New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-10
MUSICAL COMMENT.
THE LAST PHILHARMONIC CoNCERT-A
QUESTION OF PUBLIC SPIRIT
TRISTAN" IN BOsToN-sUN-
DAY NIGHT MUSIC.

The solo features the most finished NJ tne
eighth concert Of the Philharmonic Society INST
Saturday evening. Nine Carreho. VINO ions aeo
won tho hearts OF the people OF New-fork' ana
has estranged them played Griegs p'aho-
forte concerto and de Heer van Rooy sang some
songs and Wotans farewell to Brunnhilde from .he
last scene Of die Walkure" That left little 'h"e
pendent work for the orchestra-only Beethoven
eighth symphony and the fire music from wagner
drama There are no gaudy splashes OF color. such
as provide easy opportunities for the exploitation
of the Individuality Of conductor In Beet
hovens eighth symphony. All Is lightness' grace
vvacity spirit. In consequence there IS no cha"0'
to HIDE deficiencies under the cloak OF exclte'ne"'
and sorority and therefore the weakness Oh tno
Philharmonic Band. which has so often peeh Cum.
mented on this season-the untunefuness OF IT'S
wind-chor-was much in evidence. 1t was hisn'y
commendable in Mr. Paur that he did not attempt
to divert attention from this shortcomlng by erra
icsm In reading He kept everything sweeuy sane
the Allegretto Scherzando as we'll as the Tempo III
Menuetto. He is to be congratulated that TIC mas
not been tarred by either the Wagner or the Won
Bulow stick; and so Is his public. In Nine Car
reno's playing missed that sense OF rePo''
which Is needful for perfect beauty. as well as 'ho
possibilities OF sensuous beauty Of tone which the
pianoforte offers. In the first and last movements
too. she disclosed singular penchant for creating
contrasts OF time and dynamics between the t"o
parts OF the meodies-a device that proouceo
rnonotony OF effect which anything but admir-
able. Yet she achieved an emphatic success WI"
her audience The admired barytone from the
opera sang superbly faultlessy. most knowingly
Whether not the ffty-seventh season OF ,he
Philharmonic Society. which came TO an end with
last Saturday nights concert was financially as
profitable TO the members OF the organization ms It's
Immediate predecessors. Is a question which ~ VIII
be easier to answer after the annual meeting tnan
now From one point OF view. moreover. IL Is
matter OF entire Indifference. far az the patrons
OF the society are concerned Artstically they
have Jared as we'll as they did at any time within
the last haf-decade. and considerably better than
they did last year. The band has played. as a
rule with better precision and with greater uni
formty OF effect Il has at no time been observable
that the work OF preparation had been conceh-
trated on number OF the programme and the
other pieces left to take care OF themselves me
general average Of performance has been higher
As usual the society has kept its promises scrupu-
lousy. For reasons which may be left to the spec
ulatlon OF the curious. compositions mentioned
In the prospectus not performed. They were
Mendelssohn's Scotch" Symphony and Richard
Strauss Don Quixote'': in their stead. however,
we had RATS I'm Waldo" symphony and Beet
hoven's eighth-a substitution which, we are In
cllned to think, represents gain to the public
rather than a loss Following the works per-
formed at the eight concerts and eight public re-
hearsals: