Lewis gave at the first concert; and
My Heart Is Thy Home" which were sung BY
he should put himself under some first
class voicc-tcachcr II he would not In
jurc his naturally fine and telling voice.
These two concerts complete the series which
now fairly launched upon the musical tide un-
der the happiest auspices The character Of the
concerts, the manner in which the programmes
have been made up, the music OF these pro-
5nne tI.ir work. spesL we'll for the school.
% There were were fine Taste. an excellence Of iudg-
mcnt. and n musical complcteness nbout tic
whole affair that are unusual in Chicago con-
hest ever giycn in the CITY. I'VE wish We could
say as much OF
THE FAR1N1-pAPPESuE1M CONCERT,
but strict regard to correctness compcls us to
nsrfnrmcrs. III inrcrest nj the cntcrtanment
p.",,trad ~ 1fmo P"nnon,,n;n Wr ;nhl;,r md
H. Wouen m The cn,,,crt vos t,,rnsitr :, on-
-os,act na,ne1, thnt wh;]c thc ond;cnr;a wcrc
1,1nst a1-nl,,s;raJv 2orInan tha nrnoro,nma
n,,ost a.c,,,sire, n'ado ~ saIeati',ns
from m Italian opcra, Verdi prcdomi,atine! Nine.
Pappenhcim is By no means unknown IN Chica-
.oT nefsel1 lntss s1cS.let % feuaato ; " ~ m
gna1 n.1'' or. traces Of concert.soers Sic ia one @
Of those robust dramatic sopranos with
whom the stage is By no means ovcrstocked, and
combines WITH hcr inxnrlant volume and
~, .x:aro ~, nr;tj.Jso hnr ~ III
shnMl1 say that there is a tendency to hcayincss
and s1owness in her singing, which was specially
manifested on Friday evening in the tempos Of
ner ara oa 1,i H. IT. Desn I 9Gnuoett fan t
,rl1;onrv Of tfr nnc and The beauty ri the
other. Mr.. Liebling's performance was
chiefly remarkable Gs a pursuit. Of music
unuer otneea..es' nG - ..,,a. enussu " Etea@
a ereu'' ,nnn ~ - "ost = sxrr,,,;at;nofv had
a'!sS upoA r,;.o a.has .,o-fena,nr ~ H. -.
M 1.s 49,, ~, ,.t;",aa s1r C-,nt. p,u,, ~
VIC HafC A4eAt'oHeu3 'At A41'.o -" Ao"S13 SAo
nallzcd new departure BY making bold jump
from ballad singing to operate arias, and with
SO large degree Of success as to give cncour-
agcmcnt thar be will excel IN his new venture
The second concert, "!heA Was 70 nave tahen
place last evening, has been lnucuEltcly post
UOncu, QW1us5 u u NIlurlc VI LIE management
With AlTnG. 13ppEDnclGt. 11ppEuEtIlu WTIlIHIeS
are getting to be distfcsSingly frequent.
Thn 5r,.ent 1vce} will hr n,cmcrol1le fnr the re-
t,,r,, X
uvr. Ess1rorr.
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