The Portland daily press., 1883-03-29
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
BOSTON SYMPHONY oRcHEsrRA

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
An audience filling two.thirds of the seats
in City Hall, and composing an assemblage az
critical and brilliant as is ever brought to
gether at concert in this city, listened to the
delightful entertainment afforded BY the
Boston Symphony Orchestra last night. The
programme was most carefully selected to
please the various tastes of the auditors, and
yet there was no one number that could be
called so severely classical-in the popular
meaning of the word-as to prove tedious to
the average cencert-goer. Among the COM
posers represented were Schumann, Wagner,
Rubenstein, Won Weber, Reinecke, Graun,
Vieuxtemp and Hitler.
The principal number of the concert was
SehumaEn's Symphony in d minor teeming
with the vigor and originality (that always
marked the great composers symphonic work)
In the allegro movement, and full of poetry
and melody in the romanza The superb drill
of the large band of musicians, with their ex-
celient shading was fully brought out in the
symphony. In the overture to Tannhaeuser.
SO familiar to all oonoert-goers, it was inspir-
ing to note amidst the rushing and whirling of
the accompaniment, like the rush and whirl of
the storm; or the raging of mighty waters,
how the grand motif went as steadily on as
fate.
charming feature of The evening was the
little edpriccio, called "The Sentinel" by
Heller. II no name had been given to it on
the programme the least imaginative person
could have supplied it. With its steady
march, like the solitary continuous tramp Of
fhnc .x.~.4I A. ~.
drum announcing the change of guard; with
the clash Of the presenting arms, and with all
these different features brought out with mil
itary precision, without hurry or attending dis
fractions, the composition thoroughly warmed.
up the audience who demanded an encore but
failed to get it. Then there was the beauts-
full, yet melancholy, "Entr' Aote" from Man
fred, and the entertainment fifty closed with
the beautiful ballet music from "Feramors"
Mrs. Henschel delighted everybody with her
magnificent rendering of Grauns aria. The
perfection of her style and her fine voice
which gave suck an intelligent Interpretation
cGgdtlna from der Freisehutz.n She merely
bowed to her encore. Mr. Listemann's SUI
perb technique was admirably displayed ia his
rendering OF the fantasy on the quaint and
interesting Sclavonic airs, while the accom-
paniment by the orchestra added no little to
sANA NAie1 AAAoAts
AS you LIKE IT.
Miss Mather's Rosalind is charming inn
PRESERVATION, intelligently conceived and ad-
mirably acted. An apprecative audience
witnessed il at the Portland Theatre last night
and were delighted with its tenderness and
gayety Mr.. Salvini was handsome Orlando,
and Mr.. Lsvick made fine Melancholy
jacques though not the perfect Melancholy
Jackass Mr.. J. NJ Hill, the manager OF the
company, made Of himself in yesterdays Argus
CAMILLA uRso
Tonight the Camilla Urso troupe will give a
concert at City Hall and there is every pros
pect OF a large audience. The Boston Traveller
says: Camilla Urso was the principal artist
at the fourth entertainment in the Boston
Star CouSse, given last evening at fremont
Temple, and doubtless the audience, which
crowded every part Of the house. was attracted
as much by her fame as anything else. The
great violinist contributed several charni ng
selections, notably among which was the
witches Dance, by PaganiDi. This was
played with especial grace aud deiicacy, and
was OF itself sufficient reward for attendance
at the entertainment. Miss Marguerite Hall
gave songs-and Mr.. S. Liebling, the pianist
performed solos from Chopin and the march
In "Tannhanser,n and Mr.. Alfred p. Burbank
recited number OF poems, many OF them
humorous, which were greeted with great
favor"
COUPON BONDS.
Such is the name Of the play which viii be
presented by the young people at the yestry OF
the Church of the Messiah this evening There
will be singing by the Mendelsohn Quartette
and delightful evening many be enjoyed.
NOTES
Salsbnry's Troubadours will be at Portland
Theatre Friday and Saturday, April 9Th and
It'll and Barlow & Wilson's Minstrele, Monda,
and Tuesday, April 9Eb and 10th.
An English traveller, writing OF the great
success of Edwin Booth in Germany, mentions
as drawback 10 the actors pleasure the cir
that the male members of the sup
porting company, in their enthusiasm after the
performance, insisted upon kissing him again
and again.
II Is reported from San Francisco that will
liam Horace Lingard, after an unsuccessful
in that city. has disappeared, leay-
ng his company to shift for themselves.