The Portland daily press., 1882-06-21
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
THE CREATION.

THE CREATION.
AS enjoyable performance of ofatorio as 1t
has been the good fortune of any city to listen
to, was that IT the Creation" given at City
Hall by tn daydns last evening. There has
been for a long time cry "why do not the So
ciety give an oratorio in City Hall accompan-
led by competent orchestral? Well, the op-
portunity presented itself and the Haydns
seized it, The public responded fairly, but
not as they should have dene. City Hall
should have been packed to its utmost eapaci-
ty. AS it was there was an audience OF per-
haps 1900 present, and they gave expression to
their pleasure in no uncertain way. We cam
not speak of the Haydns performance in higher
terms than we used a fortnight ago. The pre-
cisionEof attack of the ninety voices was perfect
and the phrasing superb. The chorus near the
opening, "Despairing, cursing rage" with its
difficult chromatic passages, was beautifully
given, as were Achieved is the glorious
work, awake the harp" Praise the Lord
The grand chorus, 'The heavens are telling"
was given with great dramatic effect, and the
contrast between the chorus itself and the
beautiful trio which breaks into it was most
artisticaly brought out
The perfect control in which Mr.. Kotzsch-
mar held the chorus was finely exemplified by
the manner in which he brought them down
in the trio and chorus "The Lord is Great"
when the trio came in with ravishing effect
AS for the soloists it is but proper to repeat
here what we said before: "Miss Nettie Milf
ken's clear, beautiful soprano rendered with
verdure clad" most smoothly, while son nigh
ty pens" received happy treatment. Mr..
Stockbridge's voice found the cantdbite music
of Uriel exactly suited to it, especially in In
native worth and I'm splendor bright Mr..
Coyle gave "Rolling foaming pillows In that
broad grand style for which ne s Is noted d ano,
the house. One Of the gems of the evening
was the trio "On Thee each Living Soul
awaits, by Miss Miliiken, Messrs. stockbridge
and Coyle."
the occasion The excellence Of their accom-
uIuiant; tha--bready Eiela- s,oioring OF tpeir
music; the grace and airinesS that marked GER
tain passages of their playing; and the gram
deur of the effect they produced added to the
majesty of some of the choruses as rendered by
the Haydns made up performance long to be
remembered Mr.. Kotzschmar conducted as one
who was inspired, and his music stand was
beautifully decorated with flowers.
THE CARY CONCERT.
The great topic of conversation at present is
the Gary concert, which will como off at City
Hall. Friday evening, provided Miss Cary's
voice is in condition for use, and it probably
will be if we only have dry, clear weather.
There will be great deal Of interest evidenc-
ed to hear Miss Ruth G. Long, the contralto,
in concert. The Weber and Cecilian Clubs
have been rehearsing for this occasion to good
purpose. Altogether splendid entertainment
may be expected. Miss Gary will be accom-
panied by Mr. Harvey Murry, Z, favorite with
her. A few tickets still remain at Stock
bridges.
MARANOCOoK MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
The trains for the festival will leave Portland
at 8.15 and g. 10 a. m. today and will be well
patronized In the beautiful June weathe what
can be more desirable than toslisten to the mag
nifcent music of the choruses of 1000 voices ac-
companied by the Germanias and led by Tor
rens, with Mrs. Knowles as soprano soloist, and
Mr.. Emerson on the cornet. The public re-
hearsal will take place at IL a.. m, and the
grand concert at $50 p. m. Ample accommo-
dation will be afforded ON the railroad.