The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-03
The Thomas Concert.

The Theodore Thomas concerts
which take place here this month
are producing striking effects
everywhere. At st. Louis the sue
cess was pronounced, as the follow
ing from the Ggobe-Democrat will
show:
The first Of the Thomas concerts was
given ct Armory hall last night, before
an audience including in the neighbor-
hood Of GOO people, and was in all sub.
stantlsl particulars q success. It can no
longer be doubted that St. Louis has O
large and intelligent music-loving pub
lie, when enough interest is shown in
these concerts to pack the hall for every
performance, as it will be packed at this
time of year, when the amusement season
10 practically over aud summer heat is
upon the city. The audience last night
came In expectation OF listening to an
excellent concert, and in that its mem
bers were not disappointed.
OF the concert itself little can be said
except in praise. The trained musicians
Of Mr.. Thomas great orchestra of sixty
five pieces have been tried again and
again, and are as true IS steel, giving to
every piece the careful study and earnest
effort which it deserved. Throughout the
entire programme admirable precision
and accuracy were shown, and the truly
artistici character Of the performance
ives evident from the marvellous delicaey
Of shading. This was one OF the many
points ct which difference not at all
| creditable 10 local orchestral combina-
ti0DE WQa RhOwp Tho nrOOranpnn
opened with the Beethoven symphony,
Eroica, in ell of the moveme nts of
which the characteristics of that
composers works were clearly in
dictated, aud the execution was nearly
fsultless. A song from Schubert Am
Mesr, introduced NJ. Franz Remmertz,
the bssso, tU the audience. Mr.. Rem
mertz's voice showed great natural
power and fine cultivation, but it
appeared somewhat lacking IN symps-
thetic qualities. He received warm
applause, and his performance WAS
beyond anything within the power of
city singers. Wagnef's death Of
Siegfried7 is a piece containing many
peculsrities Of construction, and its exc.
cution is accordingly considered difficult,
but the rich melodies running through
IT. ouO buo p6CuLt9I oll6Cls Woio ULOu&Ab
out to good advantage. The piano play
ing Of MEo. Rive-king was remark
able inIthst II was entirely from memory,
no notes VII stever being before her dur
ing the entire performance. Her selection
was difficult concerto from LiGzt, and
it was creoitably rendered. Mrs.
Humphrey Allen, the celebrated Boston
singer ofsoprano, sang Der Freisch1tz,"
q scene and prayer from Weber, and
added to her already excellent reDuts-
ton. The acoustic properties of the
hall are such, however, that those IN
the rear found it difficult to
catch every note Of the sweet
ones in the song. Probably the
most pleasing number of the entire pro-
grsmme was the serenade No. 3, 10 u
minor, OPP. SO, by VolckmsnD, in which
Mr.. Adolph Hsrtdegan played the violon-
cello obIigato. As the piece advanced
the audience became more and more
deeply interested, until its close was the
signal for 8 spontaneous outburst Of ap-
DlaCse. The performance closed with
selection Of ballad music from Rubin
stein, and although finely rendered, it is
to be feared the audience did not gel
much pleasure from it. The flashes OF
lightning and peals Of thunder had be.
come so threa ening that at its beginning
many had left The hall, and before ht
piece was half through there was almost
stampede from the building. With the
movement called the Dance Of the BAG
chantes there came dancing Of rain OF
the roof, which could not possibly b.
. mistaken for the pstter of dancing feet
] but beat in such loud tattoo as to drown
out the music Of the instruments.