The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-12 00:00:00

EVENING CONCERTS, ST. JAMES'S HAL

The first of these concerts took place on Monday
evening, under the direction of Mr. Land and Mr.
Frank Mori. With such artistes as Miss Arabella
Goddard, Miss Poole, Madame Gassier, Sims
Reeves, and numerous other efficient professionals,
including the auxiliaries of the Surrey Choral
Society and the "Paris Garde Nationale," it may
' be readily supposed that the entertainment was of
a superior and gratifying class. A new ballad of
Frank Mori's, sung by Sims Reeves, obtained a
rapturous encore, and well deserved it on
the score of musical composition and vocal exe-
cution. The same honour was awarded to
the fine old duet of " All's Well," given by
the above gentleman and Mr. Winn. Miss
Poole charmed her audience, as usual, by her
pure and melodious style of singing. In Land's
" You know not how I've missed you," she
gained immense applause, and gave " Wapping
Old Stairs" with the genuine simplicity of earnest-
ness which always finds its way to the heart. Miss
Goddard played Thal berg's Fantasia ou "Home
Sweet Home," and other compositions, with her
unapproachable excellence and taste, constituting
in hers if a sufficient inducement to tempt us to
a tolerably lengthy pilgrimage to Sf. James's
The Choral Society sang Mendel,sohn's part song,
"The Departure," wiih perfect and pleasing
effect, as they did also the charming ancient
madrigal of M rley's, " Now is the Month of
Maying " bearing date 1595. The band of the
GardeNationale is rather noisy in its character,
and would be far more valuable as a musical ally
for chambi-r music if the brass were a little less
brazen. Crashing and banging are too apt to mar
the perfection of our orchestras generally ; and a
degree of reformation in this cl,partment of concert
and opera art is " a consummation devou. ly to be
wished." The second concer takes place this even-
ing, and the names of Miss Dolby and Mr. Brinley
Richards, added to the already capital programme,
must draw such an audience as the performance
claims.

MADAME SZAR VADY'S MATINEE

MUSICALE.

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Madame Szarvady is— Wilhelinina Clauss, the
young pianist who charmed our musical public four
years ago by the exquisite refinement aad expres-
sion of ber playing. She has returned to us in the
charac•er of a matron, but looks as youthful as
ever, and retains all that ingenuous simplicity of
aspect and manner which endeared her so much to
all who knew her. She has announced a series of
musical matt: ees at Willis's Rooms, managed for
her by Mr. Mitchell. The first, was given MAl-
day, and was attended by a large and fashionable
audience, attract d by the remembrance of her last
visit, and the additional reputation which she has
since gained. Her matinee consisted entirely of
pisnoforte pieces, one only concerted, the rest
solo. She played (with Sainton and Piaui)
Meudelssohn s Trio in C minor ; Beethoven's
Sonata in G, op. 31 ; Bach's Chromatic Fan-
tasia and Fugue in D minor ; and several smaller
pieces of Stephen Heller, Chopin, and Alkan.
By these performances she literally enchanted
the audience; and we have no hesitation in laying
that she is not excelled by any pianist that has ever
been heard in this country. To the delightfol qua-
lities which she formerly possessed—execution of
the most pearly clearness, a liquid touch, and a
finger equally soft and brilliant—she now adds a
strength and vigour, a power and volume of tone
not surpassed by any male pianist of the day.
Grace and feeling ale her most striking characteris-
tics. Her melodic phrases are rounded with con-
summate elegance and finish, and at the same time
c'othed with the most true and touching expression.
She possesses, in perfection, the precious gift of
singing on the piano ; the sounds are not only
drawn out in linked sweetness, but seemed actually
to swell and die away, under her fingers. In short,
Madame Szarvady bas revived, and even strength-
ener, the impression formerly made by Madile.
Clause ; and this young pianist will be one of the
great attractions of the season.

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