The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-13
THE SYMPHONY CONCERT.
Second in the. Series Given at the. Hy-
 perion Last Evening.

perion Last Evening.
 The second concert in the series for
 this season by the New Haven Sym phony orchestra was given in the Hy- perion theater last evening before a most appreciative audience. The sym phony concerts, as a rule, are after noon events but owing to the popular ity of the single evening concert given | last season it was deemed advisable to give two in this seasons series, the first of which is the one which we are now called upon to review. If we may judge from the size of the audience last even ing, the management acted very wisely, for there was a much larger attend
 ance than is usually the case at these concerts. The programme was most
 excellent one, displaying variety and contrast and presenting works in both the old and new schools of compost
 tion ....
 The first number, MoZarts G Minor
 Symphony, which is most typical of
 this composer, received very satisfac-
 tory presentation. This number will
 always be popular as it's concise themes
 are so plainly defined and it's form is so
 simple. The orchestra was at it's best
 in this symphony. Grieg's suite, Tn
 Hoberg's Time' which is for string
 orchestra only, was heard here for the
 first time last evening. The compost
 tion, as we are told on the programme,
 was written to commemorate the two
 hundredth anniversary of Holbergs
 birth, and Grieg evidently realized the
 task set before him and composed mu-
 sic which was in keeping with the title.
 The quaint prelude and the stately sar- abande remind one of Handel; the sprightly gavotte and the stirring rigaudon as plainly suggest Bach, while the beautiful air seemed to combine the style of the modern Morse composer with that of the older German school. The work received an excellent rendi- ton by the strings, and plainly dis played the ability of that division of the orchestra.
 The weird Danse Macabre afforded pleasant contrast to the more serious numbers on the programme. Both con ductor and orchestra seemed to be fully in sympathy with the grewsomeness of the composition and played 1t in thor oughly muscianly manner Saint Saens has made of this a realistic bit of pro- gramme music, and the growing of the cock, represented by the oboe, is the finest imitation given in music. It is interesting to note in this connection that this is the only instance where the commonplace xylophone, which is used to represent the rattling of the skele- tons bones, is admitted into an orches- tra. It Is not by any means an orches- tral instrument but Saint Saens has used it with great effect in this in- stance.
 The final number was the somewhat difficult Oberon Overture, which also re- ceived it's first hearing here last night. | It was played in musicianly way. The orchestra throughout kept up to the | high standard established at the former concert. MT. Kelley must feel justly | proud of the fruit of his labors.
 The soloist of the evening was Miss Hall who is well known to | New Haven audiences. Her voice was | in its usual excellent condition, and she | sang with an earnestness and depth of | feeling rarely found in contraltos. Her of the old Italian mas | ters were musicianly. She was heard 1 to best advantage in the French song | by Augusta Holmes. Owing to the ill., ness of H. Stanley Knight the accom- paniments were acceptably played by Mrs. Robertson. Miss Hall was enthu- siastically received and was obliged to respond to an encore at the close of her second group of songs
 The concert, all in all, was very en- joyable one and left a favorable inn pression upon the audience.
 The next concert will take place upon the afternoon of January 16, with MT. Troostwyk as soloist. H. F. M.