The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-05
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MARSICK md DE WE'RE.

HlrSI appearance OF the french t1Oltnist
and the Re-appearance of Nine. Clemen-
tina De We're.
The first symphony concert OF the
New York season was on Saturday last
at Carnegie hall, it being the first of the
series for 1886 by the Symphony So
ciety of New York, Walter Damrosch
conductor. 1t served not only to usher
in the orchestral year, but to introduce
to this country a famous violinist and
to welcome home popular vocal artist
of now international reputation. A more
disagreeable night could hardly have
been imagined-coId, rain, hail, all the
unpleasant elements. yet the audience
was large and its spirits We're not at all
affected by atmospheric conditions.
The program opened with Tschaikow-
sky's second symphony in c minor. This
beautiful work has never been as popu-
lar as the same composers fifth and
sixth, and has been performed but twice
before by this organization, in 1883 and
in 1889. 1t is much more characteristic
ally Russian than the fifth and sixth.
Slavic strains now sweetly sad now
wildly gay of folk-songs or national
dances of the Muscovite people being
used as subjects throughout In the
first movement the horn player with a
worthy respect for tradition gave out
the first subject i'm a way to make ones
hair stand on end. A poor beginning
for season, but true to the old saw
about good BINDINGS, the work of the
orchestra was excellent throughout the
evening. Next came Madame Cfementi-
ma De We're Sapio, clad in pale blue sat
in and looking just as fresh and young
as when she left us. She was warmly
greeted. She sang an aria from "Es-
clarmonde," which served to show that
she had developed into Z dramatic So
prona without losing all her former
coloratura tech'nic. We had heard as
tonishing reports about her singing
Wagner arias in England and Germany
and could hardly believe what we read.
We have always known that De We're
was an ambitious woman, and so much
an artist that when the world was show
ering laurels on her as one of the great
light sopranos of the day, she was far
from satisfied, but put her trophies dis
dainfully aside as being very nice in
their way, but not the way she desired.
She could have been famous ais a color
atura soprano of the first rank, but de-
termined to change her style, she went
in oratorio and church work, and de-
spite hostile criticisms, persevered. It
was at this period of change that she
here In New Haven in the
Elijah" and mot a great success be-
cause everyone felt that she had at
tempted too much. She has kept on
steadily ever since aiming ever higher,
and now has returned to sing the great
est dramatic arias such as "Ah Perfido"
and the Wagner roles. Her voice is not
of this calibre, and it sounds
forced, and the information is not always
pure, but she sings with so much intel A
ligence and conscientious purpose that
IS just as satisfactory. Whether her
voice will stand this severe treatment
is a question that her winters work
will decide. She has many engagements
for oratorios and concerts and her old
popularity will bring many more.
M. Marsick was kindly greeted as
strangers always are in New York. His
appearance is peculiar because
his large head and leonine name sit odd
ly on his short body. He had chosen
the second concerto by his countryman
Lalo for his debut, a selections unfamiI-
lar to the ordinary concert goer, but a
charming and gratefui work. Marsick
made a good impression and the an
plause was very hearty. His tone is
rather small, but pure and clean, and
he plays with the most perfect repose
and finish. He has not the glittering
technic of Thompson or the magnetic
personality of Ysaye, but he is far more
human than the former and probably
a more certain quantity than the latter.
The orchestral accompaniment was
rather heavy, so we await the first re-
cital, November ~, for a better insight
into M. Marsick's powers. The other or
chestral numbers were a suite by Ra-
nieau and the prelude to act II of "Gun-
tram" by Richard Strauss. The first
was a delightful novelty and the last
highly colored bit of writing which in
point of orchestration is worthy of Ber-
lioz himself
Among the distinguished people in the
audience were NJ. and Madame Char
tran. M. Chartran has come here again
to paint portraits at the rate of S., 900
apiece. AS a fellow artist, HE gets his
money easily because he belongs to the
broadcast school-three good strokes and
it is doner Two of his pieces are now
at the Portrait Show" the "Pope Leo
Kill" shown at the fair, ana the more
recent "Calve as Carmen"