Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-06
The Boston Symphony Orchestra.

All must admit that the series of orches- tral concerts lately given here under the aus pices of our local association have done much to cultivate the tastes of our music-loving people and that the same thus far have been public benefit. The pleasure which we all have derived during the last fifteen years while attending Theodore Thomas concerts certainly entities him to our heartfelt thanks. The time has, however, come when our large sister cities, New York and Boston, are seek ing for still greater results in forming large orchestral organizations in order to hear them under new leaders render and interpret the classical works of the great masters New York now has the German opera under the conductorship of Seidl of Bremen, while Boston has anticipated it by the formation of large symphony orchestra under the di- rectorship of the celebrated imperial court conductor MT. Wilhelm Gericke of Vienna.
 The public while listening to the rendering of these works under different con ductors are thus enabled to hear them under different interpretations and can thus more correctly discover and appreciate the merits contained in them and always find new points of attraction in the same manner as when a new great actor represents character in a we'll known great play. The danger of becoming one-sided in 
 Many requirements are demanded of good conductor. In the first place he must pos sess complete knowledge of each individual orchestral instrument and of Its thorough treatment and must be able to control them in their various piano and forte moods. His sensitive ear must be able to discriminate the faintest intonation extant. Although he is a supreme dictator, general ruling his troops with an iron hand, one glance of his eye should suffice to inspire his or chostra to the most soul stirring love, such devotion as pupil feels for his beloved master. But above all it is the true musical spirit, the appreciation of the deep thought expressed in the composition and the true feeling emanating from the aesthetic nature of the conductor which mold the composition into a living true picture which opens to the listener as it. were the portals of another world. And thus by hear ing different orchestras under different emi nent conductors we learn to understand the thoughts and emotions of the great com posers.
 New Haven will be favored next Friday evening, April 9th, by hearing a concert by one of the best orchestras in America. This is the Boston Symphony orchestra, an asso- citation which was formed for the purpose of giving two concerts each week in Boston. It has now attained the fifth year of it's exist ence and may be justly called an offspring of the deep-seated love for music of our Boston friends. It enjoys the support or bostons most refined and artistic citizens and stands financially firmly upheld by the combined wealth of New England's metropolis. The originators of this grand work have worked zealously not to have this orchestra hamper ed with business cares and thus have placed it on a like basis with the great orchestras of the large cities of Europe, for which the court intendants manage all business mat ters while the conductors attend strictly to all musical matters Thus this orchestra has one great advantage over that of Theo- dore Thomas, who alone manages the busi- ness and conducts the music and through which cause true art must necessarily suffer- It behooves us as true New Englanders to pay just tribute to our Boston friends by attending in large numbers the concert next Friday, and to receive them not only as kins1nen, but also as pioneers holding the beacon of art aloft in their arms. S.
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