, 1877-05-06
MUSIC.
At HOME


With the exception Of those pleasant Hershey
Hall entertainments, such as the - Musical Even
ing" and the recitals Of Mr. Eddy and Mr. Wolf
sohn, the past week barren in musical results
Ostensibly we had season of opera by the Rich
inss- Bernard troupe; In reality we had none. It
was stale, fat, and Improbable, and should be
passed over in silence with sympathy for Mrs.
| Bernard struggling resolutely with adversely.
The musical season is nearly at q close, and there
ia little to look forward to now except the
APOLLO CLUB FESTIVAL,
which will be given ut the Tabernacle June s. g. r
The arrangements already completed warrant us in
saying that 1t will be one OF the most imposing
musical events ever known in Chicago. OF the
soloists (Mrs. q. NJ. Smith. Miss Annie Louise
Cary, Mr. ". ]. Winch, aud Mr.. H. D. Whitney,
and OF the orchestra Theodore ThomasD it is un-
necessary to speak. Better quartette or better
compartment the Club could not have
secured. 1t needs no prophet to predict
that far success Is already secured. The chorus
may safely be trusted TO Mr.. Tomlins. He has
now over 400 voices under training and they will
be subjected to such siege OF and
discipline chorus had before In this city.
From this time onward, it is to be work day and
night, with ample opportunities for the laggasds
to drop ont, with margin OF numbers sufficient to
allow Of it. It viii not injurc the effect particle
it the total gets sifted down to 800 voices. The
programmes are now arranged with sufficient COM
pletcness to give the public general view OF the
work to BE- done: o. the 5th. the Cl1b will sing
lists and orchestra; Rubtnsteins calm Sea-"
klucfarren's You Spotted snakcs"; and Bene-
ara aria from % The sesond set Of Tia nandeis & :scmeic
:'iphieenIs' ia Aal!s"; afahms' v.riatIoas On
e. isf9s sy m mH'3saa tie es Stirring ERsess
Walkueren Of Wagner On. the 9Th,
Shore and Sea-; and come minor selections. The
vocal solos for this concert have not yet been In
dicated. The orchestra will play the fourth - FL
delio" overture Of Beethoven; selections from
Jaiies''; the HANDEL Z Largo T.; and the sLohen:
coae qss hs last the
including Handel's grand oratorio Of - Israel IN
Egypt; scene from the second act OF Gluck's
'Orpheus, ''for Miss Cary, chorus, and orchestra:
these three concerts there will be matinee. which
700 school children nnd the Thomas orchestra will
Of the most pleasing features OF the Festival. 1t
only needs to le added that excursion rites will be
offered the railroads go that people in the coun-
try can attend.
THE HERSHEY MUSICAL EVENING.
It is a little remarkable that the Hershey Hall
'.Musical Eyeninss'' are not better attended. The
admissions are merely nominal and the programmes
are among the best ever offered to concert
goers. On Friday evening last for instance, the
programme included Onslow's Sonata in E minor,
op. = and Rhefnberger's Tarantele, op. 13, each
for four hands (Miss Carrie T. Kingman and Mr..
Eddy; Sias' Gayotte In E minor, Scarlattis
Sonata in minor, schubert's Menuette in B fiat,
Chopn's Third Ballade In A fint, Lszt'H ttAu Hbrd
d. Une SOURCE" 1tubinstein's Melody in F, and
valse Caprice, for piano Off Lie9ling); Aerkels
sharp minor, for organ lair. Eddy; and spon-
holtz's song '"The Kusset Leaves, u and the aria
ioom ''0bsron. - ''ohl 'tis a Glorious Sight
ber on tue Whole programme, and as a whole the
programme was gwen in ~ excellent and enjoya,,
bic lnnnner, the only drawback being the limited
however7>wcre happy in what they found; those
who were not there, We presume. can be happy be-
cause they know not what they lost
LOCAL MISCELLANY. ;,
At the last concert Of the Boston Apollo Club
there were five numbers on the programme which
had previously been sung by our own Apollo Club,
md which were new in Boston!
A benefit concert will be rendered to Signor
Far1ni by his pupils at Standard Hall on Tuesday
evening, the 9Th inst. in which Misses LIE Brun,
Zurburg, Bentellc, and Schroeder, Mrs. Purinton,
and Messrs. Huesscn, Dodridge, and Farini will
take part in very pleasing programme.
4 vocal and instrumental concert, with readings,
Wednesday evening, May 0. The ladies OF the
Church, under Whoae auspices the entertainment
will be given feel confident that their assurance
tions BY the choir and Miss Grace Hiltz, and read
ings by Mrs Dainty. will be fully realized.
schirmer, the well-known New York publisher,
has just issned new solo and quartet with qrEan %
yah u, by Mr.. G.. A. lIavens Of this city, which
is very highly spoken Of. F. ". Heinrich, Cincin-
i s s nstter Me
The letter is like the music we should say would.
Mr.. ", S. 3, Mathews lectured on .tBeetho-