New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-06
MUSIC-THE DRAMA.
FIRST SYMPHONIC CONCERT


The first Of the ChIckerng Hall Symphonic
Concerts nader the direction Of Mr. Van der stucksn
Thursday evening Entertainment OF the hjgh
eat character. The scheme was . varied one. trfo
long perhaps but made OF music that he'll ths inter
eat OF amateurs throughout the evening Hereitp:
FrPho at At hi. Facr 90 crave on hreh
Mr.. Max Heinrich and Female Chorus.
'''''O' Richard Holman. -
symphonic Poem "opheis" OPP 22.......E. A. Mcdowell
1.-THE "S Ms. dln o. SgSs and Female horss
"Rhapsodie dAuyergne for pianoioi te saint, saens
:" ''' ''''' '''"' ''' II. Hofmann
or these compost ions the symphony tho AMI
the movement FROM Heinrich Hofmann's suite wers
moderately familiar The ster used to figure frequently
on Mr. Thomass programme; the former brought
by Dr. Danrosch OF the Of tho SYM
phony Society three ago. IL failed 10 make
profound Impression connoisseurs then and again on
this occasion, when II gwen In much better style.
An absence OF freshness aud originality In it, IDEAS
largely responsible for this, tho defect outweisns the
OF treatment and rhyhmicsl emery which are
its chief and unquesuoned inertia
The novelties of the without exception
Interesting Mr.. McDowclrs symphonic poem had a
double slgnihcauce-as piece OF ntrnsicay beautiful
music and az an Indication that though Mr.. Van der
stuckon the style his coEcers some what
no adheres to his patriotic ana admirable purpose
OF encouraging American composer. Mr. Mcdowell Is
bringing honor TO his nat W Land IT, Derhap' TO De
regretted order win the att ton which he
OBLIGED to give his activities To Germany.
but his infu-nce on the AMERICAN movement VIII DO
felt long We have con motors VIII second him as
Mr.. Van der stucsen has done. His 'Ophelia' was
performed last sumuaJ IN Germany, and German pun
fisher has printed the score, a. we'll IA that 81 com
panion piece entitled " Hamlet" Sucn titles NIX Sc
standard OF judgment. bnt 20 tar as "Opnra" 10
concerned Mr. McDowrfs music stands M under ex-
this We inclined attach great import inec.
snce the evldeneescf the NODES studied are rather
~ mo ns on -. 'a1 'tsr or course ike ,~chosa aS
The "A
10 the purpose Is, the n,,i tset LA, tla, Mr
trralel them Neutrality-suspicious.. moreover winch
h We poetical mood AID ae char ristic. One can
all the elements m Opheiids character. but the sweet
madenly mind turned awry by s"rroSs u"des~fv"d.
The com lOsitiOn des repetition this season II 10
a finer work II every respect hsn the minority 81 the
novelties which have cone TO us ths season win frnch
AMI English labels. iubinstein's my Il ai1sether
siucken's Choral Society In more than merely creit
able lghi. II was pity that Miss Csnpoeii detraeed
Max Brmcn has twice shown his appreciation Of tho
musical possibilities winch lie In the Frthlof SAGA.
| Tbs portion OF Bishop IegneTs poem which he mas
Badrr's Temple visits his fathers grave aud
asks tho dead man to tell hun hat works
meet for repentance. The dead man r"insc- to
the hero gets token from chorus Of sprs
reoces 10 me nope OF reconciliation with the out
ragged deity. Bruch clothed the episode with glow
lux ami eloquent music His orchestra yves stature 10
the hero glorInes his motions Mr. Max lleinriehs
voice scarcely enough TO give ful effect TO no
(Which is rather OF the limits of the aver
baritone rrglstefl nut I-ellhS
matte and exceedingly fervld and he interpreted mo
composers ideas timely Thanks 10 brilliant perform
OF the panOorte part SAINT enss rhapsody was
most favoraby Introduced pubic. The piece -
well cacua ell TO achieve success In the hands 81 50 mn
isnea player. IL written for the great public It's
melodies folk Of the Auvergnsc aud they are
treated with cOnsd, rable attention - local color
Tue drone OF the y-Euriy rsptally reproduced
in the rhapsody. Mr. hoffman played with the cr.pnrss
elegance to when ne long ago a-custoin u IN
both pieces and hid to repeat portion OF the rhap
| sody [ silence the plaudits OF his asmirrrs
Mr. Van der StuckrD has "A 1n" band. Its wood WINDS
with the exception OF the rsi clarinet are capital no
umpets FOOD and the horns also IN respect NJ tome
though Il trust worthy. The men followed the
of the conductor with precision aud played
apiredy. it pleasure to hear 80 good AMI largo
n band In Chckering hall. IL proved almost new sen
sation and those who thought the music too louh dt
not estimate At its worth the artistic sympathy when
came from the relationship Of listeners and per
| fornera.