The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

Minty be tke kaMeo; and what sing*, can lupe,* upon
Hie noltrannensig greneful melody of Rossini ? Her wise
wee mete satin saamy than hoe singing. It was ladylike
and sisionl, wish many touches of refined sad delieste
kmatwir. Tantalises Figaro bad all his old Messily—his
air was as animated and his step as simnel as ever, while
be covered his Toed deleets so skilfully that they were
so reely &comet. Lablaehe's Hartholo was inimitable ;
Banda, seldom has wig a representative as Formes ; and,
though last not least, Hario's Alamein was an szsmisit•
vocal performance, as well as a piece of genuine comedy.

NEW P;

IN IC_ SOCIETY._

The oonoert of Wednerday night (the fifth and
last but one of the sewn) was in aid of t • fund• of the
O•tmaa Hospital, at Datum. The programme we. ea
follows :

PA= I.
Ovarian (The Tenpin)
£ &Wenn Pon " Romeo and Joliet"
ria, Moneta; Gorier (Women Ileseade) — Romani
Ada. " nod Manna," Madman Oanier (Muni
Magni)
Oamento Ellat„MadonsOory
nil 11.
flyeapbe" lo abode; my in 0 Ulmer ...
Aria, Mir I
Vane, Madame Gasalar....
Omni% " Zaabartlike",

If. Ingle
Dalin

Smart
Moen
VIIIIS4IO
Want

.......
sreagesest of the programa, was not adhered to.
The symphonies of Mem:tend Berlioz were made to abeam
plasm, tee Low end Alit being thee pat at the begin- ,
ning of the sewed part.
Mr. Henry Leslie's overture is a very clever work of the
descriptive clam ; it attempts to illustrate some souse in
Walter Beau'. " Ivanhoe," concluding with the combat be- h
tams the Knight and the Tessler which decides the fate se
of Rebecca. We learn from the programme that such is eh
the subject. Like most pieces of musical painting, it is ex. 22
esedingly vague ; but, with the Delp of en explanstles, the st.„.
composer's Solutions are iatelliaible. We brim small faith 17
in the powers of dereriptire music, which it le the fashion of se
the day tours far beyond their true limits. The qembeay m
in minor is cue of the mat charming of lienerre UAW
a+l works. It is full of delicious sad mat eagesielve „„81.
melody, coabined with great holism. *see, sod al
simplicity. It is written for a email onassiss, the
only instrumeats, besides the stringed quartet, being j.
se
one lute, two oboes, and two bassoons. There are It.
no clarinets, no horns, no trombones, no drums ; yet no 11.
deficiency is felt—the ear is delighted by the richest harms- 0-
nice, sad the mind is Clad with imps of power and it
beauty. This sasphaay, it is most *By observed in the ge.
book of the concert, " finishes an ems& how little ne- at,
emery • multitude of instruments ego to produce great St
t.
effects when great ileas exist in the osissition."
Berlioz's symphony presented, is respect, a peat gt
contrast to Komi's. For the proclaim of his °rebuttal ft
effects he employs not only all the unal hestrumeala, m
but • good many more ; end on Mb wiessat, V
as well as Owing to the easmoivo hams sad
complexity of his score, it io se easy matter
to get up lad perform any of his admiral worts This
dramatic synsebear, Memo aid Ime @Seedy been
noised hose 112111 NM MS Mill 6111111/11.11ges own
aid bee Isis MOM Ile ert et pest deal of
aillielims bell genie oesseeibaving been
Ise•
teasi apes It relliMet SWIM or neediestioa. That
Berlioz is a bold sad eitglest thinker estealt be disputed. 44
His knowledge of lislounniallu Is caswININIS. He is
gt
troy • Briar vas " with a Ilmslred hands." end be wields lo
.11111 s with it strength whisk, plebes, Beellereen alone has
So
gel,aser. But, having a giant's stress* he is apt it
WIN it like a giant; oftea staining the ear by • chaos of e,
seam which defeat their object by their very usagerstion.
et
Hie soft passages are frequeutly very Imaginative mad bean. gt.
tl sad their repo, dressy steel--es is Basses So
garden remelo—ts sometimes heightened by the dames ft,
of any &Maim makey. Bat we are tat yet seek era- ow
Texts to the deadest of the new edesel as to ess-
met to the eeds& of all the aid mamatisselithe el
mesie. &see imementionalitim in truth bows temloil ea km ge.
mashie peimiliseel Mee. We have sada 'Wyss& prep- u '
deco in Sims ashgthmisse miledy,elearsessefeeednictioe, is
and symmetry et t bemuse we Sad that them are the 7:
essential features of the weeks of the great asestsea, whom •
we have ever regarded with love and reveremes. Before s
the new school can gain the eseradeasy, the aid seheel mat et.
be exploded, and the works of awl llieni-usy. U
Boothe's'', sad Spoke, sad tat they__eee ell of
the old
spent—mest be esseigeoll le visa We have et
great respect for Beam Banks )mail Biased Wsgese—we so
look upon them as MIL 11141=161111abilissZdai ; bat we to
hope that, it they are to their sit the great
f!
to
wasters who have basso these, it will net be in ear
day. Be all this, kswwsm, as it may, Betties is am of the
most distingsished es livieg and Is reception N,
on this Ml6's WM Neely Silas high iliameter sad psi- es
ties. to
Beethoven's maseels was very finely performed by Ms- et
dame Oury ; and the mama was mach enlivened by the !!!
briniest sashes et Madame Gamier. The hall wee wellN
Ailed sad masort will no doubt be beneficial to the
• *ashy to whisk its proceeds an destined.

