New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20

The eighth ana last public rehearsal and conoert
OF the Philharmonic Society viii be given on next
Friday afternoon ana next Saturday evening. Dr..
Richard Strauss VIII be the conductor, and for the
first time N NeW-York he will direct ar important
orchestral work not OF his own composition The
opening number OF the programme he has arranged
VIII be Mozart's symphony IN major Jupiter
Inside OF six weeks IN the summer OF I7Ss. Mozart
wrote his three greatest symphonies. those IN z
fat. G minor and major. OF his many symphonies
these three are the ones familiar 70 the public
though Of late efforts have been made to restore
some OF the other symphonies TO the active list
In the catalogue OF his works which Mozart kept
after the year l7S4. the first Of these symphonies
Is entered under date Of June q. the second under
July . and the third under August 10
Critics and analysts have all but exhausted their
vocabulsries IN their efforts 70 90 justice 20 this
masterpiece Of Imagination and learning. Her
man Kretzschmar said; In many respects It may
be considered Mozsrts greatest achievement IN the
symphonic field. and It constitutes one OF the most
beautiful monuments IN existence 20 his free, strong
and Opuleut intellect. No other symphony Of
one IL-les sl,A Neatll % Fealg Goloen IDEAS WITH
such unity Of character ana harmony OF repre-
a lofty joyousness and sense u beauty which
ennobles even its widest outburss OF merrment."
presses The estimate OF former generation as 10
the position which. 81 its calm. lofty. God-like
beauty, g held IN the then world OF instrumental
for tie arst time In america by the Phibarmo1sie
Society on January j. lsii. the last time on Feb
The other orchestral numbers selected by Strauss
viii be the short love scene from his opera
.Feuersnot,' and his tone poem Tod and Nerk-
l6rung"
TIE s s9gst VII he David nd BisRh as Re win
lied" with orchestral compartment. and group
Of Strauss most Characteristic songs. "SehnsuCht
'LiebeshymnUe' and Lied des hteinklopiers," with
the composer at the piano.
Two brothers Alfred and Gustav Won Overlook
Will give entertainment at tho chamber music
room IN Carnegie Hall tomorrow evening. which
VIII be composed entirely Of poeucal declarations.
with illustrative plaroforte music--melodrama IN
:he old ard correct sense. This form Of musical
composition. which has been made more or less
familiar by DIT. Richard Strauss's ''Enoch Arden."
has always had a fascination eor composers and
the brothers Overlook. who come from the dra-
mauo and music schools Of Dresden. will present
some OF the most notable examples, such as Heb
bells "sch6n Hedwig' and Der Haideknabe"
with echumann's music; Heines die waIlfahrt
mach kevlaar." with music by Richard POhl;
Burgers 'Lenore," with music by I4szt, and
Heines Der Schelm Won Bergen" with music BY
Reincls
Edward ElEar. whose latest choral work Tho
Apostles" viii be sung again next Thursday night
ct Carnegie Hall BY the OratoTio Society has been
enjoying this week IN London extraordinary nnu-
sicsl and social honors. King Edward and Queen
Alexandra. with several members Of their family.
OF the great audience that gathered at Covent
days Elgar festival in which The Apostles was
Get the central feature,
Royal approval was polntedly melted out for +be