New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-29
MUSIC.
Second Day of the Worcester
County FestiUal.
~ relegraph to The TrIbuns. ]


County Musical Association was favored by the
weather. Two concerts were given-one in the
afternoon and the other in the evening. There was
also a public rehearsal in the forenoon. which par
took OF the character OF concert to great extent,
and attracted an audience quite numerous as
that which filed Mechanics Hall in the afternoon
and numerous than that which gathered in
the evening
The evening concert was artisticaIly the most
interesting in the festival scheme. and the cir
cumstance that after nearly half q century of
education along the lines of high choral culture
the community is still willing to spend such an
evening in order TO call out holiday for what
would pass in New-York for only popular Sun
day evening musical show is one of the discourage
ing features Of the festival enterprise. 1t is the
chorus alone which lends distinction TO festival
miscellaneous concert can be had at any time for
an outlay Of money which is as nothing weighed
in the balance with the Offering gratuitously mace
by the CT oristers.
But this is old sermon, to reiterate which Is
vanity and a waste The afternoon concert had a
well balanced scheme, and its good features met
with gratifying reception. II began with WEBER
overture to Der Freischttz" the introduction to
which Mr.. Kneisel played with the inordinate SLOW
ness which has come to be the fashion since Wag-
uer pointed the way. The overture was followed by
violin solo, of which something more shall be said
presently. Then came in succession the Gretchen
movement from LISTS Faust symphony the
three extremely familiar orchestral numbers from
Wotan and magic fire scene from Die Walkure''
In which the oral part effectively sung, albeit
with sometimes alarming strenuousness and some
abuse Of the German vowel sounds. by MI. Herbert
Wttherspoon
In the afternoon concert Mile. JoIivet, volinist
who is rev to America, played the symphonic
EspagnoIe" by Lalo Nile. Jolivet is a French
woman by birth and 2 product artistcally OF the
Paris Conservatoire. where she enjoyed the IN
struction Of Henri Berthelier. Her home Is III
81 ba- Ar1aT
this festival is to be looked for in the fact that she
is the wife of & former resident Of Worcester
whose brother is one Of the festival officials But
the lady scarcely needed such adventurous help -
q hearing She could well challenge attention III
New-York or Boston on her merits. This IS not
To saw that she is in a high degree remarkable
vtrtuosa or that she would shine in comparison
with the violin players who come ahIluaLiy ii0lI
Europe to entertain US; but she is the possessor oL
unouestionabIe talent and might easily take hlsh
rank among players of the salon order were sue ~
cultivate sincerity with more assiduitS baio
Spanish concerto. or symphony, as IL Is catleu, -
a surface piece. lacking in depth OF sentiment. ~
full Of glitter and piquant in It's rhytnils' II =
@ piece with which to make charge iol t+e @p
pIause of seekers after musical diversion LoF II
asks little from the intellect and still less from
the emotions Of the player But II mas teeiiiilo3'
elements of interest. which, if mastered Win e@'
certainty and aplomb. are bound to give at leaS1
srnerfciaI Measure Mile Jolivet knows this, Tor
but when she had got through and sarnered gen
erous harvest of applause, she was neFertieie0S
still indebted to the critical listeners toF Inc 49,
as well as the spirit of many passages when o!te
had suggested or outlined, but not presence -
clear contours or sharply marked rhythms' MITE
To1ivet has an agreeable presence and stage hail-
uer q free powerful bow arm, and II heF lI1oli1
ton was not always inpeccable 1t was SeHei0y
,-aieevyorthv PITY that she seems indlf1erent 10
warmth and beauty of tone. without which Vl0Hll
how brilliant,
sound. - ,,,
In an obvious desire to show the Vlrtuoso QuAii7
ties Of his orchestra, Mr. knelsel placed the Sc
ord MARI If LISTS Faust symphony as the cen
tral number of the afternoon ScneHe' 80
ire II with lovely devotion and rare hnesse' ana
securing noteworthy results, There was easier
sailing in the other numbers, even in the music Oh
the finale of Die Walkure' which 1alled apPFe-
Gladly of its full effect only because OF an 1lU--
hciency of strings in the band
The choral novelty Of the festival was brought
forward in the evening. 1t was Anton Bruekner
.Te Deurn," which had had only Two pertorIl2ness
before in America The first Of these took pace
in Ct Toris in 1881 at the golden jubilee Of Arch
hfshoD Kendrick: the second at the Cincinnati May
Festival Of 1882 Bruckner's was a new name even
among the majority Of musicians IL america a'
the time though three Of his symphonies mao pe7i
drought forward in New-York by Walter Dam
rosrb Anton SeidI and Theodore Thomas. Inc
n,blto attitude toward his music in the metropolis
NAV he guessed from the fact that When MI
Thomas played the major symphony Ineil
tho car,noser's latest and finest orchestral work
f1II,- tUo-thirds Of the trained, serious ana sea
eoned philharmonic audience left the concert room
before the beginning Of the last movement. New
York has been Indifferent TO Bruckner ever since
faroz, the attitude OF the city's music lovers
would have been different had the 'Ie Deum
rear chosen as the medium for his Introduction
+ &c vv7rl, of remarkable originality and power,
e,1ar7fd1v souorous and marked by some Of the
characteristics Of the symphonies-especially
fordness for pedal points-n which the master
or,anist discloses himseIf-and daring harmonies
The 'gTe Deun" was preceded by the overture
FROM Bacb's Suite in D. and followed by Bee
tboven's Choral Symphony. a plan marked by har-
rnouy and d gnied propriety 1t also called TO nlho
the fact that Bruckner, with vanity Which was
perhaps pardonabe in man OF his vast anAlleS
and peasant origin was fond himself of assoc-atihg
~ rrorlr with F3eethovens in his thoughts. To be
esteemed worthy of place close to the master
was his dearest ambition. II tnsp red him TO write
q ninth symphony, and when ne found hiIlSeiL u4i-
ab1a IN supply the last movement he conferred MIN
80 ;+t +,a raaeotion that his TIE Deum" might
ar,,a the same purpose in his last symphony that
the choral finale does in BeethoVens nlnth- l 40
not know if the experiment has ever been uleo'
+,+ ono thing Is certain the almost rude, sedge-
hammer z,igor of the 'Te Deum' would dispei the
sonnolence that the seemingly interminable three
r-ar,ar+s are so well calculated TO produce. The
praise of this hymn is the shout OF great multi
+ude and many thunderngs II II dld not reach
The ears of the summer dwellers ABOUT Lake Cuiil-
rarnond this evening ii certainly not the IauIt
= - the chorus or the orchestra. 1t prompts
me n dismiss the subject in the manner or HeIne
wiring about the first performance of the stem
+ortan duet in I Puritani' 1T is unnecessary to
anvtblng about it, because all my readers must
have heard it for themselves NeVertheless' II
~. q 6re achievement. and showed a gain under
tt,a t,snirirfng direction Of Mr.. Goodrich.
The solo quartet. composed Of Mrs. Marie klnkel
z;-r,err,an Mrs Helen Allen Hunt Clarence B.
shirley and Mr. Witherspoon, was superior IN
effectiveness that Of the first evening me same