The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-12 00:00:00

YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

YORK, Thursday',
t concert, last night, in the Assembly-roome-, Was at-
Need by the Royal party, and the struggle fee places was of
ost :
andtJating description. The tumult was for a time
• St°ll. Iv but still very amusing. The stevvarda were mo-
called upon to restore order, but all their efforts
;17° of little avail during the gre,lter ortion of the first parmt.
11413' half an hour before the concert p
commenced, the roo
.113 crowded to excess, and when the Duchess of Kent and
fue Princess Victoria arrived, they were compelled to remain
• short time in the ante-room until a passage could be
ned for them, as every spot or room was occupied. The
i:icert commenced et eight o'clock, and as company continued Korea
in till nine, the., confusion that resulted from Ruth an
vf may be easily imagined. Between ;.co end three
eveus!nd persons were present. They wen not all, how-
flier, m. the concert-room, for several hundreds had to eenteht
16,44 eaves in, the supper-rooms adjoining. The rehire in
kll-• lower end of the room was, for a time, terrific, and I
I.4i°! of one instance of a man (a medical gentleman. tom)
fQr,tl"tg from the dreadful heat and exertion ;—whet, there-
e,.; Must it have been for the ladies, whe tbmposed the
z'rest',r portion of the audience. The squeezing y
4p"ltin experienced was by no means of the tendere stand Must
~f:tccable kind, and a number of elegant dresses bore sad tokens
~a tremendous conflict. For fully an hour stewards' wands
constables' staves were vainly brandished, for the un-nee-1-
47 struggle still continued. One gentleman from the gallery
:tic a speech full of pathetic appeals to the gallantry of his
l, and vowed that the ladies should of all things be accoran
tr dated with seats ; hut the speech concluded, the gallant bra-
ti't managed to stick to his own. Another gentleman, who was
/48Y, was said to be carrying his gallant disposition a leetle tot)
,oand he expelled tt et armis, Just as this bad been
mplistaed I found an old gentleman of at least 14 stone
eight gentleman
and and and with a tremendously red face, spreWling by my side,
had fallen in endeavouring to obtain a better veiw. A
N.-I lady, who was with him, was vainly endeavouring to
i,7g. him ; but without assistance he might have lain till morn-
i:tnhHe was no sooner on his legs, however., than he essayed
iliVer attempt, and succeeded in getting upon a form, cling-
ieerously round a pillar that was in front, to genre him
place. His portly body was an annoyance to a number
te. adios who were behind him, and there was an immediate
to him to come dow-a. But the old " climbing boy" stuck
toot "Is post, and wac; " deaf as a post" too. Nothing- could
atee hint. He was hollow in the minority, but he declared
riniaedly he wouldn't resign. To prevent further confu-
mi'‘ki. a. matter of prudence, he was suffered to remain.
txtt this time the concert was going on. Something like
-"et was last restored, and the performance proceeded
4i,t at
'flout further interruption. It is at the evening concerts
that Grisi, Lablache, and Rubini have full opportunity for
o,,ti,isplay of their powers. The highly-finished singing of
the s-
especially, in a great degree falls short of effect in
vast space of the Minster. His piano tones are lost, ex-
,,pt to those who are pretty near to him, but in the concert
01 every note is distinctly heard. Grisi, too, seems to be
4), at home when she gets among her accustomed music ;
last night, she seemed resolved to show to the audience
11;114 she was capable of doing. I have never heard her to
p,?1:„C advantarre • In the terzetto (Carolina, Elisetta, and
Matrimonio Segretto and in the celebrated ea-
siteint in Gazza Ladra, "Di Placer,„ she sang exqui-
thr!, and, was most rapturously applauded. She was two or
t),ree
tiraes encored during the evening, and nothing but a
decency prevented a call for a repetition of every
She was evidently wound up for exertion. She in a
)47,1er toyed with her voice, and played with it as an angler
ki °id with a trout in the stream. Lablache and Rubini were
kiB; in fine tune, and several ducts and trios were delightfully
fall from I Puritani,' Tancredi, &c. Phillips and Braham
I,l,inothing short. The glee " Blow, blow, thou wintry
Ilf`t," was very sweetly sung by Mrs. Knyvett and Messrs.
VejiWkins, Bennett, and Phillips. Mrs. Bishop, Miss C. No-
the cs, and Miss Politans, also took part in several piecy!, but
14 burden of the evening concerts is thrown upon Grist, La-
ctic, seri and n and Rubini.
course ju
of jun.,
evening, Mori, who leads in the as-
b;•l°l3,-room, played a rondo on the violin with great sweet-
% 8844 The execution was in his usual brilliant style, and called of applause.
4 ‘ndperformance this morning in the Minster, cons:sted of
za7cellaneous collection from the works of HPndel, Mo-
og
th Spohr, Haydn, &c. The attendance war greater than
C two former days, and the scene wag if anything more
eete.lldid than either yesterday or Moncay. The Royal party
teateeq „aCeolnpanied as on the two preceding days, and were
11-,s the order already mentioned. The only novelty
posibrand chorus, composed by Neukomm expressly for the
forP'al. The composer himself conducted during its per-
cent44.llce• It seemed to give satisfaction ; but it does not
.eleta'n more than two or three passages of a particular cha-
tiollsr, and these arc expressive of delicate and tender
emo-
N, ' Brehm sang the air, "0, Liberty, thou choicest
veey
vel
effecti, accompanied Lidley, o the
detd"cello, and finely they accompanimentby wasn n played. In-
pass the s'strumental portion of the performance far sur-
Pariits wiir.t was heard sat the former concerts ; and the accom-
cn's are especially deserving of the highest praise.
PNit,),rA Brougham appeared yesterday in the -Minster, accom-
ati
mbicet by his daeghter. T Noble and Learned Lord was
of considerable cu hie sity.
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