New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-04
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
REyIEMs AND ooMMENTs.

Herr seidps fourth ooncent at steinway Hall on
Saturday evening was listened TO with aneotonate
appreciation by goodly audience From the pro-
gramme heretofore announced IN this journal
there was slight deviation, and also rom that
distributed IN the hall Originally Herr Kalisch was
announced to sing airs from Fldelo' ana operon.'
In Mace Of the latter cir the housebl said ne would
sing two songs, whose titles were not gwen. lie
sang the great air from Beethovens opera, and
Beethoven's Adelaide" This song is worth almost
any two songs of the current concert list, and had
Herr Kalisch sung It less langushngly than he did
mn one would have been likely TO complain OF the
substitution, whose reason was plain enough from
the fact that Herr Kaish sang Tannhaeuser IN the
afternoon. The want OF vtrihy IN MS readng OF
the song was doubtless duo to WEAKNESS, for no sang
the air from FdeoD beautifully, working the concud-
ing allegro up such pitch OF dramatic feehng IS
To make his hearers long for the proper surroundings
az the rnusic The other solo performer Miss
Madcc wicRham, who played Beethoven's Romance'
Cor violin I'm G MAJOR with purity Of tone, but
only modicum Of sentiment, and an arrangement
~ popper's Elfentanz" made by HAIR who was
lately advanced to the leadership of the volins in
the Dresden opera.
The orchestral numbers schumsnn's symphony
tp minor advertisement by Lalo and the prelude
to sParsifal' The symphony rather roughly
played, and such features of the reading as the I'M
commonly slow tempo of the first part OF the Romance
and the exaggerated accelerando in tho second did
not commend themselves 10 our judgment The dis
position which Herr seidl has repeatedly shown TO
couple every long crescendo with sn accelerando and
every long diminuendo with ritardando is not ar
tistic. IT Is schoolboylsh Much finer was the work
OF the leader and his IN the Wagner music. There
Herr sei achieved his effects by precisely the oppo-
site means. In working up 10 climax he made the
reading broader and breeder until the
height Of expression had been reached.
The set of three pieces, with an In
PRODUCTION In moderate tempo to the first by Lalo
was the only unfamiliar music In the scheme. 1t is
q graceful bit of writing, sort Of dealized ballet,
which holds attention because Of its manner rather
than its matter 1t served its purpose wen as an
agreeable intermezzo.
Mrs Emma Dexter was complimented by an audi
ence equally fine in number end character at her con-
cert in Chickering Hall last Saturday afternoon IL
was kindly disposed audience moreover, ready TO
exercise forbearance had it been called for which
happily was not the case. Mrs. Dexters singing OK
the concert air 1nfelce" (which needs an orchestral
and three airs from Handers "LAlegro" {" Come and
trip It's g Let wander" and "or let the merry
bellss) was mich inferior to that of Qu la voce'
which suggested the reflection that although In
herited taste nclnes her toward Handels music, her
artistic training has been in another and even less
dramatic direction She sang the Italian air TASTE
fully and well, barring little heavy-fooedness In the
lighter portions. Mrs Dexter had the help OF Mr.
Richard Arnold (who captivated the audience with
"Fairy Dance') Mr. w. II. Holt and Mr. James Haz
ard Wilson.
Mr. william H. Sherwood concluded his series OF
concerts at ChIckering Hall on Saturday evening
These affairs have attracted less attention In musoa
circles this season than usual In view Of Mr. sher
woods unquestoned abilities as piano
forte player this would be somewhat dlii
cult to explain and altogether nexcusable
were It not for the fact that Mr. Sherwood, while an
nouncing them his concerts utilized them to bring
forward his pupils The concert Of last Saturday, 10
Judge by the programme, must have been the most IN
teresting Of the series. Mr. Sherwood played the
mfnuet from Rad's Suite, op. ~, scherzo in mUor
by Philip Ruefer well known writer for the organ
and composer of the opera Merlin" produced In Ber
In year or two ago, but introduced by Mr. Sherwood
"A teacher in Karl Kindworth's school of Music In
BerIi,ls) Robert GoldbecI's "Memorles,' b. Boclcl-
mars Ballablles in fat Rubnsteins Barcarole In
O, No. a, and staccato Etude IN @, and, with tho
Beethoven Quartet, schumann's Quintet in E fiat