The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

MUSIC.

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On igaturriny this institution rendered its tait:outsi
to the memory of the gnat eanapossr who be jolt pun*
away from au by devoting the yeaerearae of that day's:
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be - the eartiot eluded of lie MIMI lip to the est-.
reinatiag point of bin who as displayed is bis had open'
and lb one groat eased mob The pima preformed en'
the occasion were ea follows : . •
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Air, " Oujo. Anuses" (Rabat YAW) .........
Overture, "Li Omar LOW
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The ormumneingt cents» binees to ties apes IN&
first gained a world-wide fans Solsini—lbis yasinds.
having been considered in Italy in its day (1113) as •
marvel of instrumental cumpoiiihne-+a indeed it was
when immured with the feeble preludes by which Italian
operas were usually heralded. aithemb it. of course,
shrinks into insignificance when eomperedtwith the. open
overtures produced some years primly by the great

German composers, Nowt ind Beillewesa. mehiions
brightness and genial brilliancy of the avatars to ibusereeli
must, however, always exercise • large charm, partion-
burly when so splendidly played as it was on Saturday by
the Crystal Palace band, conducted by Mr. Manna. In this
piece we find the same characteristics (especially the
use of the prolonged crescendo) that are developed
with increasing power in his subsequent Italian operas,
of which the overture to La Gem Zaire (1817) and that
to fieleiretaule (1823, the close of his Italian career)
afforded good illustrations. The overture to La Owe
leans was give: with such power and brightness as to
call forth a vociferate weer% aftlr• few words from Mr.
Manna pointing out the poseible effect of sueb strain on
the Sips and lungs of the wind-instrament performers in
their following efforts—a gem" however, not fulfilled,
since the overture to Rowan' isnenehoperaGailleisse Tell
(the culmination of his dramatic career in 1829), aa well
as that to Brnireesiele placed at the close of the concert,
were given with the isms frembases and spirit as
the other instrtunental pieces. As already indicated,
strict chronological order was not followed in Saturday's
programme--attention being paid rather to mitred and
variety. An apology was made far Mr. G. Perren and
Herr Wallenreitet, both of whom were suffering from
cold : in consequence of which the duet from Oloillerinee
Tell, "Non Fuggire," and the ham sir " Sorge*" from
ifenteetto, were omitted. The quartet from the *qui-
sitel) beautiful &abet (written a few years after Gualevoie
Tell, but not produced until 1842), was smoothly sung by
Meadlle. ficakhi, Bauermeister, Mr. Perren, and Herr
Wallenreiter : and Mr. Perron gave the charming
solo. " Cujus animam." with more power and
effect than might have been anticipated troffer the cir-
cumstances. Bauermeister gave the well known
" Willow song" from (hello with mhch redaement ; the
elaborate harp prvlude and obbligato' accompaniment
effectively played by M. Sjuden, an accomplished Swedish
harpist, who made his first appearance on this occi•ion.
Of Mdile. Scalchi, who appeared here for the first time
on Saturday, we have recently had occasion to speak in
high terms in reference to her performances at the Royal
Italian Opera House. The beautiful qualify of her
genuine contralto voice, and • her powers .of florid
execution as displayed in '• Non pis nieda," pro-
duced a marked impression' and an encore of the
last movement of the cavatina. • The two charming
ballet airs from ea !kayo Tell (the " Pas de Six" and
the Pee de Soldats "), like the rest of the dance music of
this opera, bare an importance superior to their stage
purpose , as was fully manifested by the effect prodaced
)3, the grace and beauty of the two pieces given at Satur-
day's concert. It might have been wished that the pro-
gramme had contained some extract from ii Berbisre, by
far the greatest of Rossini@ minis operas, and as repre-
sentative a work in its style as Giallea.e Till in a very
opposite school.

The Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter-hall. give
their thirty-seveuth annual Christmas performance of the
Newark, at Exeter-hall, on Friday evening neat, Dec. 11,
when their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and
Princes of Prussia have signified their intention to be
present. The performing% as usual, will he conducted by
Mr. Costa.