New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-31
MUSICAL COMMENT

CONCERT-MR MACDowELLs SUITE
NOVEL CHAMBER MUsrc-Auro.
GRAPHIC ADVICE BY
GOUNOD
That there IL. az rule. a vast diHersnc. 4.
the playing Of the Philharmonic Society be,w.."
the public rehearsal and the formal concer, va.
convincingy exemplihsd on Friday and sa,nr.
day last Experienced listeners know. ~ conrs.
| that such difference between an affair hs,d
! In the daytime and one held in the EVENING J..
always to he expected There ia an inauon,.
which liz beneficial in the evening hour ana
evening dress. The Philharmonic audience 4,
marked by sobriety OF aure rather than eayeiy.
so It must be true that the smart feeling on
couraged. II not inspired. by the swallow-tan
in the breasts Of the musicians themselves Ia,
something to do with the Improvement. Also. NJ
course the increased familiarity with the rnu
| sic and the wishes Of the conductor. Last Fri.
| day afternoon no friend o. the Philharmonic
| Society as the representative of the best which
Is ACCOMPLISHED for pure music in New-York.
could have foretold what Saturday evenings
| concert brought forth. The performances iy
the same men Of the same music were Li.-
! fersnt as night and day. Largely this was du.
70 the players themselves, but in the case ~
the principal number of the programme we
fancy il was also due 10 Mr.. Seidl. The num-
ber WAS Mr. MacDowelrs Indian Suite" which
has been so extensively discussed in The Trib-
yne that there can be little desire on the part
NJ the public and ought 10 be none on the part
OF the writer. TO continue the discussion further
n, Mr. Mcdowell \Mr. Seidl has an extremely
high opinion. and he did his best TO secure an
sIoouent publication Of h's~nusic on FRIDAY.
n,,, {, NAV no said with proper modesty tina,
49,. rIraf, At.
a.,c content Of the work. and in seeking 10 give
3, exnression he overdid the matter. deprivns
,ha su,,. 70 an apprecisbe extent Of its con-
,inui,v and logical progress On saturday ne
uas more purely a musician. and the work re-
- ,nuch more convincing and beautiful
,n,ornretatlon. SO. too. did ali the rest of the
.a,a an tho programme and tho concert turned
out IN he perhaps the most interesting one
-, ,rono the society this season Mr. Ter
,.. ,,os the solo performer. and played an IN
--',,,,, concerto by I.ao 50 entrancingiy as 10
-, . hearty outburst Of applause. not"ltn-
,t ,ba, the music must have souniei
'~arao - the large majority 81 those no heard
=. -, moro one however. in their appreciation
,na pach air which the youthtul Vrtuoso
Gave as a supplementary piece
o.. observation Of an interesting bearing on
tho subject Of national music mlSn' ~ n'a' j"
,,,rocuon with the MacDowei SUITE No' o"e'
hrt several Of the musicians III inc
commenced after the performance "" '"0 s"
lsrltv in mood which exists be'"er" nv 'Y"'
mart Of the second movement VIM" MI 'ia
Doweu calls Love Sons.' ana 'he se,D"u p.'-
tion ~ the second movement III ~
cvnnhonv From TIE New WORM D''
D,.orak gave no subtitle to his movement W.
said IN his friends that It's feehhs "a9 p''"f
oa,,o ~ the story Of Tiawathas woolns
8. ro,ofeIlov's familiar poem ard MS o""
,,aqininps touching the loneliness oi "e''-
ern prairie at night. The external ""''.0
,.orsirg on the two composers was the'e1o'.
much the same. and f. is more than matter "
o,,ious interest that they should have MI upon
expressions so curlously alike !,
Tho Aschenbroedel verein (Which would narnN
~ recognize itself II called ny the TUE VIZ"
is an English equivalent for ito name-'he 'i".
derela Club ia an organization OF p'oi-7'''
musicians which occupies its own pu'lo'Ht' -
which there Is a commodious concert-roo"i' A.
Nos IA and lac East Eighty -siXth-st. IN ms
room, number Of concerts or chaihpe' '""'"
are given each season for the edihcatlon oi '''
club members and their families one OF '"e"'
~ an unusual nature. was given Nes'~lia'
afternoon First Miss Maud fo"eh anu t'O'
| fcssor Y Scharwenka played beethoNen'
"krautzer' sonata for pianoforte and violin.
Then Victor Herbert brought forward TWO shoI'
nieces for an unwontcd combination ~ wood
Wind instruments-nam three nutss' '"'
oboes soprano and alto saxophones. four clari.
nets two bassoons. one bass clarine' Anu
one contra bass clarinet. The las Is ne"
I mis-
Richard Kohl II has found little service as ye''
,bousb Mr. NJ LoefIIer made use of II N Ms
svmphonic poem brought forward IN Boston
FORTNIGHT ago and described in The Tribune AZ
the time I, is an instrument which is boun1
TO attract attention. since il puts pass ehec''
Of a peculiarly striking character az the serVlcs
! of any orchestra leader-f he has one
~ the instruments at his command. It's ma
nipulation is that of tire ordinary clarinet out
II is an instrument Of siXteen-foot tone anu
therefore sounds two oc;aves lower tnan INC
written music. The instrument excited great
deal Of attention yesterday. and the compost
ton rs Mr. Herbert, in which ID had US mos'
effective use humoresque. had 10 no repeat
ed. Another novelty In the afternoons schems
was quintet by Bruno Oscar Klein Tor So
prano voice. violin. violoncello. horn and piano
forte. PLAYED by Mrs. Shannah Cummings Jones
IA soprano Of fine gifts and accomplishments
Miss Powell. Paul Miersch. Hermann DuiscnAe
and the composer At first blush one Nou''
conceive Mr.. Klein's purpose Il have been -
write a song for voice with four instruments
obbllgato. but he has done much more orgina
and startling thing. He has treated the voice
like every other instrument IN his combination
and worked out n composition In three move
ments on the lines of modern romantic CHAMBER
music using the texts Of three songs already
used by Schumann the basis 81 the vocal
part and. in way. the poetical inspiration
OF the whole The work produced most de-
cided stir among the musicians. and was really
amazing In the mastery which it disclosed Ok