The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-10 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY" GARDENS.-LUnder the
Patronage of h•r Most Gracious Waksty the QUEEN.

GRAND INAUGURATION FEST •VA I: for the Jpenine of the
Colossal Concert Hall; to commence on Tuesday, July 15, 1855, and
terminate on Saturday, July 19 (inclusive).

For th's Grand Inauguration Festival the nrincipal vocalists, in-
strumental soloists, chorus, and orchestra will consist of 1,000 per-
formers.

The Inauguration Ceremony will take place on Tuesday morning,
July the 15th,-at two o'clock, when will be performed Handel's
Oratorio the- Mess ah ; the principal parts wing by Madame Clara
Novello, Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Dolby, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Sims
Reeves. To commence with" God Save the Queen ;" the solos by
Madame Clara Noiello, Miss Dolby, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Reeves,
conducted by Mons Jullien; to be followed by he Old 100th Psalm,
to be sung by 800 voles, and conduct-d by Dr. Wesley.
The first evening performance will take place on the same day, at
8 o'clock ; the second, third, fourth, and fifth. will take place on
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with miscellaneous
concerts, to commence at 7 o'clock every evening, in which the fol-
lowing artistes will appear. Mme. Aiboni, aid Mme. Clara Novello,
Mme. Rudersdorff, Miss Dolby, Mme. Amadei, Fraalein, Jessy Role,
Miss Ranee.. Mlle. Beyer Zerr, Signora Romani, and Mme.
Gassier; Mons. Gassier, 'ions. da Laurens, Signor Ferrari, Mr.
Weiss, Herr Rokitansky, and Mr._ Sims Reeves.
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The evening performances will be arranged as follows :—On Tues-
day evening, a miscellaneous concert; on Wednesday eveninr,
miscellaneous concert; on Thursday evening, a miscellaneous con-
cert; on Friday evening will be performed Mendelssohn's "Elijah ;"
on Saturday- evening, a miscellaneous concert.
Solo pe•formers —signor Sivori, Signor De Bazzini, Signor Platt!,
Signor Bottesini, and Herr Koenig.
Solo pianoforte Miss Arabella Goddard.
Solo pianoforte harmonium Mme. Dreyfus.
The programme for each performance will be shortly published,
and will include' owing the Inauzuration Festival, Beethoven's
•tymphony in C minor, No. 5; Mendelssohn's Sym:ihony in A MI •
nor, No: 3, known as'the Sc .tch Symphony; Beethoven s Pastoral
Symphony; Ilaydn:s Symphony in C Bajor ; Mozart"s Symphony
In E flat; Selections from Weber's operas, Oberon, Freyschutz, Pre-
ciosa; and IZurYanthe: Beethoven's Ruin of Athens ; Mehul's Jo-
seph; Mendelssobn's /summer Night's Dream; Rossini:s Stabat
Mater ; W,ggner's Tannh Inset"; and Felician's David's Desert. •
1 he following overtures will be pe•forined :--Weber's Jubilee and
Euryantbe, Beethoven's Egmont and Leonora, Auber's Fra Diavolo
and masaniello, Mehul's Jeune Henri, Meyerbeer's Struensee, and
RoSsint's William Tell. ,
Also a new compo.iticn, written expressly for the Inauguration
Festival, by M. Jullien, entitled La Paix. Grande Marche Sympho-
nique poor clouble orchestre et double chceur, avec accompagnement
de harpes.
Conductors Balf.. Mr Benedict, Dr. Wesley, Dr. Wylde,
dir:Amott..Organist of the cathedral, and Conductor of the Festi-
val, Glocester ; '.l r. Done, Organist of tlio Cathedral, and Conductor
of the Festival, Worcester; Mr. T. Smith, Organist of the Cathe-
dral, an 4 conductor of the Triennial Musical Festival, Hereford ; Mr.
Mellon, Lewler and Conductor of the Ballet, Italian Opera, London ;
and Mons. Jullien.

• Further partioularS, including the names of the members of the
chorus and the orche-tra, w:11 be duly announced.
se:l evening performa ice will close with a grant display of fire-
work,.
She prices for the Inauguration Festival will he as follows :
ticket.; of admissien to the gardens and the ground floor Of the Hall,
for the morning or evening concert, 3s 6d. each, if purchased on or
before Monday, July 14 ; it purchased cn the day of the inaugura-
tion, ss. each.
On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 16th, 17th.
18th, 19th. admission to the gardens and the ground floor of the H&J,
half-a-crown each day ; and reserved seats extra, which may be
.ecured only at Jullien and Co.'s, 2'', R gent-street.
Tickets to admit to every performance during the festival week
(two oratorios and four miscellaneous con erts), 10s. 6d.
!•lcason tickets to admit to the gardens and the body of the hall
daring the entire summer season, with subscribers' privileges. 11. is.
Tickets of admission to the gardens and the body of the hall to be
had at the principal libraries and musicseliers.