The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-29 00:00:00

DAY•)

last week isr_ere, '
PoRE
. This 0".70 , SATURDAY NIGHT, HALF-PAST ELEVEN.
irapies 01.0.0 The fourth morning performance was not so well
fig What °CI !tended as we had hoped ; neither was the selec-
; ;rave ad'aluol ts,nt by any means se judicious, or pregnant with
er quartf
:Act. .01P'L1
for ;lite and rich ideas, as any of. the three previous
dearer, bu Js., with the exception of the " Recordari" from
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of sucll2ilig flezart's Requiem, (which, by the way, was given
igher. 'raybt double choir by the elite of the vocalists, in the
Oats 113 U. nkst delicious
Fonda)' ois i• ly subdued manner), accompaniect iA
;„,proveloceo3/4 • !Nay nearer to perfection than ought that had trans-
ed ss. per • let Aired frotn this glorious orchestra during the week,
ke it it," . 4.11.4 altogether the most united and feeling perform-
Zreee'd
eat z. e ever remember to have lent an enrap-
In truth, it had only one qualifying
pleitttuse) and that of a singular nature ; the superior
.; e cation threw every thiog else into comparative
.YetiOrity: Of tilt tiiiicentrated effects of this day's
t,
titit a", most conspicuous for beauty of composi-
-4 I.°°4 good effect in execution, may be
ltea " I was glad," by Atwood, organist to St.
g's. London ; " Rex tremendx Majestis," Storm
/6'; ;Chorus--Haydn; " Jubilati "-- Handel ; Grand
k. 4 004. 635. Chorus—Beethoven from Gardiner's (of Leicester),
aryinf' fo, T
ud ah ,7 a truly noble, grand, and most original
unsPosition, and given with the tremendous energy
§ such a band was capable to impart to the most ener-
getic of all composers ; Chorus " The arm of the
5"."4 --Haydn (from the aforenamed Oratorio,
Sog • ~Judah"), a niOst lovely piece of writing, replete
:,"',lth elegant phraseology, original ideas, and all that
Vernarkable clearness, so delightfully consPicuouS
7,1 irotighout the voluminous productions of the ami-
-131 'composer ; " From the censor curling rise"—
a Double Chorus, for which species of
1501. '!vriting this giant in music was most felicitous in his
‘tl)neeptions, and, if we mistake not, was the original
:011.0Pounder ; " Your harps and cymbals sound," by
same composer. Another Double Chorus,
The Lord shall reign," from " Israel. in Egypt,"
$9) .9*lticled the great , performances of 1828. It
b;',.,4114,:he regretted that so Many inferior Cho-
• •russes of Handers (not those we have already
e'ifnerated) should have been selected, and
'••• more, that there should have been so little
.itldgraent evinced in giving the "Bright Cecilia"
(Tilandel on the same day with the " Horse and
ilis'..Ride;,7 the similitude being so palpable as to
.tender the two compositions tiresome to an unlimit-
', 411egree, and thereby neutralizing the good effect
;of ao fine a chorus_ as that which concluded the
' ,business of this most splendid meeting. Of the
P4i2gs, duets, terzettas, &c. those most remark-
: for. genius in the various composers, and
b-
Aiming execution from the vocalists, must
be
especially enumerated; the " Agnus Dei,"
f`°4l Mozart's "First Mass," Mrs. W. Knyvett ;
On• Mighty Plumes," from Haydn's " Creation,"
qquisitely sung by Madame Caradori. We cannot
ttlT'lrd to pass in silence the perfect style which dis-
11Ugnished the efforts of the wind instruments in the
ediutire management •of this delicious song. The
ute being almost obligato for this composition, it is
sroely requisite to add, that, in the hands of so
Inimitable an artist as Nicholson nothing was left
to- 'Wish for,—so that, as a whole, this aria, thus
sung and accompanied, formed one of the most re-
snarlcabie sources of delight, which so frequently dis-
tinguished the exertions of the eminent persons that
graced every part of the orchestra.
As we predicted, or rather reported, the Arch-
lhishop'S commands respecting the song of " From
mighty Kings," were complied with of course, and
kir,s.Paton.again rivetted the mute attention of her
enraptured auditory. She has altogether been pre-
eminently successful here. Mr. H. Phillips again
Was very successful in a song of Handel's, from
1( Deborah:" " Tears such as tender Fathers
IlleC" Of Cimarosa's beautiful composition, called
saerafizio d'Abram"—" Ah Parlate," we have
nought to express but praise, and could heartily desire
'that the approbatiOn could be
,unqualified. We must
however, protest, and that, powerfully too, against
the style called bravura being introduced into the
/*:nglish Church ; nay, we know it has even elicited
the anathemas of the Italian Church, as being too
ti°rid; and it is well known how free the style of
ct'lnposition in this interesting species of music has
become upon the Continent. But divisions and
roulades are positively indecent within the walls of
cathedrals ; and we do hope that a singer's
vanity will for the future not be allowed to compro-
Mae the dignity and solemnity of our places of wor-
ship: Braham • was, quite in his element in the
"euulPassioned recitative, " 0 loss of sight," and
Total Eclipse," Handel. Madame Catalini in-
' ttoduced a song of Cianchettini (a miserably bald
'effusion), and in style one thousand times more re-
Ikehensible than the aria we have just alluded to.
Plus, united to the actually painful intonation of the
‘ocalist, rendered the affair one of unmitigated hoc-
and intolerable disgust: We must not omit
.4raham's splendid efforts in the solos of Handel's
peat chorus, " The Lord shall reign ;" it was pre-
• ..elninently sublime. This day's performance evinced
4 want of arrangement in the conductors, or rather
"e• ought in justice t'o say, in the singular
tease, the conductor. There was a space of
More than an hour consumed by improper delay ;
this, combined to the great duration of some of the
Pieien,-rendered the entire exhibition of a some-
•ilat tedious nature, which.was plainly evinced by a
Illtge number of the audience departing ere the 11.

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:ed his ;
ctof .;, gratulation to us, and many other admirers of regu-
tnnot 14titY in musical exhibition, .that this state of things
illustriat'
ere are 513, ft' ea,
not last much longer. " Laus Deo." On the
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turday. whole, this was a disappointing exhibition—not but
tnl),at there was much, very much, that was excellent,
a Bri-Irls'stfoLl
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n his f right ,°tiller festival of 1825, but likely to be much more
gwr SOAri.) ',lMtable to the charities, in consequence of the ex-
lerford Citr, }fil!tlitu'te being much reduced on this occasion by
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AL,ItEMINISCENCE OF AN OLD ETONIAN.-
• b"tit the year ninety-six of the last century, the present
,f ,4,ka of N. was called up to eonstrue. Unfortunately one
cOmplicated'pieccs of Latinity—such as Tityre to
j--`44e• fell to hie lot, which his Grace boggling at, or at
tehaat not exactly hitting it off with plebeian precocity, was
• hfla solemnly but vainly forewarned i—c. My Lord Duke,.
N;i7f You are a great man, and a great blockhead, as you
' be, wouldyou to change the name of your
plaeadvise
e, and call it Lumber-hall' instead of Park."
Alas, oly dear old doctor, thy nasal twang still rings in
fY'eare, but fell unheeded in y6ur pupil's. The name
the Pirk remains as unchanged as the mind of its ducal
This trifling reminiscence will bear honourable
tt of the prophetic wisdom of the late Dr. LANG-
"").-:-3forninq Paper.

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