The Philharmonic Society being temporarily in a state of suspended animation, it was well that Professor Sternberg should organise an orchestra and give us a symphony concert. Lhe Masonic Hall is very suitable frow its size for the select and critical audience that the announcement of 4 classical concert brings together, and it was fairly well filled on Friday evening. The orchestra was well balanced, except that the strings were occasionally overpowered by the brass wind, and it was pleasant to sve that the Professor had succeeded in recailin come of the violinists who have not been so constant of late as they should have been to the Philharmonic. The two talented ladies who appeared among the first violins were heartily welcomed, and It would have been a good step to include among the strings two or three more of the young Indies who were the mainstay of Commander Vela's force. The first part of the concert comprised Mozart's Symphony No. Gin G major. This, the last of the grent tone-poet's forty-one symphonies is called the Jupiter," more doubtless, to indicate ity majesty and splendour than with a view to any deeper symbolism. Most striking is the dignity and solemnity of the whole work manifested in the brilliant pomp of the first movement, with its evident delight in splendid sound effects, The second movement which was the one most enjoyed, als the very depths of feeling with traces in its calm beauty of the passionate zitation and strife from which it proceeds, The minuet recalls to mind the cheerful subject of the first movement. The finale, which was little slowly on Friday, isa masterpivee of marvellous contrapuntal art, and leaves even upon the uninitiated the impression of a magnificent princely pageant to prepare the mind for which has been the office of the previous movements, The symphony has been played here before by the Philharmonic Society. It was most thoroughly enjoyed on Friday, and we congratulate Professor Sternbery on his success in getting together so good an orchestra, and producing such a musicianly rendering of this great work.
The second part of the programme contained three orchestral pieces, all most enjoyable, especially the Procession of the Women to the Cathedral from Wagner's Lvhengrin, written in 1847, a grand chef @eewere, which had to be repeated in its The other two were the beauti-Beethoven's only opi Fiditio, and Rubinstein's Wedding Procession from the Haile Feramors, taken from the charming lyrical opera Lalla Rokk. There was only al number, Miss Wehirang, companied on the piano by her us in excellent voice, and she sang the favourite "ChansonBohéme"
Carmen. She was enthusiastically encored and responded with " very song Mignon" by Guy d'Hard-Professor Sternberg Cmeet in D major of hi sition, His touch and execution ess, but the music was somewhat tri He was inevitably encored, and reply an air of Schubert with variations.
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