New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-06

The concert last night, at CMckCrDg Hall,
which naugurated the season Of this very popular or
ganizatOn was brilliant The pretty hall
crowded WIN II sympathetic and apprecatlye audience
Ths programme Was delightful one aud the club
show ed by singing that nad lost nothing since last
year but il came back after tine summer rest IN no
wise rusty, bu; with all the refinement. the
nee shading the dccaCy and the precision when have
given It's peculiar and especial charm when Is
all iJs own Mucu been written about the beau
ties OF English gee music 1t Is yet theme TO which one
WAYS returns with pleasure. with the best music Of
this class its skifl construction, It's refinement, It's
graceful MELODY above al. perhaps an ertrrm pnlity
of character and Lick OF Eersuusucss, mako II hing
quite apart different from other music IN its influence
and effect, different II the qualities required for lts
succession performance Very few, probably Of those
who CLickerinS Hall Yesterday evening
had any idea OF toe obstacles TO such performance;
tie difficulty OF procuring which will end 80
to for III such perfect Tone The of wcaY drill be-
fore such Oxquste finish be secured, the musc; IN
te.ligcucc required II shaping the work But no ono
could hclp enjoying the work when Il was all done, aud
last nights audience cshcdits doIgh heartily enough
There were ali sorts o! good things on the programme
which opened with an old favontc king Whats
Drinking Horn" part-song bY Hatton. There was "A
"Yesper nu" BY GodDcck interesting, but scarcely
80 good az some of this composers other
fouT-pITt music, and there was part-song com
posed especially for the cluJ by BraudcI4,
which WAS ght aud spirited, and decidedly strong
HorsIoy's Grc Retire Ny Love-" set to some Wild
words from OssIan, wonderfully lovely, pure ten
der and full OF exquisite harm MES, ana ,nere two
compositions OF the humorous sort, OF them
ting OF numPty Dumpty" by Caldcott, iu OF genuine
humor, aud thoroughly wen written ana musicianly
witHa and a setting by Mackenzie Of the ballad Of
Franklyu's Doggo" from the IngDdsby Legends. The
souists ere Miss BeeDe Niles Finch and Mr. Baird.
Miss Beebe SANK a song by sr Henry Bishop, Come
Live With Ne and be MY Love-" delightful
composition, which, IN its simplicity aud beauty,
"a in the quaint little turn OF some OF IFS PHRASES
brought up "Reminiscences Of Mozart aud she gang It
very delightfully."-, with taste aud expression with tx
ceent method aud pleasant voice and ahe fairly earned
her warm recall She is OF the very few OF
cert singers to whom IL almost invariably thorough
pleasure 10 listen. MISS Finch sang 10y Frederic
Clay, "My Love anu t." winch worthy neither o1
the rest OF programme Of the excellent work
which she wasted on H. She Is too good artist 20
sing such poor stuff Mr. Baird's beautiful told
excelleu,ly in a song by sullivan set to a translation Of
Victor Hugos "Enfant 80 j eIais roL."
SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT AT BOOTHS.
There will be another concert on Sunday
evening at BOOTHS Theatre by the Remeuy-MaPesOn
Opera Combination, which gave concert there last
SUNDAY though the artists VIII not DO altogether the
same NJ Rcmenyi will play a Nocturne and Eude by
Chopin ana Erust's " KOndO Papageno," III mono Of
winch he has been beard here before. besides Lrnsts
Fantasia, on from OihoO," aud his own " Valse
Noble" Miss Minnie Hank will sing Eckerts Echo
song and waltz by ArdIu" L. Ilcoutro." Nine PIsaIh
viii sing song By Badia, CecchinV and Miss Helen
Ames Will the Bol,ro from Inc sicllian Nespers"
Tue gentlemen arc down signor de- Pnenc for the
Largo al Factotum." Campopeo for Wailace's
"BcI-Rrngers," Frapo for the " Celeste Aida" Foil
for Loder's The Diver" ana Mr. Quicken for McHdc-
sohu'z Rondo Caprccioso and Valsc de Concert OF
hs own The concert will c.ose with Rossinis trio,
Ziii, 2Itt" sung by Nine. Pisani and slgnod Frapo
and Del PuentC