The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

MR. RYALLS' GRAND ANNUAL CONCERT.

This concert, which we anticipated would prove one of
the greatest musical treats of the season, was given on
Tuesday evening in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street,
which was crowded on the occasion. The programme was
....unity rich in novel talent. In the first place, three
debutantes were announced, in the persons of Miss Saun-
ders (from the York and Sheffield concerts) ; Miss Cle-
ments, a pupil of Mr. Rvalls ; and Miss Eleanor Ward,
pupil of Mr. B. R. Isaac, as a pianoforte performer. Mr.
John Goodall also made his first bow to a Liverpool au-
dience as a violinist, his previous appearance having been
made unannounced, and under most unfavourable circum•
stances as to rehearsal, &c. The other performers an-
nounced were Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. Richardson (flute),
and Signor Giulio Regondi, with Mr. George Holden M
conductor.

It is to be regretted that the audience was deprived of
the full amount of gratification expected, by the envious
interference of the prevailing epidemic, Signor Regondi
and Mr. Holden being prevented from appearing altoge-
ther (the place of the latter being taken by Mr. Frederick
Tivendell), whilst an apology had to be made for Miss
Saunders, who was evidently labouring under indisposition.
In the present state of our columns we cannot afford
space to remark upon each performance in detail ; and
shall therefore pass over the claims to notice of Mrs.
Sunderland, Mr. Ryalls, and Mr. Richardson, whose abi-
lities are already fully recognised. Both of the former
were in excellent voice ; and the execution, by Mrs. Sun-
derland, of Handel's song, " From mighty kings," was a
magnificent effort, and was enthusiastically encored. Its
effect was greatly increased by the pleasing obligsto
movement introduced in the song being taken up by Mr.
Goodall on the violin. Miss Ward's first piece, Bril-
liant Variations on the Grand March from I Puritani, by
by Henry Lemke," was played with a vigour, taste, and
effectiveness which, displayed by so youthful a performer,
took the audience by surprise, and was encored. The se-
cond piece, however, Grand brilliant fantasia on air*
from Giselle, by B. R. Isaac, was her most interesting
effort, from the circumstance of the composer being a na-
tive professor, as well as from the excellence with which
it was played throughout, and, we may add, the intrinsic
merit of the composition. We do not, on the whole, re-
member having witnessed a debtit which was more une-
quivocally successful than this young lady's ; and should
she persevere, sbe must hold a high rank in her profession.
Of neither Miss Saunders nor Miss Clements would it
be fair to express an opinion from their singing on this
occasion. The first was evidently too ill to sing ; and
the latter displayed an amount of nervousness which
equally incapacitated her. —

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his playing on Tuesday fully justified. His rendering of
De Beriot's First Concerto was probably never excelled
even by its accomplished composer, under whom Mr.
Goodall studied ; and we doubt if it was ever approached
by any other violinist. Its instrumental difficulties are
well known. The pizzicata passages were ably mastered
by Mr. Goodall, and the feathering very perfect and ef-
fective. The passage in tenths, at the close—a most dif-
ficult one to even the most perfect violinist—was beauti-
fully managed. Throughout the piece excited a perfect
furore of applause, which in one part almost drowned
the music for a time. A resolute attempt was made to
procure an encore, which, after the exertion required from
the player, was at length given up as unreasonable. The
obligato movement, of which wo have before spoken, _wag
received with equal enthusiasm. -we have: pleasure lit
complimenting Mr. Goodall upon the position which, by
this appearance, he has secured for himself; and, at the
same time, express a hope that the appeal of Mr. Ryalls
himself to the public has been as satisfactory as the judg-
ment displayed by him in the selection of the materials of
this musical treat has been excellent.