SYMPHONY CONCERT IN SANDERS THEATRE.

The first of the series of Symphony concerts in Sanders Theatre was a great success in point of the size of the audience. The programme was a very interesting one, as the selections were made from at least three different schools of modern music, and gave a splendid opportunity for comparison and contrast. The Egmont overture was perhaps a little fast; it is a notable fact that the works of the older masters are not given with the same fire or care as the modern ones. It is a natural consequence of the present lack of competition in orchestra concerts in Boston. Max Heicrich, the soloist, sang with rare taste, especially in the Mozart Aria, where the roughness of the orchestra was a serious obstacle to a fine rendering of the cadences. His voice is pleasing and remarkably even, without any great power. The Dvorak Symphony offers a large field for criticism. Still we do not see the obscurity so much complained of, the themes are distinct and well developed and at times intertwine to great advantage in the modern fashion invented by Wagner. Gounod's Entr'acte (La Colombe) is remarkably expressive of the subject with its sweetness and freedom of modulation. The Hungarian Rhapsody presents a fine idealization of Hungarian music with its fantastic cadences and its richly colored accompaniments.