The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1859.

MUSIC.

SPORTING.

LONDON GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION.

TATTERSALL'B:-MONDAT.

It is with pleasure that we announce the formation
of a society devoted to a specie, of mule for the collimation
of which, daring three centesiea, Ragland 'Jar been pre-
eminent above all other cation. The London Gies sad
Madrigal Union woolen of the following member, who we
all vocal performers:—Trebles, Miss Wells sed MW tippler;
osatmlto, Min Ryles; countee-tenors, Mr. T. Tome, Mr.
Baxter, end Mr. R. Bamby ; tenors, Mr. W. H. Cunnings,
Mr. Howe, sad Mr. Lead ; buses, Mr. Lowder, Mr. Wall-
worth, and Mr. A. Thomas. They are stained by • else
professional choir; and Mr. Lend (with whom, we believe,
the undertaking originated) is the conductor of the par-
forenames. They have set on foot • series of afternoon coa-
-1 cats at the Hanover-square Rooms during the present sad
next months, sod the first was given yesterday.
Tits concert waa an admirable election from the works of
the great Italian and English madrigellets of the sixteenth
century sad our modern glee compeers. Among the pieces
of the former ones were the madrigal " When all alone, '
0. Converse; Lucia Marenio's •" When April denied by
in
roan Foy," Weellue's " Inpride of May," end the same cam-
posse. quaint sad comic " Strike it up, nnghbour." Among
the modern glees were Horsley's " When the wind blow. in
the sweet rose tree," Robert Cooke'. " Love sad Folly were
Bat play ;" Webbe'e "Renee, all ye, vale delights and
ts " Though he be now • grey grey Prier." Thera
WM/ also • randad curksity7the ancient round
" Summer is isomers (mming) in," a relic of the
vocal harmony of the tMrteenth century. It is
contracted with wonderful ingenuity, being • three-put
canoe in the mason with two additional puts which sustain
a harden in the harmony of the dominant and took. It is
full of consecutive fifths end octaves, things prohibited by
modem rasa; yet its inelodion freshness is exceedingly
is, and accordingly its repetition was loudly called for.
hoot the whole conceit the s'nging was admirable—
equal to anything we have ever heard la ths palmy days of
the glawsingers half a °many ago. mid the whole per-
flentence was sosoo?tettuk—the room was so full, fad the

The minieterial explanations in "the home" draw off
many of the principal gentlemen turfitee tram the room, and
the betting was almost entirely stopped by the settling.
When accounts were wound up, a few investments were
med., but they were unimportant.
some discuesion took place before &rimiest Roue relative
to the Newcastle disquabfication case; but of course no de-
tente declaim
was arrived at In the atter. The affair will
be gone into again In the course of the weak.
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MoltoAT POPULAR CONCILRIII.—These oteboartn
are becomin more and more desskal. That of last evenlag
wee more then was seems. The made was
wholly from the works of Bach and Handel. Of Bach there
were two grand organ fame, performed by Mr. Best; the
ra=(ogee in A miser (which we lately noticed as
bliebed to the Nineties untitled " "),
played by Kim Arebells:Oodderd; • ..to for the violoacallo,
played by Platt' sad *command by Benediot; sad songs
from the "Passion," sang by Mr. Mae AIWA
Beam, and fins Dolby. Of than were
sa organ togas and an organ concerto, perforesed„by
Mr. Beet; the "Bain de pieces" in E, °outshine The
Harmonious Blacksmith," played by Miss Goddard; the sir
from dawns, " Cangio esspetto," sang by Miss Dolby;
"Rev..ge, Timotheas cries," from Alenteeler's Fast, song
by Kr. Bantle, ; sad " Love in bar ems sits playing; " from
.eleisaad Galatea, sang by Mr. Wdbye AU this
a shot time sgo would Love beea deemed Cooper
anything but
mular waste, but it is claim diffrmat now. St. IsaMe-
ha WY Sind with as audience who applauded everything
with the utmost enthusiasm.