Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
THE LAST CONCERTS.
Very Popular Matfnee-vIctor Herbert
Appears in Several Characteristic
Festival Concludes With an
Evening of Beethoven.

| Evening OF Beethoven.
The Saturday matinee was explicitly as
popular" Perhaps it was for fear they
might be keeping too close an ideal festival
standard that the management interpolated in
the programme Stephen G. Fosters "Old Folks
at Home" a melody as pure and chaste
as one could wish, if only it were not
coupled with such an unfestival like
subject and associations. The audience seemed
to realize the incongruity, for the customary
| applause upon recognizing the tune in the pre-
lude and upon the enoing of the first verse was
conspicuously absent. However, Miss Juch's
delightfully."- natural and unaffected ballad
style won an encore, to which she responded
with fresh, spontaneous melody by Sebastian
B, Schlesinger. entitled "a Valentine"
Mr.. Victor Herbert rather iran things" all
through the matinee, appearing as composer
conductor, cello soloist, and accompanist, ali
in one afternoon, and all was well done. The
three movements that he played from his
little skill and musicianly style.
perhaps in the andante where a lovely"Meister-
singer subject is gracefully and effectively
treated: the serenade theme strongly suggests
a familiar serenata by Moszkowski, but the
writing is clever and captivating, for all that
Miss Helene Won Doenhoff, the contralto, had
her first good opportunity of the week in
Gluck's well-knowD air, II Have Lost NY
Eurydice.H While not quite up to the mark
OF this standard piece, She showed a good
voice and an
EARNEST, ARTISTIC INTENTION
Much the best thing that Mr.. Perotti has
done here-aside from the "Di quella Pirk,"
which is meant to be shouted-was his singing
of "Celeste Aida" He gave the first hint of a
mezzG Uoce. sang with considerable finish and
mad made a delicate port,n'e"to or Two; well merit
the "Trovatore" high c. Mr.. Campanan
sang, with his accustomed vocal
and artistic quality, the "Ernani" cavatina.
best with the oft-heard Robert, toi que
Jaime" and succeeding In giving broader
and more fluent rendition than were her pre-
vious efforts. Conductor Seidl and his merrie
men had rollicking time with Rubinstein's
beautifully gorgeous 'Bal Costume" which
was immensely effective. Massenet's Scenes
Pittoresques" were not remarkably strong per-
formances. The wonderful andante from
Beethoven's great "Fate" symphony (the fifth
and the deliciously naive allegretto scherzando
from the irresistible eighth were played con
dTnore, the former somewhat more clearly than
the latter.
Miss Aus der Ohe earned a paragraph all to
herself for her marvelously brilliant perform
ance OF Lszt's seldom-played "Tarantella di
Bravura''-a show-piece of the utmost difi.
Guilty. She received an almost unparalleled
oVation-for piano player, especially where
an orchestra is present-and after repeatedly
bowling her Acknowledgements played most
capriciously and delightfully."- mazourka by
GODDARD.
MISS agnes Ogel, the only local SOlOiSt was |
very warmly welcomed as she came out to sine
the two local compositions, neither of which |
call for extended re dew. Mr.. Foerster's Love
Song" is dramatically constructed piece dec
lamatory rather than lyric and ac- |
companied with particularly rich |
and effective orchestration. Miss Voeel sang
it admirably in all respects. Mr.. Nevin's "Do. |
ris, Pastorale," suffered by coming when
everyone was tired out and by being sung mueH
too slow in the earlier verses 1t has a grade |
ful, though non-original, melody, which %he /
enough change to realize in
MOST HAPPY FASHION,
the varying sentiment of the VERSE; while the
ever dainty and musicianly scofing lends a
poetic charm and a greater pictHresqueness to
the composition. In last evenipks concert, de-
voted exclusively to Beetho1ens works. the
festival stood on its proper llane, both as to
selections and as to performafce.
The chorus-which ought 70 have been the
chief feature Of the festiyat-did very credit.