Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-10
A MUSICAL EVENT.
The Boston symphony Orchestra
 Concert.

The Boston symphony Orchestra
 Concert.
 A large and fashionable audience attended the concert of this association last evening at Carll's Opera House. The programme was headed by no lesspretentious number than the great Leonore Overture No. 3 by Beethoven. MT. Wilhelm Gericke, the di- rector, assumed his baton and unfolded the dramatic beauties of that great tone picture with marked effect. The rendering of this number immediately opened to him the hearts of the audience, as he seemed to con- ceive it in the true spirit of the immortal Beethoven.
 It was followed by Mozart's concert aria Bella mia fiamma,) sung by Miss Gertrude Franklin. The artist possesses a sweet, ripe, warm and fluent voice with pure intonation, and in her rendering of the difficult recita- tive displayed genuine dramatic power and responsiveness of style. In the andante she exhibited delicacy and purity of tone and and true appreciation of Mozart's school.
 The next number on the programme was Reinhold's prelude, minuet and fugue for strings. This modern suite, so different from the old school of Bach and Handel, immediately showed forth the immense strength of the string element of the orches- tra Although the conception of the con ductor was closely followed by all the mem bers body, yet there was in its render ing an undercurrent showing each players individuality. The three movements are diff ferent in their character. The pre- Jude requires the finest expres- sion, altogether different from the light and merry minuet, while the fugue is written in the heavy mood of the legitimate classical period.
 Mir Giese appeared next in g solo for vio- loncello by Servais entitled 70 Cara Memo ria' Although this composition cannot boast of it's intrinsic merit, yet it gives ample opportunity to the performer to exhibit his skill, and in this particular Mr. Giese ac- quilted himself as wonderful. artist unlim- ited in execution and purity of tone. Being vociferously recalled he played as an encore Peppers Butterfly"
 Liszt's symphonic poem Ues Preludes) represents the modern school of orchestral writing. It requires, account of it's intri- cate work, great skill on the part of each performer, and also fully displays the per lection of the reed and brass soloists of the orchestra. MT. Gericke conducted this num- Der with true poetical feeling. The render ing of this number in it's solo parts and en- semble was rewarded with unbounded ap- plause.
 Miss Franklin then again charmed the au- aienee by her graceful and artistic singing of Isouard's aria, Non, je ne veux pas chanter. The chef d'euvre of the concert was Beetho- ven's seventh symphony.
 Beethovens seventh symphony exhibits his greatest genius. Being composed when he was already matured in age, we find in it premonitions of those lofty ideas which he so fully developed in that grandest of all tone pictures, his ninth symphony.
 Through this concert new element has been most favorably introduced to the pub lie. To the present tine MT. Theodore Thomas only has been the interpreter of classical music. and the popular taste has been greatly nodded and influenced by his individual conception of great musical work. Through the advent of MT. Wilhelm Gericke and his matchless orchestra, the public has been enabled to hear a different conception of the great masters and thus has had an opportunity offered to compare the different styles and conceptions of both great conductors.