The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-07 00:00:00

YESTERDAY EVENING'S CONCERT.

The concert last evening was excessively crowded. Towards
afternoon tickets for the performance began to be in demand,
and we have heard of double prices having been offered even
for gallery tickets. Tickets for the reserved and unreserved
seats were unobtainable long before the time of closing the sale,
and it is said as many as 700 persons were turned away, for
whom there was not room. As it was, a great number of tickets
were sold more than had at tiist been determined upon. The
unreserved seats were full as early as seven o'clock, It was
truly a brilliant sight when the whole of the company had got
seated. Such a galaxy" of beauty and fashion has been rarely
witnessed.

The neatness and Grecian style of finish of the orchestra,
the warmth of colour which the crimson cloth linnings of the
seats gave to all, and the immense and gaily dressed mass of
-human beings, all sparkling with joy and sprightliness, placed
in amphetheatre style, tier aboie tier, and crowded to the very
ceiling.—when seen iu front, formed a magnificent spectacle.
It is hardly possible to have a more suitably adapted building
for such a purpose than the amphitheatre.
It will be seen from the subjoined programme, that the in-
tended musical' treat for the evening was highly attractive, and
more particularly the second
.part, which is a selection of a
more popular character ; subjoined is a syllabus:—
Conductor, Sir George Smart.—Leader of the Band, Mr. Loder.

PART 1.

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Sinfonia .....Haydn.
Air, Mrs. A. Shaw, " Gia del gauge," ..(Saladino).. Vaccaj.
' Trio, Mrs. Wood, Miss Birch, and Mr. H. Phillips,
Take heart, my S,on."....(Fidelio) Beethoven.
Scena, Mr. Braharn, " 0 'tis a glorious sight," (Oberon)
..C. M. Von Weber.
Duetto, Mrs. WoO4 and Mrs. A. Shaw, " Eben, per 'ilia moto
moria,"....(La Gazza Ladra) Rossini.
Aria, Madame Caradori Allan," Come per me sereno,".... (La
Sonnambnla)
Dialogo Brillante, for Flute and Clarionet, Messrs. Nicholson
and Willinan Bochsa.
Quartet, Mrs.. Wood, Mrs. W. linyvett, Messrs. E.Taylor and
H. Phillips, " Lo ! the early beams of morning,"
(Siege of ochelle) Balfe.
Air, (M. S.) Mr. H. Phillips, "The Old Wife." J.H.Griesbach.
Cenrerto Violin, M. Ole B. Bull Ole B. Bull.
Finale to the First Act of " II Tancredi," Madame Caradori
Allan, Miss Bircir, Mrs. Wood, Messsrs. Braharn. Ben-
nett, H. Phillips, aud Chorus, "Cie!! che cocci." Rossini.
PART H.
Overture, to " Fidelio." • Beethoven.
New air, Mrs. Woods, "The Mermaid's Cave.".. C Horn.
'Duetto, Madame Caradori Allan and Mr. H. Phillips,
" Di capricei," (Coradino) Rossini.
Cavantina, Mr. Bennett, " Si uella tombs," (II Bravo)
..Marliani.

Extemporaneous duet, (upon, any
_given themes)
Harp. M. Bochsa, and Violin, M. Ole B. Bull.
Recit. and air, Mrs. W. Knyvett, " Auld Robin Gray,"
.The Rev. H. Leeves
Duet, Messrs. Braham and Phillips, " The Butterfly"
B. Sale.
Scotch ballad, Madame Caradori Allan, " Coming through the
Rye."
Chorus of prisoners, " 0 what delight." The solo parts 'by
Messrs. Bennett and E. Taylor. (Fideho) ...Beethoven.
Scena, Mrs. Wood, from the Finale " La Donna del Lago."
Finale - God save the King.
The concert opened with Haydn's sinfonia (No. 8). It is a
sweet and flowing composition, of a Maestoso character. The
piano and legato movements are exceedingly
,sweet.. The solo
part on the violin, executed by Mr. Loiter, was very sweetly
played. It was greked- with a general burst of clapping of
hands. The concluding fugue was executed with great pre-
cision and effect.
An Italian air, by Mrs. A: Shaw, "Gia del ,gange," by Voc-
caj, followed. At the Commencement she was rather husky
and devoid of power. The tine rich tenor tone of her voice was
here very distinguishable. It was however sung with not much
spirit. This style of music is rarely pleasing to an English
male audience, especially by an English singer; it requires
fire and energy. She was slightly applauded.
In the trio- which followed from Beethoven, the audience
were once.more apparently doomed to disappointment. Madame.
Caradori Allan, who along with Miss Birch and Mr. H. Phil-
lips, was announced to appear, was not at her post, and it was
surmised she was ill. Her place, hoc ever,- was most ably filled
hy.Mrs. 'Wood. The piece, which was taken from Beethoven's
" Take heart my Son," was sung in good taste but
went tamely off.
A scena from Weber's Oberon, "0 'tis a glorious sight,',
ollowed, by the veteran Brahatn. He commenced rather flat
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