, 1880-01-04
MUSIC,
The Recent Performance Of
"The Messiah :.
The. 'Thursby Concerts al
the Music-Hall.
Details OF the Mapleson Opera
Season.

EsPinafore at Anchor Here Again
.--NeWs from Home and
Abroad.
The principal musical event Of last week
| was the performance OF "The Messiah " by
the Apollo Club. It gave us at the time IN
opportunity to say that it was well done, as
far as the chpruses were concerned At the
same time, We may now say that it was not
as well done as it should have been. When
the circumstances of its production are con-
sidered, there is little room for fault-fndng.
It was only decided to give it about a fort
night before Christmas. The opportunities
for rehearsal therefore were limited, and
only "scratch" ," orchestra could be pro-
cured As rule, "The Messiah" is, or
should be, perfectly familiar. to any choral
organization, but in this chorus, as in any
other, it happened. that there were some sing
ers to whom it was new, and these had not
sufficient study. LII referring again to this
subject, however, the point we wish to make
is this: AS the<xApollo Club has decided to-
make "The Messiah regular feature
of the Christmas holiday In the future,
there never. should be any circumstances
to be considered. If .tThe Messiah -, is
worth doing at all it is worth doing at its
best. Hereafter the chornses should be
completely prepared. Time enough should
be taken to secure good orchestra and to
rehcarse it thoroughly, for even the best Of
our players need careful rehearsing. The
soloists should be as strong as possible,
which was not the case last week, Mr.. Ru-
dolphson being the only one at home in ora
|atorio. It should be made the event Of the
year. We are not writing in spirit Of fault
finding with the Club, for, in the limited
time, all was done that could be, but in the
future no pains should be spared to give
"The Messiah" with an ensemble worthy
Of it.
THE THURsBY CONCERTS.
The return of Miss Emma Thursby to our
concert stage after her exceptionally brill
liant Europeantour may be regarded as the
most prominent event thus far Of our mu-
sical season, and we make no doubt that she
will be greeted bya host of her friends and
admirers, who will welcomes her, not alone
for the pleasure she has given them in the
past but for the success which has crowned
her as representative American singer in
London and Paris,-a success which amount
ed to an ovation in London and Juror in
Paris. She has fairly earned the right,
therefore, not only to cordial but to an en-
thusiastic welcome from all those wh0~take
prias in American vocalists. It certainly
is not necessary for us to Introduce Miss
Thursby to our readers, for no singer, per-
haps with the exception Of the lamented Pa
repa-Rosa, has been so popular with concert
glowing eulogiums Of English and French
critics. The public know her qualities, and
long ago fixed her place as 20;
ealist, ,and. yin unquestionably crowd
thi 5ny the n%sra due to to erE Exs asca ea aD R9
but something that is still. better, that warm
personal greeting which is due to her as Il
most estiinable lady. AS might have been
anticipated, 50 great an artist has associated
appear @ erSe Upon the he same ay staga ~ VIII her. Fan
Rum1nel will be the pianist, All artist whose
fame has long preceded him, and whose pres
ence will be enthusiastically greeted BY lnu-
sicians especially. The violinist, is Adam
helmj and Relnenyi. The ceflist is Fischer,
who comes to this country from Europe with
the reputation 9f be5ns one ct the 4sst Play
that joyial, rollicking bufIo, whom every one
knows. The concerts will take place on Mon
day and Wednesday evenings of this week,
the program for the first being as follows:
IL
/; Herr AddmOtcskk
Grand March from " "Tannhauscr," Liszt- Wagner
Herr Franz Runanal-
c,,o u,o,o,,,o,,o q Larghctto ....-.-.... Mozart
ooio '1oioncen' Danse Espagnole,. .Surnsate
II. Id. Fischer. =
VIA Calnndrlna " Is The Little Brd-seller') j
composed In 1750 by Nicoli JomellD +
.,4Niss Emma Thursby
Invite Aredanzu e. Invitation to Dance"
Traventi
SiQ. FC7Tunti.
v,o,,. Gala a Hungarian Dances. Brahms
Slonn Quiz Nocturnc Chopin. ....... Wilhclmj
Herr Add1nonski.
Solo 1aqias eomi%sf Honsrose eses
IT. Id. Fisc11cr.
"Why Are the Roses Red ed?"............ .Mclnotte
Hiss Emma Thu7aDy.
q Nocturne: ....:..............:.Ch Chopin
Grand Polonaise in A fiat. Chopin
Herr FFan9 Rumn1el
Rpndo Finale from " La Sonnambula -. ..Bellini
Hiss Emma IhursbU.
Comic Song......- ...-.-.....~.........--
Sig. FcfTuntt.
THE uANCuETT RECITAL.
Mr.. Henry G. Hanchett, of Boston, gave
pianoforte recital at Hershey Hall last Fri
F9l.