New-York tribune., 1884-11-24
MIJSIC-THE DRAMA.
THE FIRST SYMPHONY CONCERT.

ws. nrogramme of the first concert o' VI.
.r,h sensou OF the Symphony Society ~ 'n"
ss,.,o an saturday evening WAS SOMEWHAT "o'o.s n
sr ,,s character yet Ia numbers wcre a'' 40 ~
rre.en,cd two symphonics. .Bccthovcns W "redia
and Ianzts symphony TO Dantcs p',n" , con,poscrs
two works strongly chaiaccrisuo " held by tho
and vivid illustrations Of the ART ,sa, aud er,a,ic
-, =, OH svu,phon,sts and tho ir'l""'' - ,so oyor
.. ,~h. o. arriving to extend 'ne p'V' ,h.so
,,n,oh IN. former still holds donlhon s, ana schu
.,orrs uere placed sct Of songs ~ oceert- -pece
,rxnu rung by Herr Josef stS"o'e' ,,e,t composed
Co. v,,,n solo and orchestral "ccom,a' al,a" .,ns,
~ ~, ~ nn,roscb and played by M' o''ao '" =. On.
ny pr. .,,,cn % director OF the opera ~ INC
hr' pn p''" - Uouse has enabled him 70 mako "o'nc
m0''' a., The comrosition OF the o"ho o "o ~ "P'
s,.sv With the effect OF decided oe''oii'"' w. -,
80 ss .,,,v and technical finish ihe ch"neo Is .
,,a,,e IN the wood-wind choir, whefe t"e ih""oh "
., artists as the oboist Joseph Eer' au" '"c
s"o. ,'. w.hrsrmen who are simply perfect in their
s..,r.n,s,. marked. That the playing OF the bahd
n,d NOT show material Improvement over last year
,orh was probably due 10 lack OF rehearsais cohpoo
nv tbe necessity OF preparing for the opera seasoh "
une xplancd circumstance WAS the absence OIL ."c u"
clarinet In the Iiszt symphony. where IL cou'" m oo
spared The solo recative In the hrst movement ""
u,hsrs IN the beautiful love episode accoons 10 'c h
accsned terprv taton Of the work. th0ngn ny
The bass clarinet the public rehearsal on rt,na
noon was ON Saturday given to SOLO voIoncco VIII. @
eScci to materially weaken the psssngr as can WEI We
t,n.yncd by those who familiar win t'is
,,orE rho choral ending, was not as hiishcu -
ought 10 have been aud tho effect OF seeing not only Tue
sinpers lut their conductor. was distirpins' ...
Roth Of the novel features o tho concert "ctc
ing and gave much pleasure. Herr etauig II 'o s"
Of the Josef saudgl. generation ago was rrcS %
uized as the greatest OF German bass sncrs anu
won a large portion OF his fame III the dcpart'psn,, 81
which the presented himself a tins s ooneei' nr on
hearlng the tnrco songs which Herr saunsi snns M
Saturday 10 Il easy TO believe tiat the son na -, ,'cr
In a marked degr the peculiar genius M -, ms @ T To
'Ibe son,s were srhnberts setting of one oi tc ~ .D
Unrn,r In Gocthe's Wilhelm Mciister. G. "er u,r.s no
Epsamkeit crgicbt y the saine compose, ~ tbe
Fsrawei" and schumann's ION inc b"hns a,,,n o. ~
Enron" these given In the .s mes i nwaty and
I<sd singing and with voice beantiui ~ q"a!, ' ua
warm n feeling. Herr Stuudig, We ihlnk, n,u's ~,
given the foremost place among inc snpSts VI ,, @
this country; certainly we know OF hooov VI nr NJ
IIenschei hc has the advantage of u mos, ihlNs am,
eouabIc voice lie has not yet TAKEN ms Ita =, M
nera singer ha wing had little tU do AT the Mctfopan
inns far INT n singer OF the songs OF schubert, Se
mann and their II 4. tu bc h"ren that nc VI"
i,e heard Ia all the large cities of the country -
pr Damrosch's concert piece fof thc 'i'n ~ WIZ
Slirh Osed believe many wears ht" 'ii"
has been played by NJ. Mnsn Oh ono or Two oIncr ro
.sions fhong not In this city We question whclher
The composer attaches great impDriaLco W u,
standing that 10 possesses some beauties calou'stcu
ncass the public. The work IL cast rs s,fch'oe anu
bas besides. poetcaiy concrVeu n,rou"o.'ITuu, w u
uunl,er, "A "a, iutcrnczzp.
nna,e sentimental mood Of tie piece lS Dc'utiuS
sztained throughout the piece and there arc some eh
oniste bits vf Oriental cOlOriDs III the ncls''e-' '
monies aud Instrumentation yer rs u WI. m."'o, @ nn ~ 20
scarcly dignsd enough 10 he called concerto or
certsuck. The hearers were 80 iasclnateu " wy
dainty harm0nics OF the inieruezz0 iha they ue'u"u
a reneton NJ Musu played the piece. win eoou
degree Of finish. displaying ~ he has done heieo'oIe
always cea though IL much better at the cohcc'V
than at the rehearsal.