Beethoven's third Leonore overture opened last night the last Symphony Concert of the season in Cambridge. The overture was finely rendered by the orchestra. The two selections from Godard were the third and fourth movements of his "Symphonie Orientale," a symphony descriptive of poems by De Lisle, Hugo and Godard. The first. Nikia's Dream, has a beautiful melody for the oboe, taken up by the violins, and then changing to a subject employing the whole orchestra. In the second, In the Hammock, the pricipal theme is introduced by the clarionet and worked out by the strings. The two pieces are excellent examples of the modern French school, unpretentious and not deep, but pleasing and melidious with rich instrumentation.

Miss Lena Little was the soloist, and sang for her first selection Liszt's "Mignon" with orchestral accompaniment. She has a clear dramatic soprano, excelling rather in its lower notes. She sang with much taste and feeling. Her songs with the piano were happy selections, sung with expression and showing her voice to good advantage. She was sympathetically accompanied by Mr. Nikisch. She made a favorable impression on the audience and was compelled several times to bow her acknowledgements.

The concert was ended by a superb and stirring presentation of Beethoven's third symphony. This symphony was completed in 1804, and dedicated to Napoleon, but the news of the latter's assumption of the title of emperor so angered Beethoven that he tore off the title page, and restored it only when Napoleon died at St. Helena. The term "heroic" is applied to it, not in the sense of a military hero, but in that of a perfect man. The four movements depict man's various sensations: in the first, youthful and active emotions, followed by the mournful and solemn grief in the magnificent funeral march, the wild impetuosity of the scherzo, and the blending of all the emotions in the finale.