, 1877-07-20

11FE Sl}HIs
Af Thoma-' symphony nights promise In he in
tho future the most prstant rem1nlsccncc. Of tho
present. memorable scason. Not 10 spcak Of tho
McHdclsfuhn, athumnnn. f;ade. and 1.nfl fyrn.
rhonics. Mr. Thomas ha7 nlscaiy given M three nf
the Beethoven series this .usnmcr-thc Second fnt
the Tabcrnacic'. the Sixth and the ecycnth, with
selections from tho Eighth, Fifth. and Flrst. 'rhc
chtcf feature Of lat evenings programme was the
Sixth. more rorn!arly knoxh rs the ''ras.ora!,'
written In Tho veFy prime of the great composers
tDWtr, after he had left thc Mozart and Haydn
period. and cfoFc he hsd reached that unfortunate
rcrIbd when his deafness and family m4fortnnes
ai!ette'1 everything ho did. In this conncctio1i,
'lc date. If the symphonies may ts valuable tour
tcas!cr. for reference The First, IN t., was written
In lhh3; Tie second. In u. In 1ht'l; the Third,
ffoIcal In +, In ltot; the Fourth. in II, In 1901;
The FUN, In {. commenced in 1905 and finished In
lSEla: the sixth tl'aet.sall, In r. Ia 1S0H: the
Seventh. III 4. In 1a19: thr Eighth, In F, In 1919.
the hlttlr s5u,rhany tWclEinrtnn'A sicg oder die
SchfAtht L.f fitur1al, written for Mact.el, In
lti:t; III" Ninth ttlsarali, ip y, begun lh17 aud
finished In lht.i; A.sd sketch Of a Tenth sym.
p;snny. which wa. Interrupted by his death.
The Pastoral s5mphnny ts probably The most
familiar Of all his "orAr. nnl ret not snsciently
nas to render brief description OF # untntcrest
;n., It ie dedicated II .ar Prince ron LobkGWftz
antt the Count .on HasnN,huIskv, and was trst
urairCcd Der. 4oo. lA0s. 1ti+ in ivr n1ovctncnts.-
nti,qro mn no" troppo 'sea'aton4 OIL arriving
s :oanfy y; e"aa"tf .T,s g''o %.,s 4 f"sssne a.
ill.,. II. e,t45s f'''Thc sto'm '; and atte-
wak,n, ..i4yssi- sung ard gratitude aftes the
artffo t.s,, -++ram,uc wt.ir, Beethoven has
.toru,",: the =. 4t4< tlMs Muatletfull. -heautl-
LEFT tnfciently dcsei' ,. thr county. TT" ostt
fu' pietsrc Of da, I'D iifat h'n'!e Of nature.
movement may be CAL brief ,hemc is given
There is no ,nt1"dns.'", .,,,cn, othcFa sepeas u.
eas IN a','es', n,,o.used. ncrer W. "vrapi,s
irc.h md ue!od'ur. ana E'aau:.'iiS .iSSklns a~.y
Into iali. rtei ha.innnr' ..n.,sy md tulcr tain
thy come o9t asa' N r,tt . manner four ,tinst
ss meIosss. s sr nroucc and trsassa' ] Ta Tns
bcndin= ct which The nu' sne. X Ike isroot. l.
one one Of thc ,ao.t delicious poe 'ee' ens se"li Viii
,',s "a x'ue realm nt x n'a.c: slos.
nfisa aMninass 9, I What aaa a., e' se ';s NJ .ss
-ons u ,hc brook. . rIpplIn;. surylnr nm. @H,
.alnc Its way With steady Rhythm. to whit. !.
tic .weep of tic hfce1er through The tsce ,on. .;
il IL cheerful anu ,orou, Mt drt, md then ,1up.
Int A. en:,yf; on s: sa1shoy ~ XII So's r.
mellow tonch Of the cnckup and thc plpl,l. uf tlc
quail in trio ef lnv1ab1e beauty. hut liz lay ia
The pcarantt hurry to tho dance aid fc-,iyltic..
and the next movement commences: an AI!eyrt.
70. ,nn: rta'y sehefzs IT, ee!. tse ha
Thc thunder i;'r*ta over thcu1, and the storn, IL
pictured in an intrrHlc.zo of gTent power, nul r-
w!'h ;!ramt and lFas*s.; and xoae.. but iegl,'.
,s ms,sly With ,s tho , ,aspsh nna Fssensh Of sho
nisr :t die. ay tti III .ua sc..s asn III m
nature rcjofec., and once more thc Andaltc at tho
'1oE' sung is heard. pictnsng the little ttsca.a
wet reeds and rrru.ct. The sun IL set,ine. Tic
hesdsnena lorrl- on the h.l!s4es cali thu ,eks IL
t.. tS MI asrts A., lsGist n sosr and rsTr
light. Above all Is heard tho *un9 0f human gfIfI-
tnAe and blc4.inr. and thc day + donc.
tn rcgnFl a lsrethoyen symphony as work At such
c!atr,ral and technical character to preclude en-
joymcn,t ana rsqu,.v t..lnfs attention III ordsF to
VIII, retc1cnss u the sixth. Ii il simpiy
melodies arc elaborated 70 naturally aud
ssated 70 frsquyntIy that, they arr never
ls.t ls.t .!shs Of There T. nothing N ~ harnony in
eseti thu most tncusivatcd hrarcr or rcquirc any
slra!n upon The attention. There il no danger u
Everything u.ores Hln,py and naturally, with tl;o
mnt: graceful Refinement aud with .has peculiar
n2sie ns "a "e'n Of Ssais Ss not met. In!tata t2s
IIavtn gives In ''Thc cseatoa. but .he Highest
giving the rnc,n II, hnch an exquisite hlnrcai
setting, We l,ase to thank Mt. Thosnn. and his In
c"mrnfahle ianti. The sircl'rth. hcas.hinc*s, anu
refinement Of this grCak work found tlIcif rnrollcA
iI lGr orchestra.
The remainder OF thc programme WA principally
characferlzed by the !ntet,Iuc.ton lutntet. anil
nna1c frou1 the third aet o. Naysvrs. ''sles.t'e.
ean.cr vpn Sur.nlwrs. " which snu.!c. By the why,
s p1ntra here M Uftcs it SHOULD br 10 SECURE
= fasofaht tntsoduetIun tut wagne.. The Me,..
not thu greatest, of hi works. Tho other NUN.
bsrA were the overture 20 t'argeis ''Medca" :;
t:uiltlark's . achrfzo, ny. IL: L%xt march, "Van
Eel. xun Nicer; t;Uurud's ''Nouval1u Sedlta-
t,un'': Steans- waltz, - 'tltu4olpns krngo"; aud
fcast'A tjatlAntsr (iatDp.'
'fnt evening. another novelty which will appeal
to cunctt..eE~ with peculiar torce. The pro-
n..Ic, and Include TN. iol!owlng nninl,crs Uyts-
turt 10 .s.eiuE.s ''llosattu, Coolies" ilanlcau'a
:ls.pluM de- Dafdanus." and Ounce air, ut thu
,istssnth century, sranscsib*d for orchestra
tarr !" Nurets assn'ea ti,e o,.ftss 9 "ses H.
i,e''ioz's '.I'es Frames JuZcs, an't
ard juliet symphony: the entr'ar.e 10 '..co-
lombe": the ..banse tlcA Hucchunteh" ftuu,
''ghilcnon ct 1fai'clp,' ana thr nla.rl and cur
tegc from the ...lsrlnr dc Saba. by t'ouno4: tbs
s!,rrstlalsc"; salnt.sarn'. .'pan'u Nara-
Amrrca,: anL Giurau1's ''Carnsa.," ulso lrat