The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-16 00:00:00

APOLLO VOCAL CONCERTS.

The third of these concerts was held on Wednesday evening,
at the concert-room, Adelphi Hotel, before a very crowded and
highly respectable audience. We suppose there were upwards
of 250 present.
Beethoven's Symphony in D was given with great effect on
the piano-forte, by Mr. G. Holden and Mr. W. Combe. The
overture to the second act (Frieschutz) we did not think so
well adapted for a piano-forte, (even as a duet,) although it was
evidently very well performed.
" The Battle of Mute.," by Mr. G. Hargreaves, of this town,
was sung in a very judicious style by Mr. Pemberton. It is a
composition of very great merit; and, we have no doubt, with
instrumental accompaniments would be exceedingly effective.
The modulation into C minor, at the part—" But sorrow clouds
the Moslem brow," was highly impressive, evidently showing
r the gift of genius_ -
•• (,fuel sembiante" was well given, but we do not think it
exactly suited for a concert-room ; at least it is not one of Ros-
sini's happiest productions.
Bishop's well known song,i " Tell me, my heart," was de-
servedly encored. , Indeed Mss Pott's gave it with a degree of
sweetness that we have very rarely heard.
" Crudel perche," by Miss Johnson and Mr. Caird, also re-
ceived a very general encore. We can only say that their
voices assimilated so well that we could have listened to them
with increased satisfaction a third time. The finale to the first
act, "Cielo it mio labbro," was certainly the greatest morceau
of the evening. Knowing the difficulty, the extreme difficulty,
of this concerted piece, we were not a little astonished at hear-
ing it executed in such a finished style. We think, in selecting
this composition,. the, conductor seemed determined to put the
vocal talent of the town to the greatest possible test; but we are
sure that he must (as did the whole of the company) feel the
highest gratification and satisfaction at the result.
Had it not been for the length of this quartet, and the feeling
the audience had that it was almost unreasonable, an encore
certainly would have been demanded. We beg to suggest to
the conductor that this delightful quartet he repeated at the
next concert, as we are sure it will be warmly welcomed by the
whole of the subscribers.

In the second act, Mr. Brown played Nicholson's twelfth
Fantasia for the Flute in a very superior manner. The air,
" Savourneen deelish," was given with a delicacy of feeling ana
mellownese of tone that was extremely creditable to him.
In the scena " 0, 'tis a glorious sight," Mr. Caird evinced
considerable musical powers. At the part " Mourn all ye
maidens," Mr. C. gave it with a pathos and tenderness of ex-
pression highly creditable to his profession. .
" Lo here ! the gentle lark," was sung by Miss Johnson in
an effective style,----she was deservedly encored, although we
felt sorry, as she was evidently very much indisposed the whole
of the evening. " Though he be now a grey grey friar," as the
finale to the last act, would have been more effective had then)
been a chorus, it seemed to be too weak as a finale. We can-
not conclude these remarks without expressing our congratula-
tion to the conductor, Mr. G. Holden, for his very excellent
selection of mnsic for this concert.