, 1879-02-14

ADJUSTMENTS.
THE ArOLLo Ci.Un CONCERT.
Tile Apollo Ctub gass the second cotccrt Of
f. series last evening at Mccormick I1afl to a
verS large audience, aud had the aass.taucc OF
tho Arton 8ocicts, Of Milwaukee, The TWO cInbs
uniting On this OCCASION In or,lof to produce the
Cantata which formed the second part IT the
programme, nnd which calls for a very larEe and
powerful maennctclior. 1t was probably owing
10 tho unusual lcu, an1s which this Cantata
makes upon singers that tile tlrat part Of the
urorrntTlfne was Inasfo up Of liRht vork. The
chornl numbers were all familiar, tnc1ndiug the
"Aight Songs Of LEM ami Abt, fot i,,a Aston !;
Rulans,efn's "Ca'm aea," Fraake's "eprinR
Song," and 0o1dbcck's "Thrce Fishers" which
improves with each new bearing, for the Apollo;
and Mornings "Cavafry Sung" Koschat's
s.Fofssxga," and tic double ehorus. "Tkou
CoMest Here 70 The Lan.l. "trom Nentcltsolln's
addition to tl.ese numbers. the orehcstrs had
one selection. the pretty overture to iforna-
mann'e "Aladdtu," and Mr. Kemmertx, who
rs,ade bis debut n tt,e recent Retneuyt concerts.
from liandcl's "Alu1sndcr's Feast.n Tic
Apollo Club sang their numbers, which Of
conrsc they had "st thetr tonRucs' ends" With
ts1elr customary precision and excellent shad-
4A&f HHH sbE Rt3SH GVE1E&ft LH3IRH 3xE&tE hH
tone than The Apollo, also displayed ID the same
respects the results Of Mr. 1omLius' fine train
inx. With regard to Mr. Remmcrtx's so'o,
which was cxeelently, sung i 10 somewhat re-
Fnarkablt tint 1t IL the frat time any selection
from, "Alcxansier's Feat" has ever been sung
lie .scSad pstt i the programme Va. dc.
voted to Mag Bracl's CantatA '.FrfthIof,n OF,
more properly speaking, scenes, fsun - Fr't4-
1ei" a, detached portions only of Tcgpes's
"saCa" are tlsad tor the text. NaivtnG any
comment for the present a to the lnerIts of tts
performance, Mr.. Totnltns and the twp societies
are entitled to hearty thanks for, produSing the
mnster-Work OF Brtich. As a writer OF dratuattc
music, and especially a. = master Of the h.o1cst
form Of combined choral and orchestral inus,c.
there 10 scarcely any }rfag composer, certainly
none outside 81 Germany m wso !. ; his equal hs
ncter. as Nitncss the "Odysteus (which the
Beethoven Society has performed once, and
NY giye sEain th!s seasenl he ,",terc1ey,n the
the Lay Of the Bcll,n which has Just been pro.
duccd In Europe. His style Ia always large,
forcah!c. and strong, bis melodies dfenfdsd,
though sometimes long drawn out, and hfs cho-
ra! and orchestra work striking. realistic, ai'd
impressive. Such 8: cnnpoaer deserves to be
Thu " FHtb}of y IL a Cantaia for solo rolees,
male ehorus. a,nl orchestra, made up OF TIE
known epic poem, Which hns beetl translated
tuto almost every language, md which, by the
way.swns pronouuccd ny 1on0fellow one ii the
most Ee,narkabtt productions oi the age. Il Is
state that IN elegant edition Of tho Friehjuf,h
printed In English at Stockholm, psofuse!y
illustrated. with a life of Tegner by Franztn,
GIG description Of jnge1orgs =" "Arn.K!ng," hy
lIl'debra.tl, translation ot the prose Iccs4udtc
Saga, md 1tllrnerou. musical settings by Crnsol
aul the Countess Gylicnhaal, 1nnr be had al a.
most any Of Tic seand1uav'aa bookstores. The
fituatious tn the poem >rea1tly lend themselves
they display The two extremes Of exceed
Las 5 selce.sd the @ its.'' moss vigorous 'iaa os.
sages, ind probably, fol. this reason
certainly would not 10 udapted TO mixed voices,
anu even with macnnesctlor It 10 q necessity
that It should be large md powerful one,-tl,c
necessity In this case bc!nE met by tho uuion Of
tlle Apollo and Arton. With slngle exception,
the so1o parts are also given 10 n,ale voices, anl
the only concerted number In the work, "Sun
In tho tky, now tuountcth high" Is for male
quartcttc. set against chorus. Il !s rather curl
Gus that, although fril1jffs Is the ioyer Of InVe,
departure from established forms and all lyric
p1ecclcn.s TINT must shock the stfcklers for
conycnt!ounlittcs, especially in the 1taltau
school. -
Altrr brief Introduction With strong ron
trusts FROM plnnissirl0 to forttssiHo, entitled
"Tlle Rcturn,h We have the picture of FritAjvf,
a!}c Datint'ess,o sailing orcr the sea VITA hts
md r,t,s,nsr of,i,Tnin' 1h,s src',"1 *ccnn il "
mnrrl. st1n for .nnrnno o,,l chor,,a :. f,n.j,,a,
ErI1aI prorcs.rnn to E;n0 Ei,w i s,hn,% sl,c ia
fnrrrJ IN ,t,srrr hy her hTGtlrr rln .nIo Il nnr
n rrra, hrn.,,y cs,,erJa'lv a. nn ofTsct vunIrst
thc nrTt nntnhcrs q Ertbjafs r. HvcnpeT ~ i aos IN
chorus md baritone sot,, Il, rhch h. fir., i'm.
fnnnIe nt H1fiur an, bcar, "wny " j.ntj"r,,,,
rins, fsoni TIM coI' II il n s,ner,' sner,sr ~
inccuse dramailc music. aMi n tn rea'isy tie
',rnmnt,s cj;,nn~ ~ ~, w,rr m. S,rr,i
sremc :" t,rHnian. neparure I f,n, ,htu,'.,, J;
for solo, uuaristte, ] MD chorus. Is tp atrikinu
rontrnst ~ In stnra, u,,s; .t,as. ~ ~.
XIII n,mv uo an "i,< a r,nt,;ie @ ~ w., w.
ouartette aid aaag;o for FT.aioT and ct ci,orls. u.s.
Ia'.,.'9. ,aninr fopovni, Nv H.. ILL.,,
viii, arn,nsti"si,v r.a1,s Sorv s,r,1t,s "d.
Ircss % to .lI. rln,,ds anj il,s hoih mr., % cn,at. III
deriarst,on ~ IN ti.tnr,. r"do br , ~, f,'s.
rrs ~ Er1hhf q IN tht. 1,c,s az. S , rsn,
h,ch "a trs1;,s,,ons +, IL. rmos ,"s' n s,,',.
ers. bn;n,, inrtistin,o " ttsron@,s,itt WI Whsait
comra yrry near to Wagner. I'hc snIon are
never arjAs, but powerful teclamatory rec;ta-
b,tE