The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-30 00:00:00

I TWOPENCE

MUSIC.

TSE OLCIFICEMB 1117BICAL FEBFIVAL.
"The Meeting of the Three Choirs^ of Gleassentawf
Wonsan, awl Bersford takes plain tkia year at Oissioallsr,
the falt, elk, 7tia, sad Bth of 13optemboe. The lellarlas
aro lie pardwors egged towlines. MAU.
Tiara, Madams lindseedorif, Miss Louisa Myna, MissJalin
Mos, Min E. Williams. Mrs. J. K. Pres, Mrs It.
Brady, Herr Own, Mr. Chnualsge. Mr. flunky, Mr. lawn
Thames, Mr. Bsandon. Mr. nomad and /Boor Bad. Isla
pinat. Madams Arabella Oneklard. Oesdnoter, Dr.
liwasel Natation Was*. The Festival will we. in Tessa
day riersing. tfs 811), with shoal navies Is the entbabal.
Mead by Madsimsoltn's Posiond Bpobr's Die Lettam
Dip& Os Wednesday wont* Mozart's Requiems,
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selastke ham Needeiesia's Jiro; of Pain, mad Bea-
lbovea'slifeest;o/ Ohm. Oa ThumLy monis& Naml6l4.
sales Elijah; sad es ?allay men*, Randers lf amid&

Them will be minellansous ceseertsn the Shire-hall om
the nonage of Temday, Wedimehy, end Thereher, whisk
will hinds the diet pert of Heydn's Illesestie; lilendelmohn's
Wnpurgis Si& ; symphcmise and overtone by Masan.
Beethoven, Spahr, and Resold s odestiees from Moserth
Selitsridie end Spolish Asir end Ramiro; likethenes
Ohm' Fantasia, and a Omen° of Memisheeha, pseiermsd
br Reamae Animas. Goddard; and flpebeh eireneths
Otteseerte for the violin, performed by Ms is Magoon. Oa
?rid' ay nee* the fetal terminates with a ball.
This scheme is cheroot/fist!o of the " Reath.' el the
Three Mons." No fault on be fated with the pieces
"shekel he }flan sese; every is. of them, takes by h.
self, is a - Omen ; bat, takes so a whole, they hinny
that spirit of 'bailee—that lack of reseseek sod wimp lit
the production of interesting novelty—which mak*
thrashes then meetings from the greater festivals of Bk-
mink= end Norwich, contributes to the inferior admit'
don in which they are held by the musical pane, and "
diminishes the vales of their pecuniary results. Why
should the Neeingsof the nee Moire fall shone/any mu-
nal festive/is the kinedera, They're the oldest d all, hauling
existed for ormsiderably more than a century. Their olden
—that of maistanieg a (and for the relief of the neighbour.
tog clergy whose beefless aro inufficient for the support of
their famDles—ia le the highest degree laudable, and the
provisions, that a certain portion of the receipts of the
festivals nail eiwayie be devoted to their benevolset per- '
pose, whinny may be the sasoent of the expel:diem% to
cosedved lea met liberal spirit. Why thou ban they
bees thus beano in the race of competition f Simply he.
muse they have made mc efforts to keep their ground. No.
thing is ever hind at a Gloucester, Woromter, or Hanford
Festival which km sot for years beat !miliaria the pubTho—
inning which, wises announced, creates the smallest expos.
tali** or exoltmasst, le regard to the choice of performers,
the meetings el the Three Mole ban not emserally bees
defteiest is the ament of vocal sad leatrementel Mien
engaged ; but the sesioneement if this year he caused is
disappointment that has not previously been felt. The list
doss not lulu& Mr. Sims Reeves or Madame Selena-
Dolby, while it *mutates of score names, some of which an
absolutely unknown to the public. The sheens of our
two great English oratorio Monis. deemed indlopessablo as
every each omesion, is calculated to injure the preening el
the Festival. We sosait the sew conductor, Dr. Wenn, of
• piece of mismanagement of which we believe this distin-
guished musician entirely incapable.