The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

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Ma. BAUM'S CONCERT.—JENNY LIND.—The con-
cert in Heeler Hall, at which Jenny Lind volunteer el her
gratuitcus assistance for the benefit of Mr. Bale, in acknow-
ledgment of his able and ambito services during her provin-
cial engagements tine, the close of the last opera season, took
Vatne last evening. The hall was completely tfiLd, hut net
disagreeably crowded, the save of tickets having been limited,
so as to proveut inconvenience 4' this kind. Many
distinguished personages were present—among others,
the Duke of Wellington, who was greatly apulteuded
on his entrance. The concert, indepowtently of Mettle Lind,
erg by no means of a remarkable kind. The (sir Swede
was " the observed of all observe re." The audience, indeed,

sewed to have neither eyes nor ears for anybody el, r. Even
L ablecLe's amusing !nazi in the buffo duet " Un s greto
d'importenxi," and Thellserles brilliant performance or his
" Taranto do," wire received with an indifference to which
those great performers are little accustomed. Such bring
the case, it was fortunate that Jenny Lind sung a great deal,
otherwise the evening would have been a dull one. tier
first piece was the scene from the "Nome di Figaro," con-
tenting •he beautiful air " Deh view, nen taruar." This
was toe finest thing she sang, but it was not her moat
successful performance. The time of the air was token much
Igo ger than we ever heard it before; and ttis mistake (tor
so we must consider it, with all deference to Mdlle. Lied and
Mr. Balt. ), almost daprivi tl the air of its warm and passion-
ate exore,sion, and made it somewhat languid and heavy
notwithstanding the beauty of voice and execution with
which it was sung. Iler soxt air, the famous "Casts
Diva" from "Norma,' evidently made a Henan r impres-
sion. It was indeed a stream of the most enshant-
lug e;ody, uttered in tones at tort and silvery as
the beams of the pleura to which this touching invocation is
addressed. The second part of this air—the allegro com-
mencing "Ah, bello ame ritorna," is a fel:ing oil from the
ideal purity and loftiness of the commencement. It be-
comes a series of flsrid passa,es of rather an ordinary de-
scription ; but Millie. Lied made these passages charming,
not only by the exquisite finish of her vocalisation, but by
the variety of expression which she threw into them. The
trio for the voice and two fluter, from blayerbeer's
opera of " Vielka," concluded the first part of the
eoecert. This piece, which Mdlle. Lind performed at se-
veral cone, eta during last season, is quite a musical curiosity.
The voice is literally converted into an instrument, and con-
tends with the two flutes in a profusion of passages, divisions,
roulades, and teilla, blended and interwoven with each other
with a enniplexity sufficient to puezle a skilful inttrumintal-
ist ; yet Jenny Lind not only eclipses the flute-players in
clear, briaient, and articulate execution, and in the facility
with which she reaches the highest regions of the reale, but
in imperturbable steadiness of time, and in the precaion with
which every response and point of imitation is taken.
Setting aside the difficult& vaincue," the piece is of no great
value, It means nothing, but it livery pretty, and as a teat of
vocal gymnastics, it throws the variation, on "Rode 's air"
end every other thing of that sort, completely into the shade.
In the second part of the concert Jenny Lind sang, with
Lablache, the well known buffo duet, " Con patrenzo," in
which a pupil goes through, to her master, a variety of ex-
ercises in singing. This, too, is a mere display of execution
which has been a favourite with prima donna., for the last
half century, but certainly we have never heard it dene with
such facility and grace as by Jenny Liod ; and she does it,
too, with deightful naireti and atriums. She concluded
by singing a new English bolted, composed for her by Belli,
called " The Lonely Hose," a pretty trifle, to which
she gave great interest by her elegant and ex.
eremites performance, and especially by her beauti-
ful delivery of the words. It is almost unnecessary to say
that her performance, were received with an enthusiasm
which went on crescendo during the evening. Of the re-
mainder of the concert there is little to be said. There was
a good orchestra, who played two of Mr. Balfe's overtures,
and accompanied most of the vocal pieces. The other per-
formers, besides those already named, were Sig. Belletti,
Mdlle. Vera, Mime Bassano, Miss Durlacher, and Mr. F.
Lablache.