The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-27 00:00:00

LIBRARY OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE DUKE OF YORK.
mit. SOTHEBY has tile honour to announce
11 the Catalogues are now ready for delivery, and
may he had (price 35.) of Mr. Parker, Oxford ; Mr.
Deighton, Cambridge ; Mr. Laing, Edinburgh ; Messrs.
Hodges, Dublin ; Messrs. Robinson. Liverpool ; Messrs.
Robinson and Bent, Manchester ; Messrs. Payne and Foss,
Pail-mall ; Messrs. Longman and Co., Paternoster-row ;
Mr. Murray, Albemarle-street ; Messrs. Arck, Cernhill ;
and Mr. Clarke, Bond-street.

PERFORMANCE OF SACRED MUSIC AT
SAINT BRIDE'S CHURCH.

A Selection of Sacred Music was yesterday per-
formed, at St. Bride's Church, Fleet-street, in aid
of the funds of the City of London School of In-
struction and Industry.

The principal vocal performers were—Madame
Caradori, Miss Cawse, Miss H. Cawse, and Miss
Stephens ; Mr. IS raharn, Mr. Philips, Messrs. Hawes,
Horncastle, Terrail, and E. Taylor. The performers
in the chorusses were assisted by the celebrated
Lancashire female chorus singers, and the young
gentlemen of the Chapel Royal and St. Paul's Ca-
thedral. Mr. F. Cramer acted as leader of the band,
which was numerous and select ; and Sir George
Smart presided at the organ, to which a long move-
ment had been added expressly for this occasion.

The first part of the performance consisted of a
selection from Handel's Sacred Oratorio of the Mes-
siah, with the additional accompaniments by Mozart,
and commenced with the recitative of " Comfort ye,
my people," which was magnificently sung by
Braham. The recitative, " For behold darkness
shall cover the earth," together with the accompa-
nying air, " The people that walked in darkness,"
has been long admired as a splendid specimen of mu-
sical expression. The sound is strictly an echo to
the sense. In the commencement, the notes stagger
forth, with a blind and uncertain power, like people
who grope and stumble in the dark. All is Cim-
merian obscurity—a darkness which may be
felt—
till the measure suddenly changes, and a flood of mu-
sical light pours upon the sense. It is the melody
of light and shade.—At the end of the first Part
Mr. Mather, the Organist of the Church, gratified
the Assembly with a fine extemporaneous perform-
anL e on t'ie organ, and considering the disadvantages
under which he laboured, the organ having been al-
tered for this occasion, we have seldom heard a
more pleasing display of science.
The second part consisted of Atwood's Corona-
tion Anthem ; sel,ctions from Haydn's Oratorio,
" The Creation ;" some of Handel's most favourite
performances ; and three compositions, from the
works of Sir John Stevenson, Guglielmi, and Bee-
thoven. The duet " Hear my prayer" was delight-
fully sung by the two Misses Cawse ; and Braham
did full justice to " Luther's Hymn," aided as he
was by the organ accompaniment of Sir George
Smart, and the trumpet obligato of Mr. Harper.
One of the most delightful pars of the pe-fo-mance
was Madame Caradori's singing of the air " Gratias
agimus," assisted as it was by Mr. Willman's asto-
nishingly sweet execution on the clarionet.
The performance was respectably and numerously
attended, we should think not fewer than 1,200
persona were present.