The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

MUSIC.

FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS.
WORCESTER, Idoxina.

The one hundred and thirty-seventh meeting ol
the three choirs of Worcester, Herefonl, and Gloucester '
opens under meet encouraging auspices. Bright weather, •
large army of local stewards, each taking a personal iotensi •
in the meows of the meeting, and circurnstaoses fly.
The following is the list of stewards :—The Higb
of the County, the Right Worshipful the Mayer of Wor-
cester, the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot,
the Right Hon. the Earl of Coventry, the Hon. F. H. W. G. I
Calthorpe, M.P., the Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., Sir H. E. F.
Lambert, Bare, Sir K A. H. Lecbmere, Bert., J. D. All- '
croft, Esq., Henry Alleopp, Eat., W. Bennkt, Faq., JIM'S
(.Ipel, Hag., J. P. Brown Westlessid, Esq., M.P., Thema
Chalk, Faq., J. H. Clifton, ray., UN Rev. H. B. Cocks,
W. Fenton, Esq., J. Howard Galina, Faq., Herman Grimy
wood, EN., Admiral Hastings, E. Holland, Faq., M.P., the
Rev. A. H. Winnineton Ingram, the Rev. W. L. bass,
J. W. Lea, Egg., the Rev. W. Morton, C. P. Noel, Req.,
T. C. Nerbsry, Esq., the Rev. Jamie Oldham, the Rey. W.
Ram, the Ref. G. H. Pspya, Thomas S. Shekell, Eau.,
J. G. Waddles, Esq., Benjamin Workman, Faq.
The performing all arrived in the course of last night and
this morning, and the rehearsal at the cathedral occupied
most of this morning. There is to he a rehearsal of the
wider music at the Collate-hall tienight. Thu principally
engaged are Madame Clara Novell,. (her farewell appear.
anus at Worcester), Madame Rodersderff, Mn. Weim,
Mademoiselle Parepa, Madame Sainte. Dolby, Miss M.
Wells, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Mason, Mr. Montem Smith,
Mr. Weiss, Mr. T. Briggs, and Siemer Belletti. The
orgrusista of the three cathodrals have each certain posts
amigned to them—Mr. Dope, of Worcester, taking the
office of conductor ; Mr. Amutt, of Gloucester, taking the
organ at the morning performances ; and Mr. G. Tovmsliend
Smith, the pianoforte at the evening concerts. The baud is
selected, ea usual, from the Opera and London concerts—
Mr. H. Blagrove leading the mornings and Mr. &Mitsui in
the evenings. Amongst the notable Dames we observe
those of LOMB (violoncello), Howell (double less), Platten
and Card (Bute), Nicholson (oboe), Lazarus (clarinet),
Harper and Irvin (trumpet), and Chipp (drum).
An old established regolatioa has been broken through
this year. Instead of the full cathedral service occupy*
the first morning, it hos bees arranged that the first um n•
log shall be devoted to oratorios ; so that instead of there
being only three oratorio mornings, there will be four, and
the a meter variety can be introduced Herm has bee,
allowable heretofore, for the Messiah and SlijaA have regu-
larly for years past occupied two of the three mornings. In
order, however, that there shall be nu interruption of the
daily cathedral service, it has been arranged that on each
moraine of the festival there shall be early service (half-past
8 o'clock) in the choir, the oratorios being given in the nave.
At the het of thee, moroitig services, which will be at-
tended by the mayor and corporation of the city in state, a
sermon will he preached by the Rev. George Herbert Pepys,
son of the liiehop of Worcester.
Thu inimical programme, independent of the morning
church services, may he summed up as follows:- Four
mornings, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and
three evenings, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with •
ball on Friday night.