Sunday Concert

Rubinstein’s last appearance.

Includes program.

“At the Grand Opera-house, Messrs. Rubinstein and Wieniawski, Mlles. Liebhart and Orményi, and the Ninth Regiment Band supplied an interesting entertainment. Messrs. Rubinstein and Wieniawski played admirably. The pianist executed, among other pieces [see above]. The great violinist never played better than during yesterday’s concert. The pure beauty of the singing of the bow in the andante of Vieuxtemps’ composition; the mysterious charm over the andante of ‘La Légende;’ the simple pathos of the delivery of the melody become familiar by its harmonization by Thalberg; and the wondrous staccato passages and tunes in harmonics in the ‘show-parts’ of the selections, left no doubt as to Mr. Wieniawski’s place in art, and wrought an impression which no violinist’s efforts, in our recollection, have ever made. Both Mr. Wieniawski and Mr. Rubinstein were summoned to the footlights again and again. They will be applauded in Albany tonight.”

“The concert last night at the Grand Opera House was a popular success, Rubinstein and Wieniawski filling the immense theatre in every part. The great Russian pianist played with his accustomed brilliancy, but the honors of the evening were fairly carried off by the Polish violinist, who gave the ‘Carnival of Venice’ for an encore. Classical music has its votaries, but the popular heart beats more readily at hearing the popular pieces. It was consequently a great treat to many persons to hear a familiar air by so great an artist. The genuine merit of these performances, however, apart from the brilliancy of both the programme and the execution, was in bringing together nearly three thousand people, a majority of whom would not have heard either of these celebrities but for the opportunity afforded them by low prices and a Sunday performance.”