New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-06

This was the programme;
Overture. q" Corolauus ".................Beethovcn
Aria from "Don Giovanni y; .Mo@art
Sig. Campanini.
Overture, academic Festival ,b ,ln5
Aoe'a'''' ST.. Campanini.
Symphonic Fantastique .-..-...--.... -.b''''A
The concert was an interesting one but rather
from the character of some of the selections than
because of the excellence of their performance.
DR. Damrosch's band still showed signs OF the rust
which had grown upon il during the summer Yaca-
ton; and though we may expect to md II Tree
NJ the next concert from many of the faults which
marred It's work last night they wrought no little
i'll then especially in the " C0roianus overture.
The quality of the strings was thin and scra chy'
and the brass was rough; and though the
men played with vigor, they did not play smoothly
This is fatal to such a work as Becth0Yens over
tuTc.
last evenings programme contained one inter
estipq novelty. and one work which has boon so
seldom heard here that il had almost the freshness
of novelty. The first of these, the Academic
overture. was composed by Brahms when the de-
gree of LII. u. was conferred upon him by he tni-
ycrsty of Breslau about a year ago, ana II
was performed upon that occasion, together
with the Tragic overture. It's chez IN
terest TO Germans will lie in the TACT that
it is founded upon number OF wcll-knoWn
students songs, but il is an interest winch
can hardly exist here "Gauleamus igltur, with
which IT closes is indeed familiar enough TO u.s. but
the other airs" Ich hab mich crCebcn,' " Nir ha-
ben gcbauet Elm Stattdlches haus and " Vas
Kommt dort Won der Hob are not known at all.
The overture is mere pot-pourn of college
songs. Tho airs are treated as COM
posers usually treat the leading themes
of an overture, and the work Is
mainly made up of them. used either separately
or in combination. # is an entirely homogeneous
composition, in which the themes are handled con
trapuntally with admirably sIiu, anl IN winch
there are orchestral effects OF great beauty
and originality. Its form Is stllct enough
and it is fresh, vigorous and spirited.
nation, which would touch every one, no mat or of
what nation and its themes can suggest no associa-
tions to u.s. a. they will 10 the Germans; 6ntncvcr
theless il viii probably be liked here for lt j. bold
and effective, and ia excellent workm9n.mp ana
fine mu cianly qualities cannot fan oil thrir elect
The orchestra PLAYED II better than nc carrier over
ture, and Dr. Damrosch conducted II with great
The Symphonic Fantastique" was given here
many wears ago by the Philharmonic Society. and
again more lately by DR.. Damrosch, during the
symphony Society's first season. The work j. not
nlrssant one much AZ we may admire it, wonderful
technical merits. BrrIoz possessed IN the highest
degree the faculty oi illustrating EIapucahy MhnI
ever ne took up. but the beauty Of the result was
always dependent on the beauty OF the subject The
theme Of this symphony Is rcpulHye' and The WoT@
itself Is painful in spite of the loneliness OF thr
scene in the fields IL reminds one OF thn-'
medirgal pictures Of the Temptation oil So.
Anthony IN which the Saint is besrt 10y every
sort Of hdcous shape that the fertile fancy OF the
artist could suggest. The Performance was not
smooth and so one or two OF the movements were
scarcely ineligible. ,
Sign0r Campanini sang the air " II mic iosoro'
smoothly and with expression and delighted the
audience. he Was recalled, ana gave tbr DalIa
sua pace" from the same opera, dong u even bet
Ter than the first air. In The Adelaide lac was
not 50 happy. lie does not sympathizr. apparently,
with the spirit Of BctthOvcns music, and sang the
song with altogether too much passion II en-
chIntcd the audience, however, aud nc had to re-
peat the latter hall oft.