The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-06 00:00:00

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MUSIC.

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CONCENTORES SOCIETY.

This distinguished Society, who have for many
years euatributed so greatly is the preservation of the pure
jeg:ish .ehool of creel harmony, held their Ant meeting of
this season last evening at Gresham College. The meeting
was fully attended. Mr. bl'Murdie was in the chair; and
Smoot the members present were Sir Henry Bishop, Pro-
isior Eland Taylor, of Gresham College ; Mr. Goss, of
M. rears. and other eminent 115111iCill0/.
The entertainment of the evening consisted of a selection
Millets and moons composed by members of the society,
end min by the two MIMITS. Coward, Mr. Handel Gear,
Ht. Lawler, Professor Taylor, Mr. Hamby, Mr. Forster.
sod Mr. only. Ia the earlier days of the society, it was •
salt that the president of the evening should furnish all the
nimpaitions sung at the meeting; but this rale has been so
Mr depared hos, that though the president is expected to
iestnbate several new pieces, written expressly for the
Mission, yet, for the sake of variety, these ars intermixed
with elder works of recognised merit

It is an interesting feature of these meetings, that the ma-
resenpt works, brought forward for the first time, after
king most carefully executed, are made t►e subject of eri-
beal remake by the company, often acute and just, always
kind and guod-humoured, and always received in the spirit
Is winch they are made. Many fine glees, which have
pitted great public favour, have been originally written
he and sung at the meetings of the Concestores Society.
Tee new places produced by Mr. M'Murdie in his apa-
thy of president were very happy specimens of his genies:
Ind were very warmly approved. One of them was a
sacred canon, " Benedictus qui venit," for three voices,
as 'abject bciag answered in the fourth and octave be-
low :—a masterly piece of counterpoint, Sowing and melo-
dious in the separate parts, and forming rich sod grateful
harmony. His tine glee and chorus, " Sweet echo,
sweetest nymph," the poetry from Milton's " Comas," was
gives with immense effect. These words have been soci-
al times set to music—by uld Henry Lawn and Dr. Arse
is particular but with more poetical feeling than
by Mr. Another glee and chorus from his pea
May-day," a MS. composition, was full of charming
heshcesn

Among the other performances of the evening, the most
remarkable was a glee by Sir Henry Bishop, "Majestic
Night," published in his great collection of glees which ap-
peared some years ago. It is one of his very finest works
of the class, but (probably from its great difficulty) is little
known Sir Henry, in expressing hie surprise at the man-
lier in which it was sung at sight, *aid that this was the
trot time that he himself had ever heard it. Another piece
like yea afterwards sung which has been beard by thou-
sands—the famous chorus "The tiger crouches in the
wood,' in The Miller and his Alen, an opera which one.
Lad unbounded popularity, and which, if properly revived,
would he as popular as ever. Mr. dom's glee,
"0 thou whose beams," taken from a collection of his
glees, published last season, was also performed with great
effect, and the warmest approbation.
The dourishing state of this society, and the spirit with
which it centinut s to be carried on, are a favourable sign
of the times, showing that the great school of vocal bar-
may fur which England has been pre-eminent these three
[snared year., still maiutains its ground, and is well sup-
ported by the present g lion of our countrymen.