New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-11

PERFORMED By THE HANDEL AND HAYDN
SOCIETY.
THE FESTIVAL Of THE VENERABLE oRGAN1zA
TON A FINANCIAL SUCCESS AN ANN
VIISARY MEMORABLE IN THE HISTORY
or CHORAL MUSIC IN BOSTON.
FROM STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIDuNE.1

or CHORAL MUSIC IN BO>lON.
.FRoMA STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRDuSE.l
Boston April lo.-Thc managers OF the seventy
fifth anniversary festival Of tine Handel and Haydn
Society are tonight contemplating the prospect OK
happy financial outcome of their enterprise Its cost
will be about $4,000 and the receipts already show
a handsome margin over that sum. Naturally. there
Is feeling Of concntmcnt. which 1t would be agree
able 10 encourage by generous and indiscriminate
distribution OF complimentary remarks all around II
the artistic results justified IT, That they do not
is one Of those unfortunate circumstances
which periodically confront the newspaper reviewer
to remind him that an nscrtabc providence or chance
has placed him between the upper and the neither
milestone and invited him to accept the consequent
rasplng as his punishment for having an opinion
Happily, however. Ii sometimes happens that the re
viewer X somewhat hard ~ exterior so that he cam
II he wishes rcquto the left handed conrtcseS when
he receives with few scratches on his own account.
opnc that under the doctrine Of compensation this
IS his privilege Int a disposition toward amlablity
sometimes saves the mill,loncs and it Will on this
occasion. II f. exceedingly gratifying from an artistic
point of view. and also from personal point Oh view"
10 contemplate the success Of this festival.
Seven years ago tile Handel and Haydn Society
abandoned lis tricnuial festivals the last, IN 49,
having cntailcd loss OF $1,000 since then the so
cciy a. struggled along. giving three or four concerts
year and depending ON the ChrlSmastide performance
Of The Messiah and the Faster sunday concert
which have always been profitable to make good th9
loses occlsioned los tho other concerts. The EN-
colmecmcnt which has been given TO the management
hy the financial outcome Of this festival ana inc
hctfcrncnt IF the chorus i, confidently to be hoped
viii stimulate renewed interest in choral music ia
Boston, and # doe not revive the trcnn.al festivals
(Which are not essential in cities so generously sup
piled with concert, a, Boston and New York; will at
any rate raise hc character Of the regular concerts
and the society from the disposition to be satisfied
with slp-hod and conventional work
TIE concert to- night wa, devoted 10 Gounods " Re
dcmpuon.7 II is scarcely necessary to say that the
worh u.s. not interesting enough to hold attention II
performed IN a po:fnn,tory Commonplace manner
D., aona'ony O.. feeling and taWdry scntimentaliy
hccon. a the noticeable when brought into con
iiu.t with the sincere. tender. individual aud healthy
rel .iOu- feeling 81 Bach done by the perform
Of portion Of the Christ mas pratorlD Oh luc>
dan and the modern work % night The obvious
effort Il the French composer 4" uiliic soe "l ia.
constructive ideas contained in Iach's orators" ana
passion uu.ic n- well ~ the pardllclsm on SUBJECT
matter. Is another check on enjoyment.
stu. 10 night p ti1riuaurr Ot " me redemption
va. atfcuftciv listened To- boy audience almost a
uuu,tou, q. That which crowded the Music Han on
sunday evening. and I.u'h more numerous than thit
of Tuesday. Iu the nature nf things 10, moments ~
enthusiasm could MT %" MANY. hu the chief OF them
Br,.r. Nf Ifsyd ard Nr. whitney were the mar.
ffYf~ o. flr story and di All MAT their voices ana
arr eoui 60 q Wnh" Tie recital, Interesting. VIZ.
frdvI- -Ynr the music allotted 10 Jesus
glt uti,. ard TENDERNESS. and the other solos were
in tlc llad. 81 Nf,. j'nnle Patrick WALKER ard VII,
Eult WHAni. exceedingly capable hands, Mr.. Ter
ilia e'.a.0tc ted.
rcrfotna..c ~ li4Hirl- BE- .racl ln Egypt IN which
N.. p.s.n. Ni.- Cli~, Poole. Nr. Lloyd. Nr. Whit
n,y and Nr. Ludwig wili .r- thc solos. II. T.. H.