The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

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The first Philharmonic emcee, which took place
last night, presented nothing that can be called
novelty, for the Philharmonic audience, unlike the'
public et whir entertainment., do not tread novelty as the
great object of attraction. They seek what is good ; and
they know that in the highest class of art the
'dilators to what is go id are few and far
between. People who complain that the Phil-
harmonic Society play, year after year, the same
round of old symphonies without obtaining a succatioa of
now ones, only show that thee do not know what they are
talking spout. A great synsphohy is the greatest achieve-
ment of the greatest muter. The thr. • greet masters,
Haydn, Monet, and Beethoven, have left models of gran-
deur and beauty whit none of their senators hays been
able to equal—even Spohr and Mendelmohn follow them at
a irance. It is only at the Philharmonic Concerts the.:
these inimitable works are performed Ina manner worthy of
them. Two of the greatest of those symphonies w.re
Performed list nieht; Met srt's famous •' Jupiter," and
Beethoven's Second, in 1). They IMO more admira-
bly executed, and never produced a creator imprenien upon
the audience. Much of their effect was owing to Mr.
Costa's consummate judgment in tekirg the times of the
different movements; and this was remarkably the case in
the scherzo of Beethoven', symphony, which he took slower
than lend, and thus added both to Its el•arneee and beauty.
Mondellosehn's Quartet, Op. 12, was played by Mean.
Sainton, Blagrove, Hill, and Lucas It was exceeding'y
well executed, end one movement—the charming, fain-like
"canzonetta"—was loudly encored; but the remainder of
the piece did not seem to excite much interest. It was
formerly the custom to have a quartet at every Pnilharmonic
concert ; hut •his envie= has been laid add. for many years,
and we question the expedieney of reviving it. Formerly
quartets were played at the Philhereonic because they were
not played in public anywhere ; but now there aro
numerous °marts of which the quartet is a principal feature.
Besides, the quartet it ewer tial chamber music, requiring a
seta.' room and a small audience. At the Philharmonic the
overwhelming power and richness of the great entwine'
pieces makes the fiuest quartet-playing sound quits weak
and meagre.
The vocal music was very good. Miss Login Pine sang
for the first time at this concert, and made a brilliant ap-
pearance. Her principal performance was the sir, " le.
felire sconsolata," in the " Flauto Mateo," in which she
was equally successful in the beauty and expression of the
declamatory passages as in the closeness and finials of her
execution. Her performance produced thunders of applause.
The ether performer, were Mr. Benson and Mr. Machin ;
and the other vocal pieces were the pretty trio, "Elea not
youth and maid to aver," from " A Nigbt in Granada; "
the duet, " Dearest, let thy touueeps 101 l .w," from
Fau.t;" and Renders trio, „The ft eks shall leave the
mountain, " The overtures wen, Weber's Emanate,"
and Chet übini's " Les D. ex Journitic"

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