Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-08
THE svmpHoNx CONCERT.


 The Programme of the First Orches-
 traI Concert This SeasOn-Mr. Carl
 Baerman, of Boston, To Be the SO1o-
 ise-MusIe Of the Highest order Of
 Merit.
 The first orchestral concert of the season will
 be given by the Boston Symphony orchestra at
 the Hyperion theatre next Monday evening"
 The following carefully selected programme
 will be rendered:
 Overture, in minor Schubert
 Concerto in fat GoE pianol :;o;:t brannS Symphony, in minor, Scotch, ,"... .Mendelssehn
 Schubert's legacy of hundreds of manu- scripts of imperishable beauty has no coun- terpart in musical history. The romantic account which Sir George Grove has written of his visit to Vienna in 1867, in search of Schubert manuscripts which the world had accounted lost, and the successful results of his persistent enthusiasm are familiar to amateurs Among the discoveries which have since been made is the overture in E minor. It was first performed in England at one of the Crystal Palace concerts, on No- vember 10, 1887, and was first heard in Boston only two weeks ago. HThe overture has no introduction" writes the English Rnnotator, 'sbut begins with the tempo, which is mainr tained throughout. The first subject is founded on the arpeggio of the common chord of the tonic and subdominant of the key in unison with the whole orchestra and separated by bar of pause. The two ar peggios are succeeded by 8 melody in the flutes and clarinets and then by passage for the full orchestra containing the two ar peggios in a different form. This very char acteristic subject is developed at consider able length and with great vigor and variety of meditation, until the arrival of the second subject in G, the link being four bars played pianissimo by the flute and oboe. The sec- l ond theme appears first in the clarinets and horns alternately with flutes and oboes
 in sohubert,s conversational manner @ The stringed instruments then join \ in and one of the more melodial phrases is taken as material \ for an octave passage for the o boe and elari- net. The amplifcation Is very short and | contains little besides an establishment Of \ the last phrase in which the bassoon answers \ the oboe and the accompaniment is eouched ! in the abrupt and peculiar figure which has ! animated the entire overture. Then the sec- ond subject is repeated, there is crash in k major and after a long coda the overture \ terminates"
 Robert Volkmann's symphonies, overtures \ and suites have received frequent interprets- \ tions in this country. In analysing the \ serenade in F, MT, Joseph Bennett declared | it to be very simple in it's structure and one that calls for but little explanation. The | first movement is in minuet trio form and \ opens with 8 theme exemplifying its prevail \ ing three-bar rythm. The second movement | is in the roudo form, the character and \ rhythm of the first subject being so con ' stantly maintained that one bar is the coun- | terpart of any other. The third movement | is Q waltz which inspired MT. Eugene Field, \ of Chicago, to write fairy tale. A march ! very futingly concludes this charming com- \ position.
 | Mendelssohn's "Scotch'' symphony was \ the result of his six weeks tour among the ' Highlands in sompany with his friend \ Klingemann in the summer of 1929. The \ first sixteen bars at the beginning of the \ andante appear just as they were written at \ Edinburgh, but it was not until Mendels-
 sohn's residence in Italy, in 1881, that the real work of composition began. It was ' eleven years before it was finished and it was ! not published until after his death. Men- ' delssohn conducted the first performance | of the work in London the summer \ after it's initial production at Leipzig in ! March, 1842. The scherzo especially delight ' ed the audience, and the applause continued | so long that the conductor was obliged to ' turn back from a point we'll along in the ! adagio. It was during the trip to the high ! lands that Mendelsshon cama nearest to the United States-he boarded an American packet at Liverpool.
 | Of the soloist of the evening little need be said. MT. Baermann's performance here ! last spring with the Theodore Thomas or chestra being sufficient guaranty of his ability. He performs the same concerto at the symphony concert to be given at Music Hall, Boston, this evening. The musical ex- cellence of the performers and programme ought to secure large audiedce.