The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
TELTN UETNG iRTNER w ms
HPHONl.

Visiting Conductor l. ilsn Composer
and :rtcrprcts Ills own ilu>lr fluck.
Mozart. weber and IsIt Also oct n
Hearing The Orchestra r'n)s Wei.
Tho sixth public rehearsal OF the Phil
harmonic Society which took place AZ
Carnegie ilnl vr.tcrday afternoon. wa 2
conducted hy Folk Wcineartncr The
programme consisted % ,hree overture-.
Chicks to lrhigomo on Abide. MoIatts
fo Die Tauhor'utc and Web"r'- ~ "Ohcr-
on MIR Wclngartnors second symphony
and LISTS 'Hunnen-nhiocht II d. hardly
necessary 10 4ay that Mr.. Wcingartner
onplovod the Wagner clo-e OF the Gluck
ovori..-o. mnde hv tho Bayreuth master be-
cause of his dissatisfaction with the old
ending prepared for concert u-" In th"
original form m" oycrturc Ike that Of the
Partisan Version of Wagner lannhau-er'
lei directly into he ,ir-t sccn" Of the opera
II was natural that the conductor should
desire 10 present hi' own symphony. II
was fr-f performed at the Philharmonic
conccr- ~ Dcc : and o 1902 under the
direction Of Walter Damro-ch and 1t did
not cut deeply Mr. Nclngartner may
have thought that his own reading would
convey some message which Mr. Dam
rosch'- neglected
tndoubtedly The symphony was per
formed yesterday with greater clarity
nicer balance and a more splendid sorority
than on the previous occasion, bat there
Is ample room for doubt that It struck "a
frrner impress upon the public memory.
l, came and il will pass. for it is agreeable
music. -kilhuly made. but lacking the
utierance that cannot be forgotten
What was written Of il in this journal
after FIRST performance might loo re-
pcnted but that. 700 is unnecessary
Suffice II 20 say now that this * a nuscianly
connosition. not devoid Of ideas but no.
where showing that individuality which
command. alteration The work dis
closes Mc Weingtrtuer a. an experienced
musician. who has surveyed the entire
field &c his art and j. familiar with the
best that has 1ouris.hrd therein
He knows his Strauss his Mendelssohn,
his Schumaun his Beethoven and his List,
and ho PAYS tribute To- them not in de-
hberatp or conscious imitation but IN
rnelodio limos harmonic curves. sthetlC
moods suggested 10y first one and then
another Who hut List could have in
etiled into his mind the ci1culatory frag-
ments which preface the iir-t movement,
and who but the master of orchestral bra
N1ira Richard Strauss the swirllng rush
Of the first theme of the same movement?
The second movement ia the schcrzando
Of tho conpositiuu. and here one may de
tect fancie, inspired perhaps. by Schumann
and hv other less temperate contributors
10 orchestral literature. Peethovens
proud and rcposefui spirit broods over
the slow movement. and in the finale List
again enters with his theory OF org@nc
unity fashioned ont OF assembling ma
teriaI= from an the preceding movements.
rhe characterization oi tho compoS ton Is
gorgeoUs and pompouS The .cllmaNeS
are nearly All mHr~lalled with peat oi brass
and thunder OF drums. and at all times the
themes weItcr IN the glare of glowing in
strunen'ation II is . good piece Of work
and a respectable composition.
Sometime IN the course Of its performance
the. Philharmonic gentlemen played 80
nohly that wish aroae for the permanent
engagement of this conductor; but, per
haps. II would he bctterto have a conductor
who docs NOT compose, and especially one
who does not introduce solo violins into
his slow movements
In his interesting little volume. THE
symphony Since Beethoven Mr. Vein
eartner has praised LISTS Hunnen
echlaucht. which has not been heard here
in year. II is good 70 know that Mr. Vein
GARNER likes this sort Of music. II sounds
something ike his oT'n This community
has staggered along without this battle
piece for some seasons and ii bountiful
Providence continues to provide for our
esthetic welfare as kindly in the future
as it na7 in the past, 1t will probably be per-
m'tted 90 enter that paradise described
by Tennyson Where the war drum
throbe no longer and the battle flags are
furled
The three oyertuTes are tried and true
friends. They are played admirably, and
Mr. Vein gartnpr conducted them IN a mas
terly manner. brin ging ouj the best quail
a.. 81 I.1
tone and shading There was no soloist
no virtuoso acrohatice. no encores. no