New-York tribune., 1879-01-13
urSIC 4ND THE DIANA.
NETWORK PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
For the third concert of the Nev-Nork Pill

NTW-TORK PHHHARMONIC SOCIETY.
For the third concert of the Nev-Norl Pill
harmonic ~,i.tv2lr Nsaeuuora presented the follow
lu- programme
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Concerto t0r piano ~. /. os- --..........- List
-an-.-. - aura .a..-5,.r '..-.......... Nr1.r
SIS. hana lraas,r.Dav ,..
Jvt.tIr- promo, .v0s .Har-.'i
10 .u. .,.u..u. d.d intensely u.t'e.l " il'H.~A
s.m!lo.T" .s Ia. tA, greatest ut ,.u--Hal.f four
competitions .a ta{s class. t IL, probably -r 4...j ca,
appreciated alI tAe most generally enjoyed II p.
thorough y familiar tlr PAuharnou.. audiences. a-t
81 well sa1u 1r the orchestra tl.: there he ltt.
eIcu,. i.g auI or inaccurate performance of f Yet
W. certainly cannot Congratulate tH- society -p'n jLe
interpretation offered u- Ga saturday evening. We
oo not remember any rendering OF the
Cat sv,ar-ouy which gave "a. Jess pleasure
than this II lacked precision. lacked elegance.
Iacsed u.e lacked hear, and was distinguished
above an things Jy want q. 1uF character al al.
Eougau-s of tpgeIud even occasional tulder tr' not
always ,u.u-stcat with au int.G- at and 'ntere~tn-
t4rf9r at.. brt this dead and cou,t-s PLAYING Is the
most ti,r,urt-iue evidence OF decline which great
nr~l,.frJ clu give. The Ear-,l overture seemed TO
iavr orei mon. carefully prep r"d ,aa- The symphony:
tut 6e almost all music OF the advanced modem
school lr, effect depends largely upon certain
maularmcnt o' Tie accents, Tire rhvtlms, the co"-
trasts OF 1-. fIe hac shades Of expression alike I'D t'
IL tG -
vital pnu.r,e of az eloquent Interpretation Was lot
there.
Par oe-trr-=urpr-in- better ~ iac-was the PLAY
tn Of Tie .rh--tra tue P.au-nrtc couser;o. Tier
wa the NOR 20 rel ice at TAGS berause Mr. Rum
me gave one %. the finest nierprctauous u tte solo
part OF sac worh tbat have heard U
a long tlme. Mr.. EummI has never befor" done
himself ui Justice Nc@-l 1rk. His paylHg
Of tLr G, concerto a wt.k v1s .CmiraD e.. On, .4
I-z.'s .;rutd composition he vas eve. better. III
pure ,ud . taut technique was .oadcriJ'.v dis ar,t
In ID. 8s,ry. pa>sage- tril~. a.d other test places
VIII winch the work aboU d= lbs conception Of tLc
riece ya- .elr Al beauttIl and The fir. and i-.e-
DON of A interpretation. especially 10 thc finale tr9-
duccua genuine cxcltemcu; poJL ~ tnc -ud ence and 10
the rarf sIr Rummrl is entitled 20 our pr..oHud
acsuoR . -ln mt. Being recalled ne PLAYED thorm
Nocturuc. u.tl great elegance ana grace
Mrs. Auua 5ranger-Dow who cones Co u- VITA good
Boston reputation. is pleasant soprano singer "4a
certain ous. The delivery. however ~ -nCt ty-
ng drauac music as BcetA0vcu's "Ab>chcuLcEef' is
not for her sha was much better In schubers bcap'
mi Ur-eduld t-rbsututed ior Mcndrlssohr'S " Im
C-iDan" which WAS on the programmed TLe Mozart
ARA from Cost fan tutte" was gwen with piano
forte ace npanIucnt a0d was thereby robbed of mucn
Of , ch -n What eau absurd than for thc ar
st, Of the Philharmonic Society 10 sit hugsnG their IN
strumeft. while their conductor supplies Oh a piano
forte faint aud Ineffective outline Of the music which
Mozart wrote for an orchestra