New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-18
CINCINNATrs FESTIVAL.
s1-ccresrTU CLOSE OF CONCERTS.

SUCCESSFUL CLOSE VI CDNOEhtS'
Yesterdays MATINEE STRONGER THAN THURS
DAYs-FINE EXECUTION or LIsZI's MAsS-EN-
CELLENr WORK BY THE ORCHESTRA AND THE
SINGERS IN BERuoz's DRAMATIC SYMPHONY
An EXTRA ORGAN CoNCEIs ANNOUNCED.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDUEE.i
CNCINNATI, May lit is estimated that
after setting all the bills, the Festival Committee
will have surplus OF at least S2O,oOO
The expenses Will be about $4,000. The number of
persons in the audience at the first concert
was nearly 5000; at the second about
$500 at the " Messiah " concert 1000; last night
about the same; and tonight. THINK, niue
more The matin6cs have been hardly less crowded than
the evening tnments. Every scat for every con
cet was time in advance This is a success
far exceeding the rOsiest authorizations OF the managers
and it viii have marked effect upon the Impulse which
these Cincinnati festivals giving 10 the musical art
all over the Union. There is to be an organ
concert tomorrow and for that small and supple
ncnary performance the great Hall is already nearly
sold ont An exhibition such Mr. whiting announces
for this occasion Will show the best qualities OF the
new organ which seem TO be its beautiful solo stOps
With respect TO the instrument as whole there Is
some disappointment among musicians ls tone III INC
chorus of the Messiah" dun aud muddy, not mix
ing well with either the orchestra or the voices'
The fault is probably a lack OF the eight
foot registers which necessary to complete tue
blending of the pedals with the manuals II is true that
certain black cat who attends all the concerts has re
Gently deposited liter Of kittens in one OF the pipes
and such things apt to give organs Il somewhat
stuly tone but suspect that the trouble lies deeper
than cats,
The afternoon concert to-day was stronger than mat
of Yesterday Just as that of yesterday stronger than
the matinee of the day before The orchestra did some
admirable work IN Tho Ride OF the wal
kyres" in tho selections from MANFRED, ana
In other pieces familiar 10 NewYOrk. Then the mono
Iogue Copble1s Song and quintet from the
afof r.futsar era nd
Mime. Pappenhefm, Miss Cranch and Messr5
Adams, Fritsch and Whitney Mrs. Osgood gave
delicious Interpretation of LISTS Loreley."
Tagliapicra sang the Schubert Screnadc, beautifully
scored for the orchestra by Theodore Thomas ana there
were otner solos by Madame Papp uheim. Miss Cary,
Mr.. Frltsch aud Mr.. Whitney all well done. Miss
Ronwagen of Cincinnati, who announced for this
matinee as well for the List Mass tonight was sick
and does appear Most OF the solo singers have been
at their best all the week.
Tneprogrammc tonight, the last OF the Festival
as follows:
ME Nine. Pannrnhcim. Miss trancn, Mr. Fnisln
Mr. Whitney Chorus, Organ, Orchestra.
PART II.
Dramatic Symphony Romeo and Juliet .Berl!oz
Miss Cary, Mr.. adams, Mr.. RcmmtIjI, Chorus,
SrmiChUius, Orchestra.
LISTS -Iissa S0lcluis" is the commonly known
Germany the GTaer AcSse because 1t was written
for the thousaudth anniversary Of the cathedral OF
Gran i'm Hungary. In the official book OF the Festival,
Mr.. OTTO Singer, who il one OF LISTS most ardent ana
most intelligent disciples, has stated the position which
this work must hold in the history Of church music
List he says, takes mp the thread which was broken
when Palesrna and his disciples passed away. And ina
certain sense this The Mssa SO!enns u marked
with an ecclesiastical and devotional spirit showing
itself In sort OF sobrety well a. mcodous tender
ness. Nor need this surprise u.s. List is strongly ar
fccted by the religious sentiment. The stately cere
mOnia OF the church the grandeur OF the old hymns
and chants the poetry OF the accc Me- the picturesque
aspects of praise and praycr-to nothing Of any
purer inAuences-haye always exercised great power
over his Imagination. lie has often taught Us to listen
with TO the chants Of SAINTS ana the mystic voices
| of angels. Ana when he came TO set the Gloria IN
Excelss TO song, it was natural that lie shond under
stand the text exactly the church had always under
| stood it. Taere is nothing in the whole work which
would he perfectly appropriate to accompany divine
worship; and Of how many famous masses can We say
taat9 It flows with solcmnty and deep devotional
feeling which hardly know parallel in the church
music Of day. Those who expected to find
here exttavacances and wildnc,s the crash
Of brass and the freaks of wilful reeds,
were overwhelmed with surprise, IL was the
voice OF prayer and sorrowful suppicauon AMI awful
IT Use that brcathcd ia the alternating solos
md choruses, and IN the eloquent orche--
ira and organ below them. The rcpe-
tition Of characcr tic themes il managed with con-
sIl.nuatc art and We hear time To time, the cm
phatic phrase in the accompaniment which syIboized
the crcIo. CT the shiyering Of the yiolins which
attends the song Of the angels announcing the
Curist made man. The performance was directed hy
Mr. Otto singer, and was IN all respects admirable. The
SOLO parts were gwen with TASTE feeling and correct
ness and the chorus was magnificent both in tone aad
expression.
II LISTS Mass represents the poetry Of religion, The
Dramatic symphony OF Bcroz represents the poetry Of
romance and love. Widely rs the two composers are
separated in this programme by The ain renee Of their
l.
which IL Is impossible 10 overlook. Berlioz has deucd
ms Romeo and juliet" as "uothcr cOncertopcIa nor
cautata, but symphony with choruscs" 1t is much
like the symphonic poem invented by List than
any other class Of composton-!ko 1t III the poetcdl
design and in the technical treatment OF the orchestra
but not at all Ike II in the management OF the themes
Tor while List the Of his irees orchestral
poems departs from the original themes he has
chosen development, Beroz pursues 'ccsson Of
poetic thoughts through long drama, aud consequently
cannot De understood withOu, an explanatory tex, This
plan Of compost lion Is especially noticeable in the IN.
strumcntal Love Scene Of Romeo and juliet" Of Which
Wagner once wrote: "The rapture with which the de-
velOpment of the principal theme had inspired me cyap
GRATED and sobcred down the course of the move
ment TO the verge OF uudeniaDlG discomfort. felt at
that the musical thread H. e. the consistently per-
ceptDle change of certain themesl being lost had TO
cling TO scenic motives which neither present 20
my mind noted down in the programme. These mo-
tiyes undoubtedly existed in shakespeare's cele-
Draed balcony scene; but thc tenacty with
which they followed according to the dis
position Of the dTamatist, exactly great
fault Of the composer" This is not quite just Wagner,
who owes more to BerlOz than he has ever actnowl-
edged perhaps realized, have been IN strangely
unsympathec mood when he found disco mort IN this
marvellous music and he could only have made himself
nsensble TO ITS suggesyencss by considering that he
would have treated the subject in a different way.
Beroz however found his listeners slow OF apprehcn-
sion. ale public ma poit nagn0tion" said he; 'es
TR2rceaur qti s. 0ddresset settlement Inauguration