The Press.
London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

a more sublime extent. Every note seems to be
suggestive of the situation, and awfully "speaks the
wor 1."

Pianoforte soiree s are increasing. Herr Pauer
has been in the field this week—a sound and con-
scientious musician both as pianist and composer.
He has introduced !dyne. Pauer, an amateur, as a
vocalist with undeniable claims on the sympathy of
her auditors. _

The blackened materials of the Covent-garden Thee.
tre will speedily be cleared away; their sale by auction
is announced preparatory to the erection of the new
edifice for the Itlyal Italian Opera season of 185 M.
Mr. Gye was to have returned from Paris yesterday ;
and his prospectus will, no doubt, be out, in the
course of the following week, for his Lyceum cam-
pah n.
Mr. Lumley is in town, and is actively engaged
with preparations for his forthcoming season. There
is a rumour of a new opera by Alari, who wrote the
Tre Nozze for Sontag and Lablache, tor the piquant
Piccolomini. Alari is an excellent musician and a
fluent melodist.

Amongst the on dits in musical circles is an inte-
resting one—that a daughter of Balfe the composer
will make her debut this season on the Italian Opera
stage.

The Royal Academy of Music had their first field-
day last Tuesday, the Earl of Westmorland, the
president and founder, king present. Prince Albert
also honoured the concert with his presence. Al-
though there were no demonstrations of applause to
encourage the pupils, there was a general feeling that
the display of rising talent was most creditable to
them, and must have been highly gratifying to their
respective teachers. Mendelssohn's Cantata Op. 73
and some gleanings from Costa's oratorio of Eli were
the principal items in the programme, and there
were also extracts from the Stabat Haters of Haydn
and Rossini. Beethoven's choral fantasia, with Miss
Emily Paxton in the obligato pianoforte, was the
instrumental feature of the concert.

CRYSTAL PAIACE.—The oratorios to be performed
at the forthcoming Handel Festival have now been
positively determined on. They are as follows :
Messiah, on Monday, June 15 ; .Judas Maccabceus,
June 17; Israel in Egypt, June 19. Mr. Costa has
consented to conduct the performances, and the
whole musical arrangements are entirely under his
control. The prices of reserved seats or stalls have
been fixed at one guinea each for each oratorio, or
two guineas and a half for one stall for the series of
three.

A PANORAMA OF Moscow on the day of the Impe-
rial Coronation has just been opened by Mr. Burford
at his rooms in Leicester square. It is unquestion-
ably one of the best panoramas exhibited for some
years past by Mr. Burford, and is well worth a visit
from all who were, and all who were not, present at
the coronation.

THE SUFFOLK. STREET GALLERY EXHII3ITION OF
PICTURES has opened this week. There are few
works of historical pretensions, and fewer genre
pictures. The strength of the collection lies in
landscapes. In many iustances-3uch as in No.
501, " The Towing Path" ; 40, " Going to Market,"
by Zeitter; 13, "Landscape and Cattle," by G.
Cole; 636, " The Cove of Cork," by Clint ; 221,
" A Summer's Noon," by Bodilington ; 215, " The
Kentish Marshes," by J. F. Wainwright—the con-
ception and execution exhibit a marked advance
over previous works. One of the cleverest pictures
in the exhibition is No. 206, "Beg, Sir," by Ccbbett.
A little more warmth in colour would have perfected
the work. Upon the whole, the exhibition may be
regarded as above the average, and as offering good
proof of progress among our younger artists.