New-York tribune., 1898-09-30
MUSIC AT WORCESTER.
DIGNIFIED PROGRAMME WILL BE CAR
RIED OUT-MISS AUS DER
OHE'S RETURN.
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Worcester Mass. Sept @-The third day Of the
Nueic Festival has come and gone without thing
"a mar ITS artist, delight lower It's dignity.
Thursday has always been the elimination Of the
weeks pleasures in popular sense, because with
u came Artists Night when the star not only sang
her most SNOWY air, hut also wore her smartest
gown and in the latter particular was emulated
by the ladies Of the chorus and In the audience.
II was the night OF musical tit-bits. when there
were as many enoores there were solos; Italian
arias were followed by touching songs of home and
mother in the vernacular. and the chorus sat
silent In their seats and applauded everything
rapturously The outward signs OF the old order
of things were observable also tonight, in the
gathering Of the multitude in front of Mechanics
Hall 10 see the guests pass into the feast wearing
their wedding garments; in the crowded audience
room. in the heightened air Cf gayety which pre-
vailed and 10 some extent also in the programme.
Yc; the concert which was unusually brilliant.
was In marked contrast with the corresponding af-
fairs under the old regime. The orchestra played
an important part in II. and WAS not called on To-
Weld every alternate number 10 the pianofore Ii
was moreover, much star performer as Nine.
Gadski. Miss Stein. Mr. Williams Ffrangcon
Davies all Of whom sang. and. II encores had not
been abolished II would have scored an equal tri-
urnph with the suite OF delightful old pieces
ranged from Bach bv the Viennese professor. Bach
rich. The second part of the programme moreover
was devoted to excerpts from "TannhAuser," wind
ing up with tho Choral March which the
scene Of mnstrelsy In the opera. These were tho
pieces in the evenings scheme:
The orchestra PLAYED tho overture To Humper
dnck's "fIapsel and Gretel." the Bach Bachrich
suite two Morse melodies ny Grieg and the
ture to "Tannhauser': Nine. Gadsk sang Ocean.
Thou Mighty Monster from Webers "Oberon.'
and EIizabcths greeting TO the Hall Of Song from
Wagners opera Ffrangcon Davies sang air.
Woo Thou Thy Snowflake" from Sullivan's Ivan
boa'' nd
TannhHusers apostrophe tn Venus: Miss Gertrude
May Stein. the dramatic scene beginning "Gerech-
Ter Gott" from Wagncr's "Rienzi" 1t was dig
nined scheme. and superbly carried out In every
respec; that the concert gladstone meeting
from beginning TO end Every seat IN the hall
was SOLD iong ago Mr.. Kneisel divided the duties
OF the conductor with Mr. Chadwick and acquitted
himself with much credit though he had no op-
portunity to distinguish himself as he did year
ego. when he accompanied the Brahms panoforte
concerts for Mr.. JosenI.
The chief incident Of the afternoon concert was
- temperance in America. after A seasons alb
sencc in Europe. of Miss Adele Aus der Ohe Since
her entrance into the concert-rooms OF the United
States at ono Of Mr.. Seidls concerts about twelve
years ago. Miss Aus der Ohe has won and held
uninterruptedy a most enviaolc position. ana her
withdrawal from American activities last season
was dictated by business considerations merely. 1t
was an act O, discretion. and her reception to-day
showed that IL had cost her nothing She was most
cordially received. and played Schumanns concerto
in fine. authoritative manner. winning so
much applause that she was obliged 20 sup
plenent IL with solo piece, for which she
chose a concert study of her own, which she
played brilliantly. The other numbers OF the
programme we're the overture 10 The Magic
Flute: Brahms's second symphony and an ar
20 Vision Enhancing" from 4. Goring Thomas ;
''Esmeralda" This sung by Dudley Buck. lr.,
a tenor son OF the we,l-known organist and COM
POSER of Brooklyn. The young man has been
studying and singing in Europe for eight years
past The laurels which he gathered to-day were
neither many nor great though he was most
amiably applauded His voice Is not wholly agree
able in quality and his mode of emission Is faulty
and constrained. His best effects are obtained with
HIS high notes. though they, too. are produced
labortously THE festival will end this evening
with performance Of Professor Horauo w.
Parker's oratorio "Hora Novissma." II f. K.