Boston Symphony Concert, May 16

The liberal policy of the founder ai.d the exaoiing requireraentH of the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orohesira and bis predecessors have resulied in the assembüng of a body of artista of unusual ability. Originally made of thn best araiUble playera of Boston and New York, ebca year the Orchestra bas been strengihened by the acquisition of superior performers wherever tbey could be found, umil it ■ uow everywhere conceded that no eucn company has b.-fore been brought together in tfais country. In its rank may ba found reprsentatives from theleadingorchestrasof Vienn', Le'pz g, Berlin, Paria and London. At the hed of the violins as Corcerlmeister, is Mr. Franz K-eignl. who is ablv siipported by Mr. C. M. Loeffler, Mr. T. Adamowski, and a corp of players, every member of which is a eolo arti-t. Patrón of the concert will note with pleasure the bri. limit playins; on flue and otos of Messrs. Mole and Siutet, who cama two year s;o frotn the Opera Comique, Pris. üther prominent playois a in ng the wind instiuments ht M . Joseph Reiter, 6rst horn, Mr. Pierre Mul Ier, tirat trtimpet, Ute of tbe Lmu eux Orcbestra, Paris, and Mr. Gldschmidt, firet clnrinet. in every dej artment, the Orchestra haa been brought as near a posible to ideal perfection. THK SOLIST. The management take pleasure in announctng thaf en engigmnent has been effected with Mme. Mug leline SteinbachJahn, who viaits America for tbe firxt time, to sccompany ibe Orcliestra as soloist on i tg tour. Mme. Steinbach-Jahns has been for teveral reasODS the 1 ad ing dramatic soprano of the faraous Leipzig Opera House, and is a miprpme favonte wilh the critical Leipzig public. Her repertoire embrace no lesa than forty operas, and the !ed ng critics ot Europe ast-ign her a foremovt ploce mona; (he lyric artig's now before ihe public. Mr. Adamowí-ki has been recognized as a sterlirg artist wherever he haí ppeared. "rrltlcism. In the ense that the hort-nighted and unnasoning eroploy tbe term. bas litile t do wilh performances like that nf the Boston Symjihonv Orchesira at St Inway Hall last night. It Is c-hl. fly tbat su..llmated criitcism whlch Is all praHethatlsihallenned by Mr. Nikisch nd hls band ii vlrtuo.si. If musical New York were dlpposed to petty f. ellnifs. there would ba a cbauce for envy.' - New York Tribune. "The nrcbestrahasjuslly come to be renarded as the mnst Important oiyanizttion of lts Kind lu tbe country."- Pniladelphia Press. "It is hard to imagine a band of muslclans neartr perfeclion than the company wbicb Mr. Nikisch Controls.1'- Washington Post "The opinión was more lï-mly ektflbllshrd that the Bostonians are by far tbe mort evenly balanccd and best discipline organltatlnn on the Americao continent."- Baltlmore Herald, Prof. Stanley will give a lecture on the programme in R ora 24, Munday next at 5 p. m.