New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-11
MUSIC.
TILE pHuHARMONIC SOCIETY.


-, ,o,, Society took place at the Academy of Music
,a, ntght The audience Of the size and character
oliar 10 these the most serious, dgnihed and arusuc
I,stca1 occurrences in the country The programme
was follows: ~,
IO''"'' Wdapied for orchestra by q. Esserl So.
e,,nrsony IN b dat No A. Op CO.. Beethoven.
A. D'h p' MISS aSI Agnes Huntington.
DOR Orchestra Ia Daile q SS MscEsn2ie
g. Der Page ijcci,,c brahms
'on e. Miss Agnes Huntington. ito.
no. .uro King Lear" Op. 4.-...--..----.- '"'
,.yrarlme more than fulfilled in the perioi'nahVo
,, ,,oo.cs held out in the reading 1t mainIaneu '
traditions of the society; it afforded ,,
several phases OF cultured taste; 1t hau s'",' -
min, and q majestic end. and 1t furnished al.
novelty which proved to he in harmony "iVn nv ~
1es,crty and the audience. The symphony n"S II ~
Wv ri, .,,,,o,,,c concert before, and It's GlRdsOho
oi.,.+cr dainty h,i,nor and lovely sentiment n"'0 nv
tul 10 oet with appreciation when given ny ~ noO "
hand ~ that which Mr.. Thomas LEADS III 'i,9 -,
Pc,fccuop of technical execution - =
welded hero with an entranclHg o''u'! - . -
,i1 ,, crton and the most subtle OF the 'ohePoet
Po'''-' - roolzcd II was last night, ana the
-. mt ch,.te inyousnoSs which followed tue AIS
oIli,, of the clouds that hang over INC n'iouu0'i
shonc IN every bar OF the senerZo "nu maj
NJ Nrkepzie's ballad showed him to be musician Vi
n hirlcr order than the Rhapsody p@Soo a" o i's
COR of t,e Brooklyn Philharmonic Society alone woiu
49,, ,.to s,,speet His righteousness and learning Ia
the art oil handling instruments were evident III MS
men, OF the Scotch airs, but the demonstration III .
Ius,aur. did not 90 much luriher. Aho
hu disclosed that his ideals good that nc Is giitcu
nth mnloiic invenvencss of no mean ORDER ana 'nt
no bas q poctical insight that ponetrates deeper
,no, the mere shell OF his programme. The O"7l9
., ala free orchestral composition is keatss oeau'I
fn pocm IL full OF striking pic'UIo'
,oournfil knight, pale OF face and slow Oh s'oP
,,,,,, beside lake covered with withered sedgo;
Y. "a
fairy ong-aaired hghtiuotod, riding pranc'ns 0'o'"
nd singing d" A faerys song; an elm grot' "oop'nsS
sighiues kissngs and prOtestatiOhs OIL loNo' Z"
spectral dream, and an e"dhohho " ~
endless and mcrcilcss thrddoh' 1he'o -
. aro,I in such episodes TO suggest many
nages of musical dcncatiOn OF the khu 10 "H'Vn i
was addicted and it greatly to the creu'V Oh n'
ucpzio tlt he succeeded in avoiding this supcihodi
and naeralistic style of writing He has CHOSEN 10
reach for tho deep and melancholy ec''iI'cii'
of "La Belle Dame McTci,' ana no mas O'oi
rewarded by inspirations that are more DcS"'iu'
and Motto by far than would have followed any ssIhe'
effort at detailed narrative or delincAoh Ihe o'au ID
nerorious composition, in which high degree Oh Tic
characteristic expression for which writers lOacu oy
the spirit OF the modern school strive Is atahcu ana
WAS magnhccnuy performed by the OroheeIa' as nh'
wise ,,,s the BeIlioz overture, in which there Is
40 elooucnt publication Of antique sorrow" anu 80 over
,vbeI,1nr ABSORPTION of the breaking OF great heart
The l,gllYlt Oh Miss Huntington must DC h'A'u oiic
I'M "a
ounincd nd Inc lady has that which lnsurtN h SYM
Satnetlc hoaring-a lovely face, and In hef h'hhe!
Ihere il tine complementary evidence OF good hIeCde
and gentle tas los Her voice, anczZosopiaho at unl
rich and musical In quality, lacks cNenness however 'hu
Tie inI,er tones nave much less vitality and purify thaI
tile middle low tones. Her style oil singing u
inr winch seems real and not assumed
She sometimes exhausts her Dfellh ana
sroos br votco out of tune This IL the Judgment Il
should be remembered which follows upon the nppci
ron OF inc standard which participation IN inLhd
monc concert challenges II does not mean tnat sne 1
moi Icolne valuable acquisition To our 100 sna
conpany of acceptable concert singers. she ls
indeed such AN acquisition and ought "a
Contribute greatly 10 the seasons delights. she showed
rare insight and pOetical feeling IN the German songs
and had se stopped with them the effect OF hef performs
apces would have nearer unaoyed pleasure IMAM u
was All she had yielded TO the iudged demand Oh MOI
friends for an additional ballad. Inc Engl5h sOh5
which she gave for several reasons had dStdfbiht
eaeot IN is audabe ambition to score two recalls IN
Philharmonic concert but great care must DC ooso NeS
not TO disturb the nicely adjusted musical balance NcL
ALWAYS claractsZes the rdniOe Miss iuliilhK'oh
recall after the aria from MOzarts " La Ciohth%a u
Tito" hearty One she answeredNWi'hbee 'no'ch
10 IA JOmba."