New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-14

soME ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.

VERY good-what there is Of il said the ABSENT
minded gentleman o' the rejection provided for
him by kind h0s,. and then. hurIiedly attempting
10 amend the speech he added. and quite enough
Of it-such as il is Equally embarrassing 10 tho
maker would be- either Of the members Of this OBJ
sorvaton # applied 10 the orchestral concerts given
to the New-York public during the last ten days.
Il has afforded much comfort 10 newspaper writer's
on musical affairs in various parts Of the country
notably In the region al the southern end Of Lake
Michgan-to speak with an air Of superior pity OF
New-Yorks want Of permanent orchestra"
Here too. in the metropolis similar sehtimene
has tinctured the fearful comment Of gentle souled
people convinced that the happiness Of mankind
could only be promoted along the lines OF their
amiable (and surely pardonable) hero-worship
Rut-alas for the stubborn nature Of facts-New-
York without a permanent orchestra IS 50 rch!y
blest with orchestral music that sincere lover OF
the art might almost pray for a dspensation 81
quiet without mourning the risk Of anatheha by
Apollo Since Friday Of week before last-exactly
ten days-we have had eight orchestral concerts;
six I'm the Borough Of Manhattan, TWO IN the bor-
ough Of Brooklyn-two By the philharmonic So
clety two by the New-York Orchestra and four by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This smacks moro
OF toe much than Of too little. Yet there may
come weeks when this record shah he swollen
nder the circumstances. perhaps. the musical re-
viewer Will be pardoned If occasionally the pegs
of his Tyre seem to be down biz; That might
be. and ne remain honester than lago
The programme Of the second concert given by
the Boston Orchestra In Brooklyn on Saturday
night babe one hope of greater delights than those
provided on the preceding three days there and
here Acoustically there was the advantage OF the
splendidly resonant Academy of Music-the only
large room in the city which approaches. though
but remotely the S;einway Hall, which lovers o,
heh-class music doomed 10 mourn world
without end Moreover the programme had an
element of variety which the preceding concerts
lacked Herr Rosenthal. indeed. repeated the con-
certo which he mad played in Carnegie Han on
Thursday evening. and with II the success ou'
there was the graceful and gracious Spring
overture. by (iodmark. TO warm the hearts or tho
listeners at the beginning, a symphonic poem
''Vvsehrad by Suretana. 10 call up 10 the plnds
Of the imaginative pictures of knights in shining
steel Of doughty paladins. OF joustings and tour
news and Of dolorous strokes. of m~lodious MIN
strels and decorous damsels Of hawking and harp
ing (how that harpist did payo and nuptials with
great nobey." and after all this that stupendous
confession Of a great soul. consumed by utter ana
eternal despair the symphony "PathetiQue. by
Tschaikowsky Pathetic" for Us. but overwhelm-
ing crushing annihlating 10 him VINO wrote H.
II was an occasion to tempt the lovers or inc
orchestra from all the hooks In ooth oorou9hs'
and they were there In soodly numbers ana de-
lightful were most Of the offerings made to them
Hall Boston, Hail Gericke' was pardonable cry
vet what We heard the last movement OF the
symphony was not the pathos OF the dying hear|
ccntrte heart. Of Tschakowsky The symphony
has been played SO often in New-fork has been
felt so keenly here. that the dual moderation OF
Mr. Gericke's reading will never be accepted
neither his abstemiousness in expression nor MS
,eu,nerance In tempo. II ever there move
ment which justified Wagner's remark that an
Adaglo could not be played slowly enough X - the
Adagio lamentos6 which ends the 'Pathetique.
Mr. Rosenthal stormily recalled after scini!liAht
lf..t ntFn yer
again to no avail. finally poured oil upon mo
troubled waters by playing in bewlderins fashion
Ma amazing fantasia themes from strauss
waltzes whereupon the storm waves, sti'!eu TOT
the nonce mounted higher than ever, ahd' 10 ,h'
music lovers who think the spirit ot arr hoo1eF
than its mechanism. Or Johnsons WISH th'' oe'
tain things were impossible seemed pious pFaye:.
From last nights house bin az carnegie f'a"
- onnaars that the New WORK Orchestra pas peeh
rechristenel 1t is now the Paur symphony VI
chestra Names do not SIGNIFY yet '"e "",
chestra last night played better than the NV" '0"
orchestra a wees before The concert indeed was
decidedly entertaning In spite OF Few GS'Fac'ih7
features among which VAS a palntu"Y o'S' o'ua'
49,, !, IL NOR. difficult 90 get choir OF wlnd III
s,r,',nsr,s IN tune than stringed Instruments WIN
their pegs. which are as 'asly SCI up %. No"
the spirits Of a reviewer; SO l. 10 oS No. -,
p,ur whose labors are telling on me p""u' VI"
80, ds.r.ir Some Of the credit Tor the improve
,s,t aver the week before belongS TO the 500 PEI
formers chosen There were three OF 'hem' an"
ooh ana Of the three Is gifted Also esch one u
,ba three has stiil something 70 learn 'ohoet"'"s
,h. real essence OF music. Mr.. Man hafEer p'a'.'
,u., movements OF VieuXtemps's violin concerto III
>, IT. With sufficient technical correctness "
s,tisfv anvbody Miss Jessie snay accoihp''s"'
tha same thing ut IL no longer feap WIKI ~
movements Of Saint -SaSns's q minor piauoio''
concerto All that there was TO dep'ore IN oo'"
.,,,s WAS the neglect of the spirit OF the must
and this I'm Miss Shays case more IMAM III VI
,or.s Tossing Of hands and ~agging OF heads ca"
D u,,, su,nlv the lack OF soul ~ muscai per
f,rmance as putting grease paint can why u
s Katherine Bloodgood's voice ana mucn III
,er vocal manne. are admirable. would tha' s"'
had made the conviction stronger that she SANE ="
English. . su,araas
Both concerts gave much pleasure W -. =,
49, .'.srs /. the review OF them the result OF