New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-05
THE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
,,,..,, .,,rrpNooN CONCERT.

fino1 - -, .rro AupiKNcK--A BRIGHT
i-N' am VARIED ENTERTAINMENT.
- Aha weather which has thus lar iaV-
IN. me-, 49, Wns,c FESTIVAL dgnany contributed NOT
oreo 'ne Of the first Of the afternoon con-
A'.io y ,r.s viven Yesterday. The audience was
,.rcs AZ that at the opening performance
r..s.dav night. and Ii was much more entnusi'S
-. One noticeable feature about 1t was tne unu,
.,.,lv largo proportion OF men VIM "
-sasans Afternoon concerts are ap. -.
t..,r,osed almost exclusively OF ia"i,''
a. Festiyal seems to be an exception W 'I''o 80
Cor though there was still large prePonu1 ~
shs female element, the attractions VIZ" Wiz, o.
ss~u,,.,.cb had provided proved strong enough "
oreatcr number of men away from theii
-. than one often sees The programme vac
composed entirely Oh soio' ""N
hers and was this s.ou.,,
ovSrtars, Olympia ande
1vs,' from Gi1io csssre beethoven
s syyIsIgsSns from Die wskure wagner
t sSj s ssSs y the vsisyTies, n.r,,o,
L. Captive, ,oe dn Nord
HangsTisn Rhapsody No. q --..--.,''- -, o.. solos
The Armory proved much better place I'i 80 ~
,han the concert on Tuesday mght leu ono -.
st Tho drill room is of such enormous oii"e,' :,
peo" 49, NO voice no matter how powerful oouiu
o. avvacted 10 fill it entirely, ana III ' nv
% 'Ap art when the singers were IN all
nv aoco,nnaned by the full band, th'i,
49, were often completely drowned anu
- .vos onlv those who were seateu No
~ - Tho conld hear them at all dis'iic"S
,a-'. ,,aa.or,av DIR Damrosch used only snan vi
ohastra IN the accompaniments-reserNinH '"O 49,.
so,d for the instrumental numbers-anu 'no -
;ors urovcd 20 be perfectly audible during
r,ost of the time, even at inc eA '''e
n' "~.o~, ora Of the hall. Sometimes phrase
s-o.,A be lost. hut not often, lot oo'n
rTas Carv and Campanini have very power
S,1 voices. and Madame Gersters IS extremely pei'0-
trating. il not so strong as theirs r,,.,- j.
Madame Ccrster sang the air from LEtoho W.
Nord y with great bTilliaDcy, and she )olheu WI"
Mis- Cary in giving capital rendering ol '"o "''
60, g CmIio Cmsare" Miss Cary was excellent
ZOO. in the Berlioz song, when Is Pi"s"
&c but picturesque composition, remarkaOie ioi
~ origina,tv and ingenuity In the instru
roentation. Campanin's splendid voice tod mag
p;Gnsuflv in "Siegnund's Love Song WhiCh VIZ
Greatly liked by the audience, anu hau 70 w IL ~
peated The work of the orchestra was no. ~
shIy good In forte passages the great Volulle "
son1d was very imposing, but III Tapla mNN'neIlll
sbere was a painful lack of clearness Dr. DanroSel
seems to forget sometneS, 'r ar S a.
With small ones and he attempts 70 employ u"
same tempos with band OF Two hanuiS S a.,
fifty men that he would with one ot elghty. SUN
course il fatal to dislinctneSs, for the ueh Cahho
he made to attack absolutely simultaneously, an'
The result is certain to be disastrous. , A. c..
The first third and last movements OF the sym
ebony suffered badly from this cause YESTERDAY
afternoon, and the Ride of the Valkyrles, th'ngl
Il delighted the public and was redemanalea wa
stilI worse On the other hand, Spontlnis bTlliah
@ol,mpiah overture went smoothly, ana the AN
dante IN the Beethoven symphony proved Verl
II ;s nifty that Dr. Damrosch should yield to thu
dsmands OF the public in the matter OF enc0res
Not only are the programmes quite long enough a
fbev stand lat pieces produce The same eiiec
On second bearing, and their repetition IS a nui
sAnce in every way.