The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

The engagement of M. Jullian and his unrivalled mu-
sical corps gave renewed zest and interest to the enter-
tainments at the gardens last week. The attendance on
Monday and Tuesday was very numerous, and some
fashionable parties were present. The concert took place
in the Concert-hall, which was crowded to suffocation.
The whole programme was so attractive, and the band
has such a high reputation, that the crowds of anxious
visitors were as eager to hear its combined effects as to
receive delight from the individual efforts of the cele-
brateJ solo performers who were present, the renowned
Vieuxtemps, the admired Herr Koenig, and otbers of not
less note. It will be seen by the advertisement, that the
public of Liverpool will have several more opportunities
of hearing these 'celebrated artists, of which we advise
them, by all means, to avail themselues. As our space is
circumscribed, and we have been particularly requested to
copy the following, which appeared recently in a contem-
porary publication, we must forbear to enlarge on the

"Mons. Prospere, Herr Koenig, and Mons. Vient-
temps have charmed us with the delightful melodies of
that celebrated vocalist Pishek, which he has sung during
the two past London seasons at the Philharmonic and An-
cient Concerts with the most extraordmary success. By

the different style_
to believe that the report of his possess,"
digious of tenor, baritone, and bass must be correct.
~..et that his engagements at Stutgardt have not al-
Weed us a chance of a visit to this town this season; but
we hope that next year we may be more lucky; but the
committee of the Gentlemen's Concert at Manchester,
with their usual activity, engaged that star, whose success
was complete. We perceive that a London contemporory
thinks his performance of Don Juan is worth a pilgri-
mage to witness, and that he has refused the most flatter-
ing offers from the Italian manager. He is also the only
person who has ever approached the mystic music of the
Maestro Sphor, or interpreted the santastic work of the
greatest poet of Germany, Goethe. We subjoin the
translation of the scena of Faust, as played by Herr
Koenig, sung by Herr Pischek :

of the three instruments, we are led
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" RECIT

From very hell will I ravishablessing,
Despite its dread magnificence of ill; •
Mature, thou fiend! this blossom of my wishes,
The fragrance now, hereafter be the thorn ;
Where love hash stor'd with fruit a blooming bower,
To pluck its dainties, grant, 0, grant the slave

pow'r I

"4 ARIA

" Clad in brightest. purest beauty,
Springs a ilow'ret from the mind,
Picturd truth, and prompted duty,
With its sweetness dwell combint

Searching far a holier blossom,
Vainly I might rove;
lcurtur'd on my Rosa's bosom,
Dwells divinest love.

" ' Poor dreamer I to think thou'rt given,
Charms so created of Heaven.
Demons rise round me to mock my despair,
And the might of hell's horrid night.
Fiend-like, hope from my being would tear.
Fierce through the string of this fatal anguish.
Love's balmy nectar its poison can vanquish,
Come. then, come. then

" ' Come, then, love, around my aching bosom
Be thy cheering tendrils twin'd,
May thy poor and flagrant blossom
Breathe its heaven o'er my mind.",