The sun., 1903-11-06
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Its New COncertn,aster the Seasons First
Solo Player.

Its New COncertnaster the seasons First
solo Player.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra began
its eighteenth season in this city with a
delightful concert at Carnegie Hall last
evening. The programme consisted of
Weber's "Euranthe' overture, the Mendels-
soln violin concerto, the "Waldweben
from "agr er's "Siegfried" and the % ma ior
symphony Of Brahms. The solo performer
IN the concerto was f.. Fernandez-Arbos,
the new corcertmaster Of the orchestra.
engaged to take the important position lett
'artsht by the res 'gnation OF Franz kneisel,
lhe denut Of Mr.. Fernandez -Arbos.
who wi II undoubtedly he known for the
sake of comfort and convenience as Mr.
ATbos, was naturally the feature of in
terest in concert of this nature. Tn
doubtedly there will be occ asions in the
hiture when this newcomer will be heard
to greater advantage. London is indeed
a big city and has a monstrous opinion
of itself when il is at home; but the resident
OF that capital, iouineying a little into
the world and ia ing with artistic offerings
cally, as well as politically. independent,
metropolis, is sure to arrive with swiitness
and cert ainty at the nerve rae king reali-
zation that he is over against a sea Of
troubles.
Mr.. Arbos was so plainly nervous, last
night that il was impossible to mistake
the cause Of some defects in his playing.
Its merits were therefore rome the less
notable and all the more deserving of men
ton, The newcomer has a good, substan-
tial tone, of excellent quality and sufficient
power. 1t seemed last hight TO lack that
indehnable magnetism which gives n per-
souai and influential character 10 ,ouc IN
the abstract. But this might have bccn due
ness OF, the bow arm. We shall lnvc op-
portunites 10 judge Of that later in the
season
MIR. Afhos disclosed command Of the
finrerboard alt orether ad,niral'le. His in
toia iol was aln o,St Invariably correct
There were few slirp. hu, or the whole
il vas accurate. ard exquisitely 70. In
rapid rasSa2es the finger work was clean
and the ernncia'ion clear, II short. Mr.,
Arbos is a well schooled riolinist who rlavs
IN turo and will fluent technique.
He was so rxious about hi. rhl asinE
last night that he made ,rs,y little breaks
in the sequence OF torres which maried
the sym etty of his style. He seemed
His treatment OF the slow ,noverent. in
par'ioula",. Suffered from this cors'an,
betrayal Of over caref,lncss. The move
mont was lavcd with tco much apparent
calculation. l. iemi ded one of Young
on the v hole Mr. Arhos. without displaying
any of the traits Of astcrs. without pro-
claiming hin.self a vioii'iet Of high rank,
showed thar he was an aCCoinT llahed per
former and an agreeable acquisition to
the solo forces of he orchestra.
AS for the orchestra itself, il remains
the same notable organization as it has
always been. Nioinists may come, and
violinists may CO. but the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra is a permanent orchestra.
It was in the Wagner music that its glories
were most fully displayed last night, Mr..
Gericke is a devotee Of tone, and what
tone he gets out of that orchestra! The
clarity. warmth and splendor Of it make
one think OF sunlight. The listener fairly
bathes in it and his soul expands in the
glow Of it.
In that "Waldweben" last night the mar
velous play of all the myriad whisrerings
of the musical forest was brought out with
clearrass little short of wonderful II
was the perfection Of balance and purity.
Such a piece Of orchestral virtuosity was
worth days Journey to hear.
Nevert heless there was sonnet hing left
to be done in the symphony Of Brahms,
which was played with such suavc ex-
ression, with such rero ose Of style and
wihal with so much insight that the in
telligent hcarer must have left the hall
feeling under substantial debt OF graft
tude TO Mr.. tericYe