The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-13
THE MUSICAL ART SOCIETY.
Beautiful Music Presented It the Second
Concert OF the Season.

concert OF INC Se1son'
The second concert OF the Musical Art
Society took place last night at Carnegie
Hall. The programme was one OF unusual
interest. II consisted OF a sMiserere mel.
Deus, for double chorus. by Leonardo Leo;
the sixteenth century Easter hymn,
Now Christ, the Lord, Is risen to-day:
Cherubinis .Credo' for double chorus
unaccompanied; Brahms's .Schicksals-
he'd for chorus and orchestra; Corne-
liw's -Liebe dir crgeb ich mich for eight
voiced chorus. three part songs from Frame
opus l5, and Hector Berloz's Sara Ia
Baigneuse,' ballad for three choruses.
The 'Miserere' Of Leo. with which the
entertainment began, is One Of the price
less gems In the great treasure house Of
the Roman Church. Its history has been
happily told and its connection with the
princeiy munificence Of the Duke Of Savoy.
for whom 1t was written, and with the
enthusiastic admiration OF Leos pupils,
who privately copied the score and sur
prised the composer with a performance.
has been rehearsed. These facts were
duly recorded by the annotator OF last
nights programme and added to the ex-
pectation which awaited the hearing Of
the composition. But they could add MOTH
ing to the impression made by its beauties.
A monument. indeed, il this portion Of the
Holy Church's -Tenebr - To the humble
deyotee OF religious art who gave IL TO the
world. II Is q formidable work for the
sinRers and lenient must be the view Of
the few shortcomings In intonation on the
part OF the choir last night.
The sixteenth century hymn. with its
striking sAlleluia' and its buoyant spirit,
made an excellent interiude between tho
m,,sic OF Leo and the dne .Crddo' Of Cherl-
bini. The latter n . work Of profound
Learning, based upon the explorations Of
the marvellous old masters Of the Neither
lands school: but. learned ~ IL is. IL 10 still
more impressive In the potent eloquence
Of the rerults some Of tts Passages, such
~ the sepulchral Ia sepultus est are
positively thrilling Ia their dramatic pct
uTesauenees. while the whole OF the set
ting of this tsIt referring TO the death and
resurrection of the saviour ID mastery.
The work I erininates with . splendidly
built figue on the word. u yiiam VEN
turi. followed by an iI.piriIgly Jubilant
sAmen- II Was well sung. the general
quality Of tone being good and the basses
especially Distinguishing tl.emselyes The
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