New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-20
-,yc1yNATI'S MUSIC FESTIVAL
,o,,s OPENING OF THE TWELFTH
BIENNIAL MEETING.
.rw MUSIC HALL AcousTIcALLY sue
''' EXCELLENT WORK BY MIR. THoMAs's
ORCHESTRA AND THE soL''sis
vcpApu TO THE TRIBUNE.l

-rryGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
t NJ, ,a-The twelfth Of the biennial
Cino ,.s,ivals which for two decades nave sig,
nus'' M highwater mark OF CINCINNATI "us'ca'
nshIeu sometimes achievement was pesuh mere
PRIDE a'u IN a general way it's popular features
'"s,nded the visitors OF 'he pie'eu'"e n .
fsm'nu we're also elements which stirred up
but 'heie interest than has been noticeable for
Kite nv ond might have prompted the peilei
tscsoe rs.,Iva.s had started upon new lease
that the ies'''"
Of life. o,,ar, q, these elements was the
IN. =, INC remodeled Music Hall, which inc
open"e .,s,djng TO a conviction when seems 10 De
uustees' ~, -, the need OF such institution,
p'etV So, into a large theatre. one who has
have 0 ha, ever since 1t first took shape In the
EDo." ,h. architects. who saw the plans gro" on
pin'' n.e,s and the first shovelful OF art h1teu
pe' huson the excavation. can scarcely DISCUSS
WIZ ro, NJ the change while under the inhuehce
NC as, view The change Is raoicai one II
a'he,,.st,onably extended the utility OF the
IS u1S oonr and some OF the men who were
'.,rs IN the organization which erected the nooe
Eu With its annexes. are willing 10 believe
e' r aud will IN time JUSTIFY the means IL II
nA' already done so. But can fancy look
p,,,s sadness upon the atures OF the shaoe
@ ss r Springer. to whose initiatory action
I" III oxes It's existence and severe fro"h
inc ",' more rugged face OF the ghost Of Joseph
10s ,,s structure while 1T was building.
upon '' hing ALL the severely chaste lines of the
~ -. been changed to give the place theat-
H"a' 49, the dimensions have been altered by
",1 the proscen!um further into the audience
O aud IN place of the tuip-wood sheathing'
TO- 49, md ceiling have been covered with plaster
,-..coed Alas for the Liriodendron Tulipifera,
- uss the particular pride and JOY OF MT
~"'.- .or,b, 1t was severe. and in the smoke and
old VIII . m 81
so0' y. IA richness that the Old art lovers ex-
O"h''' /, could never have taken on cheap
.,,ssr appearance. such as Is bound 10 replace
anu - aacora tons for which II has been sacri-
He unvsysr there may be little too much
N souation and sentiment In the thoughts
S.a nv the first view, and mayhap this )udg-
-, ,iI undergo a change before the week Is
over - ,o.s ora THE n
,., "a a source OF satisfaction. The frst iHpres-
nat there has been decided gain-certain 1t
=. ,h., Mr. Thomas's orchestra and the voices OF
A. .o,o singers have seldom, II ever. disclosed such
sC,ancv and volume as they did this evening, nor
,.v. the combined instrumental and choral forces
..ae 40 thrilling effect as they did in the last
Il the elections from Judas Maccabaeus, which
formed the choral part of the evenings programme
ss was the familiar See the ConQuering Hero
comss" which begun by a choir OF boys from one
AZ the puolIc scnoOE, anu duSuincntcu bioN@H' ~
vomeu's voices mems voices and firally by the or
chesrs and organ fortissimo. accomplished mar
v.uous exemplifcation Of Handles power to strike
lksa thunderbolt with the simplest OF means. In
happily 1t was the only instance in which the sing
ns the choir stirred the blood of the listeners into
unusual activity for the other choruses were tame
IT, not to say tmldly sung and the evenings de-
lghts all supplied by the solo singers ana Dy
the orchestra in the second part OF the concert,
The solo quartet In the Oratorio " as composed or
Mines Nordica and Brema and Messrf Ben Dawes
Brema, all have imbibed the admirable English ira
Who Is too young in the profession to have enjoyed
much Of the Characteristic oratorio training made
good the possible deficiency By most soulful per
lormancs OF the one cantable air included In the
skeletons the prayer. Father Of Heaven" Nine.
yordca's triumph, not only in the Handel air
From Mighty Kings He Took the Spoil" but after
sard In Beethovens "Ah Perf1dio." was as emphatic
uany that the long list Of festival concerts has 10
txlose.
BIT Of these and other details something more
nay be said az a future time. Mr. Thomas exploited
Gorchestra In the overture to THE Magic Flute,
Ie.hoven's seventh symphony and the prelude 10
Die Meistersinger." The Accomplishments IN the
toro indiferently played but these orches-
trail numbers were given brilliantly, the band bene-
fling in comparison with its performances at the
Metropolitan Opera House In New-York a rev
brilliancy OF the remodelled hall.
From financial point OF view. the festival opens
auspclously and the artistic results are likely 10
have strong bearing the question which has
been mooted touching the continuance OF the lovely
enterprise. II. L. X