The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-24
THE SYMPHONY CONCERT.
Am Excellent Programme Wen Play.

Am Excellent Programme Well Played.
| The fourth of the symphony concerts
was given at the Hyperion yesterday
afternoon. The audience was large but
not SO numerous as at the preceding
concert. 1t is a recognized fact that in
strumental soloists, except in the case
of pianists, do not possess the drawing
! power of vocalsts. The concert was
one of the most successful of the series,
and Prof. Parker pronounced it the best
the orchestra has given. Prof Parker
is certainly we'll advised and
thoroughly informed critic, and it is
doubtless temerarious to differ with
with him, but the present writer en-
joyed the performance of the Raft
symphony at the first concert of the
present season better than anything
else that has been done at the concerts.
Prof. Parker's opinion was that the
Jupiter" which was played yesterday
for the first time represented the best
work. The symphony was certainly
well played and was wholly enjoyed.
"The Preludes" of Liszt, which closed
the programme, was surprisingly well
done. 1t was a most ambitious under
taking and the success of the enter
prise completely justifes Prof Parker
in his choice.
The Jupiter" symphony, which was
the last that Mozart wrote, and which
by common consent, as the climax OF
the series, has been called the "Jupit-
err" has always been a great favorite
with the public. 1t combines all the
best loved qualities of his style, grace,
vivacity, tenderness and cheerful good
humor and perhaps the predominant
characteristics. The difficulties of the
scorelie within theorchestra's grasp and
the quality of the strings was especially
delightful. The woodwinds We're heard
to good advantage and deserve partic-
ular commentator.
1.-THE Dance Of the Sylphs,''' from the
'Damnation of Faust" of Berlioz, has
been played before. and also the En-
tr'acte" from Peter Benoit's Charlotte
Corday." The wisdom of the repetition
was obvious. Both were smoothly and
agreeably rendered, and served to en-
phasize the technical Improvement in
the body as a whole. The Benoit num-
Der is a curious little tune, and in these
days of the ubiquitous graphaphone
and monograph, the concealed orches-
ira was strongly suggestive ''The Pre-
ludes," which is one of Liszt's greatest
works and like all of his scores makes
excessive demands on the vrtuosity Of
the orchestra was surprisingly we'll
done. 1t was in this that the horns dis
tinguished themselves and came in for
the praise they seldom win.
The soloist, Miss Leontine Gaertner,
seemed to please the audience, particu-
larly in the two movements from the
Gottermann concerto. Her work is con-
scientious and mildly pleasing, but it
is not such as to call for much criti-
cism. Her tone is of good quality, and
she possesses musical temperament She
was heard to better advantage in the
slow movements Of both concertos than
in the finales, with their exasperating
and fatuous pyrotechnics. The Gotter-
mann fireworks went off" better than
the Others, that was all one could say.
After the second number Miss Gaertner
was recalled and played with orchestral |
accompaniment a ''Wiegendlied" by |
Poster. Miss Gaertner is a deserving |
young artist. for a woman as the |
phrase goes. But she cannot take rank
as 'cellist with any of the well known
soloists like Schroeder, Schultz, Stern,
etc. And when we have one woman
like Maud Powell, the violinist, the
standard of feminine excellence be-
comes a difficult attainment.
1t is not yet announced whether Prof.
5. S. Sanford will play at the last con-
cert, but the condition of his health is
such as to make it very doubtful