The New York herald., 1879-02-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
CONCERT BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
CrrrB AT sTEINWAY HALL.

CONCERT BIZ THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
CLUB AT srEINwAy HALL.
Anad0dience that did not quite I'LL Stenways large
1t hail. but cultured and appreciative lis
tened Inst evening to the popular concert of the New
York Philharmonic Club. These concerts are only
..popular'' in the matter of prices. the pabulum
provided be ing suited to the most fastdious musical
palates Titbits from Mozart. Beethoven. Schumann.
Rubinstein Liszt. Raff Spohr. Boccherini. Bazzini
and sarasate would leave many man with q nav
for what is called popular music unsatisfed az
Milo the Crotonan might have been If he had dncd
with Lucullus. The large number who attended
were nevertheless thoroughly entertained. and
when the scope of these performances Is better
understood We may fairly expect to the
attendance still further increased. The "octet" by
Rubinstcin, for piano, violin. viola. violoncella
double bass, flute. clarinet and horn which opened
the evenings performance and which brought Mr.
FRANZ Rummel ~ the piano, with Messrs. Arnold,
Gramnf Werner. Lowack. wencr Boehm and Picpcr
monts, namely, allegro non troppo. vivacc. andante
non troppo and allegro moderate. 1t shows
,r,inS II, tS sub,nstein's name i,npcs and which
leads him to emphasize his favorite instrument 30
much that the others have comparatively small
share in the performance. In the andantc. how
ever which Is pcrvaicd by delicious melody.
ausitely shaded effects OF tone are drawn
forth by subtle combinations of the other instru-
ments The closing movement calls for really hard
work from. tho pianist, to which Mr. R'fnmel re-
sponded handsomely, showing strength and deli
cacy touch that called forth warmer psudits thar
the composition, for all its brilliance demanded.
Later in the evening Mr.. Rumnel played with per-
feet finish Liszt's "venczia Napoli." Mr.. Richard
Arnold the violinist played with brilliant effect two
pypsv melodies by Pablo Sarasatc who Is at
present playing in Europe. Mr.. Arnold is most
promising performer. aud may by and by tako
much higher place in his art. An old maestro who
was listening to him last evening deplorod Mr., Ar.
rods love of psr,cdto and such resources for effect
s the sodno. .Dut the music Ia written pSsicdtoy
That ia IL; he il drawn to such pieces the tendency
is too strong for him to resist This bit OF profess
sioual criticism needs no comment Icrb. sap.
,chumanns Evening Song" Bccthovons Turkish
march from the "Ruins of Athens" wlnch Rubin
stcin made SO popular here on the piano; Bazznis
strino quartet No. 2. in q minor, and Baccherinis
uinuct were given by the instruncntalists of the
ph,jharmonic club with nicely leaving little to be
desired. Miss Laura Schirmer, good looking young
lady from Boston. and OF German descent. was the
. vocalist of the evening. She has q light. mczzo-
,sonrano voice of much sweetness in the
biahcr notes when she sings piano. but which
,-7i not bear forcing She evidently suffered
frrup q cold, who does not just now, and to this
stao,ato note audible in the ''vcdrai Carino which
else she sang pleasingly She was warmly applaudcd
and sang "ATia Piccirclla, by Gomez tho brazilian
composer, for an encore. She also sang Spohr's
...Die Rose" and Rats "Scrcnade' within the same
limits of success
GvAND OPERA uoUsE--vocAL AND INsTRUMEN-
TAI CONCERT.
one>of the most attractive entertainments In the
Grand Opera House series of concerts given last
night at that place and fairly filled the house. The
programmc\ embraced tho following named selec.