The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-22 00:00:00

CHORAL SOCIETY,

The annual concert of theaboire Society teolt place, last
night, at the Hanover Square Rooms. Mr. F. Cramer was
the leader of the baud; and Mr. Knyvett occupied the seat of
conductor; but m;ght have been absent without the slightest
detrittietit; in titir opinibii; to the Weil:et:ling Cif the orchestra.
The room was crowded to excess. Upon the whole, the
evening's selection was good, tut the pieces performed wen
not distinguished by any peculiar excellence i❑ their execu-
tion. The chorusses, which at the annual display of a Society
of this character, ought to form the main feature, were ex-
ceedingly limited in number, and very indifferently sung; be-
sides they wanted that mass of voices we have latterly been ac-
customed to hear in chorus. At Exeter Hall they are usually far
more effective than they were last night. The coronation anthem
was but middling. " There round thy starry throne" better ;
but " Glory to God," from Joshua, was actually murdered.
The voices were wavering throughout ; and the trumpet,
through nervousness, we apprehend, broke down. We are
bound to mention, however, as exceptions to the general
failure that the oboe part was well executed, and that the
horn was played by Mr. Rae with peculiar certainty of execu-
tion, and a fine round quality of tcne, such as we delight to
hear from this beautiful instrument. Mrs. E. Knight, in
"Hush ye pretty warbling," choir, sang loudly and coarsely;
but the flageolet accompaniment was nicely played by Mr.
Card. " Angels ever bright and fair," was, as usual, good
in the hands of Mrs. Knyvett, but that lady, we:observed
with regret, sang woefully out of tune in several other pieces.
Mr. H. Phillips' " Lily on liquid roses floating," was sung
with great spirit and chaste expression, and seemed to give
universal pleasure, it being enthusiastically encored. The
glee of Dr. Callcott, " With sighs sweet rose," by Miss
B. Hawes, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Parry, jun.,
was also one of the gems of the evening ; it was
beautifully sung, and Miss Hawes' fine voice and pure style
were particularly admired. Mr. Bennett sung Adams' Posti-
lion's song very prettily in the second part ; but it is a thea-
trical affair, and had no business at the Concert of the Choral
Society. The bells and the crack of the whip, so effective at
St. James's, would not have been " classical and correct" at
Hanover-square ; but they were missed nevertheless. " Adieu
to dear Cambria," a Welsh air, to some very sweet words by
Miss Lawrence, was well sung by Mr. Parry, jun , and still
better accompanied by himself on the harp. In the canzonet
" Come away, love," Miss Birch was not so effective as we
have:been accustomed to hear her; the canzonet itself is long
and heavy. Besides the vocal pieces, several instrumental
solos were introduced at this Concert. In the first part Mr.
W. S. Bennett played Mozart's Concerto in E flat, No. 14 ;
and in the second Mr. Blagrove repeated the Fantasia on
the violin of Maysoder, which he played at the first Concert
for the Philharmonic Society. Both, we need scarcely
say, were well worth hearing. The splendid overture to the
Zaubertiotte stood in the programme as the opening piece to
the second part. The introductory slow movement was
omitted, and the allegro but indifferently executed. In the
course of the evening, Mr. Distin and his sons played two
pieces for five brass instruments—the Kent bugle, cornet-a-
piston, two horns, and trombone. The leading part, the
bugle, was played with a fine quality of tone, and great taste,
added to peculiar command and neatness in the execution of
rapid passages. The accompanying instruments were also
correctly and effectively played, with the exception of the
trombone being rather too loud for the other parts. The in-
troduction, as a whole, was much admired, and was greeted
with enthusiastic applause. The pieces were " Mira 0
Norma," from Bellini's Norma, and " Fatal Goffredo," with
the air " Io L'Udia," from Donizetto's Torquato Tasso. The
arrangement of the music is very skilful, and well contrived to
throw the executive part of the composition into the hands of
those members of the " brass band" who arc competent to
master it.

The Concert concluded with the Hallelujah Chorus, ae-
comranied by the shuffling of the feet of the auditory, who
seemed in an unusual hurry to get away.

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ARRIVALS.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, in Grosvenor-
square, from their seat, Highclere, near Newbury ; the Earl
of Cadogan, in Piccadilly, from Brighton ; Lady Scott, from
Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Warrender, in Eaton-square, from
Brighton; Count and Countess de Salis, from Paris; Sir
Simon Clarke, from Bognor; the Earl of Malmesbury, in
Whitehall-gardens, from his seat, Heron-court, Christchurch;
Lady and Captain Gordon Drummond, from Leamington
Spa ; Captain and Mrs. Gage, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-
street, from their seat Wingfield Park, Herts; the Earl of
Mount Edgecumbe, at ditto, from his villa, at Richmond ;
Mr. Henry Aston, at ditto, from a visit to the Duke of I3eau-
fart, at Badminton, Chippenham ; Mrs. Lushington, at ditto,
from Herts ; Lady Smith, from Brighton ; the Hon. Mr.
Weld and family, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, from
Lulworth Castle, Dorset; Major Brooks, at ditto, from Lan-
cashire; Mr. L. Sheil. M. P., at ditto, from Ireland ; Mr. J.
Power, M. P., at ditto, from Ireland ; Mrs. Townley Parker
and family, at ditto, from their seat in Cambridgeshire ; Mr.
Richard Harrison, at ditto, from Liverpool ; Mr. and Mrs.
St. George, at ditto, from a tour.