HARMONIC UNION, HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. ii
The concert of Wednesday was one of yea and IS
varied interest, as will be seen from the following pro- so
gramme : So
Pan I. .-
0•155515, " P1515111^
UM, Madras Maim. " no' Clouds by Tempests " Weber-
Violessallo Obligate—Herr Eliololsll.
Caprice Brillante, "Opial'aorta' —... ......
-ar. if. li;n..
Dust, Madame and Yr. WINO. "Crodel, perch*
Sawa" Mozart.
Symphony. " Emits" ... Beethoven.
PAM n.
Beethoven's Balm of Athens.
The misolleneous selection of the int pert woe well
contrasted, and both the vocal and isetrumental pieces
were highly effective. Mr. Risa's pianoforte solo was a
careful and musician-like performance ; bet it lacked that
vivacity and impure which Mendelesuha's music so espe-
cially requiree. The " Eroica Symphony" went well, the
only want being a little more widest of stringed instra-
MU. Beethoven's lIIIISiO SO " The Ruins of Athens," 51.
it haa bean several times performed in this country,
lit thatoararatively little known, with the exception 1.3!
of the overture sad a march—the vocal music having
Sentslesd la aannscriPt until introduced to the Philharmonic ,
geneerts a few years glace by dendshaohn. It was first
piatikbut by Meson. Ewer,
1.1
of Oxford-street, who deserve SO
ea* pude; word of praise for their introduction of this and „,,
ionises- ease great work.. at large cost, and with remote
dew el relic Mendehnohn, when asked by Melon. Ewer
For it was certain that the music was Beethoven's, re-
, 0.8 I wiah I could say no, for then the world would 30
Adamln possesdas of two Beethoven." TA* Rains of
was an allegorical piece a species of
'• ;42
=, written by Rotsebne for the opening of the
at Path ; and for this piece Beethoven II
essalssesd an overture, a march, a duet, and several do- et.
ruses, in all whisk his 'genius is as apparent as in any other
of his works. Pad* ps the overture is the least interestiag ,
portion of the week Ise
fragmentary end vague in de- I'
sign. All the lied errs. however, is of the highest order.
The duet " Paddies pet bated," supposed to be sang by
two Omsk slaves, is tall of fine pathos and poetic feeling :
it was beautifully by Madame and Kr. Weise. The most
eztreeml{nay eausep,7sa, however, in the whole work is the
shamed Dunkin. This Is one of those wonderful MeOrs-
liens utterly ualllseitythies that has provided it, by wVol at.
qmpatioroms les Individuality. Its mimed uncouth strains gs.l
toseibly beim she isseshiselea is wild gyrations of It.
the by when it is supposed le be sung. This move
w amend last sight as usual, and a like fate at-
tended the pretty and eharactsristie Turkish March. Thanks
are due to the Harmonic Union for again performing this
beautiful music.

MI6 Ai:int/Jen CONCERT.—Thia distinguished
composes and pianist bad a concert at Willis's Rooms yes-
terday morning. It attracted a crowded and highly fashion-
able audience, and was one of the most brilliant and faith-
htable concerts of the mason. A trio (M .S.) for the
pianoforte, violin, and violoncello, by Mr. Aguilar, was per-
formed by himself, Herr Ernst, and Signor Pieta It is a
maaterly work, in a pure and classical style, and evincing
originality and Inventive power. The slow movement is
pmeliarly melodious end beautiful. Mr. Aguilar also per-
formed Barthoven's Is. masts, No. 1 of Op. 19, and a re-
markably spirited Were et bisewneemposit ion, showing him-
self to be a most acoomplYbed pianist. Rossini's favourite
chamber duet," La Poem," was gracefully sang by Madame
and Signor Fame& Mr. nilar's pretty ballad, " Aisle "
g by Madams Ferrari with that sweetness and until-
Wood simplicity which is the diem of that specie of
singing._ Mr. Miranda, a young and promising performer,
sangldendel's famous song, "Love Sounds the Alarm," in
Aria and Galatea. Mr. Waley's meg " Sing on, ye little
birds," was admirably sung by Minor Clef:atm. Mr.
Pratten played a clever solo on the Ante, composed by Mr.
Aguilar; Ernst gave his Meters* Sentimental'; and
Mr. Aguilar's performanos of hiendelesoba's kndante
and Weida Caprice/Am concluded this very elegant enter-
Mamma.
liArtorsahlisti•za ROOlia.—A concert was given
bag last aisle ia aid of the Goidswitbs' Hinavolentleati-
intros. The peel widen asalseed almost entirely
of Total node, seas et the most admired glom
by Spofforth, We Horsley, Elam an Visa weft
amiably relieved by, several ballade wag by Madame i
Thillon in law sanest isaaaer. Daddy this *debated
artiste, the geassase assst& the rose se Mr Hey-
wood, Mesta ONE% Massa lissess, LW, Dodds,
Lawler, sad Sedes. &ewer the pots Mews hoes Los
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