The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-13 00:00:00

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HEREFORD, MUSIC IiEIrET&G.

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' The collection made Ai: HfOrd Cathelraiot. Thurs-
day morning for the charity amounted to the large sum of '
3951. Its. making with the other collections 9101. is. 6d.
The.produce of the tickets for the concert at the Shire-
hall on Wednesday evening amounted to 331/. .The
tickets for Thursday morning at the Cathedral mt. 175.,
The tickets for the concert of the evening of the same day,
together with those of the other five performances,
amounted in the whole to 1,9651. 19s:ed. The second part
on Thursday morning at the Cathedral consisted of a selec-
tion of the most favourite pieces. from the oratorio of
Stirlson, in which all the principal singers bad t"icir
share of 'golds, &c. Mr. Vaughan went through the
whole of the music allotted to him On this inettiing.
Mr: Bellamy executed the air " Honda and Arms," in
which he eminently excels, in his best manner. The
celebrated air, " Let the bright '§er3phim," was a master-
piece of perfection in Miss Stephens 's singing it, as was
Mr. Harper's obligato accompaniment on the trumpet. The
latter performer has attained such a mastership of that dif-
ficult instrument, as, in the recollection of the oldest pro-
fessional man, no other performer ever attained to, and it
may be truly said of him, he never fails.
The third part consisted of the flirt choice selection of
favourite pieces; it would therefore)oe invitlio6t4to notice.any
in particular. The choruses wereof tlielatite'rank, sub-
limely grand, full, and effective.
The Shire-hall, in the evening, was filled With elegant
company. The performance commenced with the o,vertnre
to Der Freisehutz, which was encored. The Inntinj; j
in the same piece was also encored. The trio, " Sound.the
loud Timbre'," by Miss Stephens, Miss Travis, and Mr.
Bellamy, was encored. Miss Stephens was encored in
" The Warrior," accompanied on the trumpet by Mr.
Harper. Mr. Vaughan attended and sung one of his
songs,.bitt his health would not . permit him to remain to
sing the second. Miss Paton and Signor de Begnis sand
several Atalian songs, and a duct, which was encored. Mi
Paton was also encored in the Scotch ballad, " Banks
-Allan Witter." In fact, the audience appeared to enjoy
the music extremely, there being more encores than on the
two previous evenings. Mr. Nicolson's performance of a
concerto on the flute, in which he excels all others, was
very fine.
A young lady of the name of Cann, a native of Here-
ford, only eleven years of age, was introduced into the or-
chestra, although not advertised, to perform a concerto on
the flute, probably an unprecedented performance for a
female in public. She performed Drouet's concerto of
" God save the King," with variations, in which she kept
up the melody, and played the variations as double notes,
Of triplets, as it is called, to the great astonishment of the
gentlemen composing the band, among whom was Mr. Ni-
cholson, who expressed his high opinion of her extraordi-
nary talent. She is a pupil of Mr. Williams, the cele-
brated performer on the clarionet, who played the principal
clarionet at this Festival, and accompanied Miss Stephens
in an Italian song in a superior manner. Miss Calm also
excels on the harp and piano-forte.
After each concert there was a ball in the Shire-hall,
which was in general kept up till about two in the morn-

ing.
The Bishop's and the Dean's houses have been open for
the entertainment of a numerous assemblage of their friends
during the meeting. J. Smith, one of the principal officers
of BoW•street, attended, upon a special application to
Sir Richard Birnie, and great order was preserved with the
carriages, which were extremely numerous. The meeting
was not considered crowded, owing to some of the prin-
cipal families and their connexions being prevented from
attending; some from deaths; one of them, Sir John
Cotterel, is in mourning for the loss of his second son,
from a premature death, occasioned while near the River
Wye; he slipped into the river, and was so thoughtless
that instead of going home he continued fishing in his wet
clothes. The collection of the Charity is considered very
liberal, being about ISO/. 'more than the last meeting ; but
the produce for the sale of tickets is a sad falling off, not
amounting to MO/. and the expenses will be about 18001.,
so that the Stewards will be about 1001. out of pocket each.
This is considered the largest collection that was made at
anv of the three choirs, except when the late King attended
• the Worcester meeting.