The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-02 00:00:00

JULLIEN'S CONCERT MONSTRE.

M. Jullien has availed himself of the host of foreign
musical talent of the highest order now in this country,
to get together and combine in one grand series of per-
formances an unprecedented number of first-rate artists,
and a great variety of entertainments. His programme
includes—amongst the instrumentalists, Ernst, Molique,
Joachim, Sainton, Vivier, Blagrove, Halle. Schuluff,
Alexandre, Btllctt, and Madame Stoepel, besides an
orehestre of monster dimensions, comprieirg some of the
moot distinguished members of the best orchestras in
London. In addition to these, M. Jullien announces
that he has secured the services, on particular occasions,
of three military bands. Among the vocal performers
arm unced to appear during the series are Sims Reeves,
Pischek, Braham, Whitworth, Madame Anna Thillon,
Mdlle. Jetty de Treffz, Miss Dolby, Miss Birch, Mdlle.
Nail, Miss Poole, Miss Lucombc', Miss Miran, Mrs.
Mucfarren and Mdlle. Romani. There are also three
distinct choruses; a selected chorus of English artists,
the Huegarian singers, and the chorus cf the German
opera. With such a force as this at his disposal M.
Jullien cannot fail to secure a continuance of that public
favour which has marked his pre:liens efforts. The first
of the series of six concerts took place last night. Any
detail( d description of a performance which included so
mans first-rate artists is altogether out of the question.
We must content ourselves rather with little more than
an enumeration of some of the different items of the
entertainment. It commenced with Felicien David's
ode-symphony, " The Desert," a composition already
known to the musical public from its having been per-
formed here very soon after its first production in Paris.
M. Jullien's monster orchestra rendered full justice
to this fine piece of descriptive music—indeed, it
was en the whole given with a discrimination which
scarcely could have been expected in an entertainment
depending for its success so much on broad and striking
ffects. Much force and weight was added to the per•
formance by the dignified and impressive manner in
which Mr. Vandenhoff declaimed the descriptive verses.
The tenor part was sustain by Mr. Sims Reeves. Be-
tween the first and second part Mr. Henry Smart played
on the organ belonging to the Sacred Harmonic Society
Bach's fugue in A minor. The second part commenced
with Mendelssohn's symphony in A minor (No. 3); and
then followed a miscellaneous vocal and instrumental
concert, of which the chief features were, a German
song by fischek; an air with variations from the Crown
Diamonds, and a " Tyrolienne," by Anna Thillon ; two
of her popular German songs by Jetty de Treffz (who
also sang the "La ci darem" with Pischek) ; a song by
Miss Poole ; and instrumental performances by Herr
Dreyschock and Herr Molique. Braham sang " Deeper
and deeper still" and the "Bay of Biscay," in the latter
of which he was encored. The second part was brought
to a close with the admirable choruses of the Hungarian
singers. Between this and the third part the orchestra
played " God save the Queen," with M. Jullien's "new
arrangement," which of course resulted in an encore.
By this time (nearly midnight) a portion of the au-
dience began to retire; and although the programme
announced that the third part would consist of a "grand
selection" from the Huguenots, with some of the most
distinguished solo performers, the tact of M. Jullien
wase have
dictated an excision, and the performance concluded
with a portion only of the announced selection. The
performance
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