PROFESSOR PAINE'S Symphony was given for the first time on Wednesday evening, by the Thomas orchestra; and was heard, seemingly with great pleasure, by a large and appreciative audience. That the Symphony should bear the test of being played in the same concert with the second of Beethoven, is sufficient evidence of its intrinsic merit; the first and third movements being particularly beautiful. The adagio was received with unmistakable enthusiasm; and at the end the audience insisted on calling Mr. Paine before the house. Although written in strict conformity with the dogmas of the classical school, traces of Wagner's all-pervading influence were noticeable in the first movement (allegro con brio), and in the last (allegro vivace). We should certainly take pride in the success of our Professor in a branch of art so rarely attempted by Anglo-Saxon genius.
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