Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-22

tered into competition with the music. Mr..
SeidI gracefully yielded the palm and waited.
Is there no way to prevent such needless ruina-
on Q, has nag Mnlc large m e1
hear?
Liszt's Third Rhapsodic, though not origin
ally an orchestral work, and in some parts not
suited to orchestral performance. was, never
theless, the biggest display piece among the
instrumental selections. Mr.. Seidl,s reading of
it was as capricious as one could wish, but full
OF careful and intelligent efect-seeking
this piece was under the .circum-
stances, strong proof of the famous
conductors musical ability and personal mag
brought out by the lovely s'Meistersinger"
score. Handeps familiar Largo" allowed Mr..
Max Bendix, the concertnleister, to display
good tone and true artistic taste; it also showed
of the whole body OF violins to advantage.
AN OVATION TO JUcH.
Miss Emma Juch's singing of the recitative
and cavatina from Gounod's "Queen of Sheba'
won her great popular ovation. And not un,
deservedly; for, while the hard seasons work
has told severely on her middle tones the rest
Of her voice was in excellent condi-
and abandon that were quito thrilling.
The absolutely compulsory encore (bad pre-
cedent; though the only one last night) finally
brought Miss Juch to the front again with Mr..
piano her exquisite rendition of Rubinstein's
song, "Du bist vie cine Blume"
Miss Adele Aus der Ohe gave a remarkably
fine Interpretation of Liszt's brilliant piano
concerto in e fat. the same that she PLAYED
here two years ago with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Perhaps she has heard that Rosen-
thai played this concert here recently; for some
reason the young woman was clearly on her
mettle. She certainly surpassed Rosenthal's
playing of this particular piece-thoueh as
he lacked the inspiration of the orchestral ac-
compartment, the comparison should not be
pressed. She repeated all the excellences Of
her previous performance-the technical bril-
lance. power and delicacy and the rugged
freedom OF style-and went still further into
derness and finesse, a passion and abandon, that
mark her growth both as artist and as woman.
MR.. PAUL KALIsCH
brought to the Interpretation of the delicious
"PrIze song' from Wagner's "Die MeIster-
singer" voice of unexpected volume and
range, though not of the purest timbre He
sang with passionate intensity that won him
the first hearty applause of the evening, though
a smoother, less explosive style would have
done rather more justice to that continuously
flowing melody.
In Pogners Address and Haus Sachs Mono
logue from the same charming comedy
opera, Mr.. Emil Fischer appeared as the
possessor Of bass voice of large calibre,
somewhat affected by huskiness last evening.
His style was d1gDified and appropriate rising
fully to the dramatic climax where EUu'S hand
is named as the prize that Pogner has been
talking of.
The remainder Of the programme was taken
up with Part of Haydn's oratorio "The
Creation" Here the festival cho orus organized
last November by Mr.. Carl Retter had
its first opportunity for public hearing.
For newly recruited force, with only
some six months of rehearsal, this
chorus of $50 voices rendered very acceptable
service. There is, of course, some 'dead
wood" it's volume of tone is not three times
that OF the Mozart Club, though its numbers
are. Such things are to be expected-the larger
the chorus, the less, relatively, will be it's
PERFECTION IN MATTERS OF DETAIL.
So it was not surprising to hear some uneven
ness in the attack of 'Despairing, Cursing
Rage" some raggedness in the difficult runs of
awake the Harp" and some false intonations
here and there, especially among the
tenors. The good points had a de-
cided majority, however. The soft sing
ing of the first chorus until
the outburst of that grand major chord at the
word light" was admirably done; the spirit
and vigor of the other choruses was creditable,
and "The Heavens are Telling" made grand
climax for the entire concert
awkwardly obtrusIve. The chorus sang in
English and so did Miss Juch (except in where
she sang repeatedly "here-archy Of heaven ~
But Messrs. Kalisch and Fischer both sang in
German; and both sang rather in the operatic
than in the traditional oratorio style Miss
Juch was much better in this regard.
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