The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-15 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS.

The concert of last night was of a very varied
description. The first part consisted avidly of selections
from Itmeinrs Guillaume Tell. and from the works of Mr•
Benedict The second part was of a light and miscellaneous
char►cter.

The selection from Guillaume Tell began with the over-
ture, which was played with great force and effect. The
vigorous "pas redoubli," with which it concludes, was
loudly encored. The Romance, " Selva opus," was cgs-
ditably sung by Miss Stabbach; and the Misses Brougham,
Mr. Pesten, and Mr. Weiss gave good effect to the
pretty quartet, " The stream is softly Rowing." The
great suns from the Damon del Logo, " Elena,
oh tu," was given by Madame Amedei with rest
dramatic power. The last movement, " 0 quanta lagrime,"
wee impassioned in expression and beautiful in voice and
execution. This lady would be invaluable as a contralto on
our Italian Opera stage. A Grand March, by Rossini, said
to be his last ouraposition, written expressly for the Sultan,
was played by the orchestra, strengthened by two military
bands. It is a capital composition of its class ; and its fes-
tive and triumphal character would fit it admirably for a
celebration at once martial and joyous, such as a victory
Mir the Russian invaders, for which purpose we should be
wry glad to hear of its being employed. The selection
from Mr. Benedict's works included the overture to his
opera. the Mianssiseyer, an excellent work ; the pretty
dealt, "'Mid waving trees," nicely sung by the Miens
Brougham; the celebrated bus song from the Gipsy's
Warning, " nage, thou angry storm," magnificently sung
by Ur. Weiss and encored ; the m•lancboly little air, " Ily
the sad sea waves," which was rendered so popular by the
charming singing of Mrs. Alfred Shaw ; and lastly, the
woad Concertino for the pianoforte, played by Madame
de Barry. This last performance was a great treat. Of t►e

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Concertino we would say that its only fault is its brevity ;
for in every other respect—in the melody of its phrases, the
brilliancy of its florid passages, the richness and 'y of
its instrumentation, and its masterly construction as •

whole—it is wort►y of companionship with the finest
pianoforte pieces of the day. Madame de Barry is young,
and, we believe, a dibugarile in this country ; at least we had
heard her before. She is a highly accomplished per-
former. She drew from the instrument a remarkably clear,
mellow, liquid tone, for which she was partly indebted to the
instrument itself (one of Kirkman's, we were informed),

which struck us as one of the finest we have heard. Her
execution was ezmedingly clear and articulate, and her
" phrasing," in the cantabile passages, was full of taste
end elegance. A greater quantity of tone, where much
form was requisite, might have been desirable; its quality
loft nothing to be wished. She was warmly applaud.), and
premises to be one of the favourites of the semen. In the
mooed part of the concert (which, as has been said, was
light end miscellaneous) • number of popular vocal pieces
were performed by Madame Ataedei, Miss Stabbach, Miss
Lowell's, Mr. Perna, Mr. Weiss, mad others. The hall
was well filled.