The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

MUSIC.

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
()SOH Otra OWS CORlOMPOrraltni.)
GLOUCESTER, Moriasir HVBXING.
The festival of the three choirs of Worcester, Here-
feral, sad Gloucester, is bring held this week in this city, the
maul period of holding the festival having been anticipated
lby a week Is defenses to e• wishes of c. ruin of the clergy,
nest week being an "Ember week." Judging :nos pre-
sent appearanees, eke seating bids fair to he one of the best
ever held la Giescester. An ontisnal numbar of tickets have
already been beepokes, both toi the performanees of mimed
'MIMIC is the ealtedral and the evening concerts. The ar-
rangements for conveyance by railway are os a large scale,
and a large uconatilatioa of visitors will have to he provided
for from B bite, Bath, Oxford, Cheltenham, end yen Los-
' des, two spatial trains by the Great Western Railway befog
announced to leave the is, tropolis on Tuesday (to-morrow)
and Friday, to bang the visi-ors in time for the morning
mirforinuese of sacred sauMs at the ea hedeal
To-day ties been ocenpied in the preliminary bovines'. By
ten o'c*.ork the 'wafer tell of this performers had gathered
together in the nave of the noble cathedral for retuarsal,
which they maintained with unabated industry up to the
time of the despatch of this pacq.
The vocal end instrumental talent metered by the managers
of the testiest it of a high order' and here to the county of
Gloue,ster usually eclipses her leas sonorous neighbour of
Wurorstar and lit reford. The principal wohliata are lidme.
Smite', Metre. Mies dhy, Miss Lueonolo-, Miss
Williams, Herr Formic, Mr. Sims Reeve., Mr. L whey. Mt.
H. Phillips, sad Mr. Lawler. The heed le from tr e Phil.
harmonic Cosiest s and the lityal Italian Opera, Mr. Bla-
prove being the leader, and Mr. Atnott, the organist of
Gloseerer Cathedral, efficiatiorr accnrdirig ro pr reden• as
ceoduter ; the °molars of Hereford (T. Smithy eni
Wotesater (Dow) tildes the pianoforte and organ. The
choral body is selected will treat care rots the citcral socie-
, tees and choirs of Exeter Well, Drivel], N.iroich, Windsor,
Wont s:er, Hereford, and Gloucester, and the orchestra con-
tains altogether about 300 performers.
Tile Scheme of the mu.ical prirfornlances of the week off, re
a. great soultioe, tbosgh tb•selecion is a judieious one in
other respects. It Mete" now to be corer ded at the exclusive
province of the metropolis to prolate the novelies sod of
these festivals to adopt them aft. r ey have einleaefully
pasted the ratio ordeal of Ettore Hall or the Opera. Oa
the first day, seaordisg prinative cumin, 'Men will be
fall service at the ca.hrdrat Handel*. Dettiegen "
Ts DIN= and Jubilate, and two anthems of Boyeefe. The
" Esther" overture will open the gerviee, end the pieces
and responses will be Tallis's. On Wednesday Meadslasobit'e
" Eljati" will be given, Madame Cestdlan taking the pls-
. cipal soprano, bat yielding the first air est nil part—
Hear, ye, frail"—to /dodoes@ ti rte.. 7 unday
morning presents several attractions. The first and second
parts of vie emulate" (Hayein)aleod first in the scheme,
and are followed by a selection in ni Beettioy, se
Mendelanohn's sacred Cantata " Laude ZUo." and a miscel-
iaceous sele vino, chiefly from the works of Handel.
Madame Smoot sings f• With verdure clad," front the
" Cr...mann ;" Handel's " Hdy, ;" and f• Let 'he bright
seraphim." Pt Wtpa will viva • Jeered song by Dr. V!, elny,
for the lot time, and the tug will be e sleeted by the
complier himself, who hesitant arrived. On Friday mornir.g
the " Mociati" will be given, Madame fit rosg 'tingle; the
" R juice greatly" and "I know that may H 'bonier Huth."
The evening mourns ere entirely of • mis- Bane ous kind,
inclarlieg popular of favourite selections trout the best mas-
ters. Sontag sing" four voles each avereine. Thin will be
two belle, cue on Tuesday night after toe Lone, rt, end one
on Friday night—a grand fancy and full dreg" alai,.
la the nave of the cathedral the arrangements mode are
very °weeniest. An °rehears hat b..es 0011110 uct.d to de-
mend from the organ towards the ft or, which occupied
by first clam seats. A gallery le also rained sjewnst the west
window, to be occupied by holders of see tekets,
end in tee two side ai.les are the thiri price I seats. The
whe-le is finished off in such a manner IN to destroy as !lige as
possible the harmony of the building. The c roe rt room
at the County Hail is • splendid Loading, capable of
bolding 2,000 or 3,060 perrons. it has been elegantly tau-