New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-02
second Concert of signora CASTELAR,.

Second Concert Of Signora Castellan.
On Friday evening last this lady gave her Sc
cond Concert al Washington Hotel to an audi
ence of about 400 persons. The performance
consisted OF two symphonies Of CalIivoda, very
well chosen and very well directed by Mr.. Timm,
but very improperly called oyertures. During
the evening Signora CASTELAR, sang first the
beautiful air Regnara mel siIenzio, from Lucia
di Lammcrmoor, then romance IN French from
Robert lie Diable, followed by an English ballad
: II be no submissive WIFE which was encored :
duet with her husband from the opera Ge1aana
di Vcrgy, and lastly, the final ar from La Som
nambua, All non giunge.'
Previously to this air, Mr. Timm executed
upon grand horizontal piano superb COMPOSE
ton by Moschelles, accompanied by the Orches-
ira; but both composition and execution lost
rood deal OF their effect on account OF the bad
sound of the instrument however, Mr.. Timm's
talent is TOO well known suffer the least by such an IN
fortunate accident The Concert gave us always great
deal Of pleasure The ar OF the in the opera Of
Norma, Neco all altar d Venere, sung by s:gnor Gam
pietro completed the Concert.
la this Concert Madame CASTELAR, again Displayed the
surprising qualities her beautiful She yer!
happy in The OF scales both da;onic and chIo
matte as well as in her shakes aud she moderate
IN the use Of ornaments than the Tabernacle matter
,he,e! /. came from our previous advice her I'M
pulse In all cases We thank her H. and beg her TO
believe that she should use them s,ll more sangy, II she
wishes to produce the most striking eec: upon her hearers
that OF touching them otherwise ws admire oaiy the
tols de torce which hills the expression, and which
leaves us cold the marble Her real friends her leldS
who understand remarks entertain but opinion
more simplicity and good taste, in the highly dramatic
passages where the force of passion cannot be expressed by
ole4es and shakes be they ever so - executed but b!
means of powerful d: we'll swelled aud OF the
eporqmsnto (sur) which the highest degree OF PSos-
ate expression Yes, Sgnora many Of your trends VINO
admire the beautiful germs Of which possess would
have wished that you had omitted at the end OF the Adago
in the air Of the Somambua here the stop poin dorsue
occurs those t ascending and descending chIomatc scales
which were repeated twice and which, although they were
beautifully executed, have nevertheless spoiled Tie dramatic
effect which the sense ofhe words require great deal OF
discrimination necessary 10 know how to make use oi The
resources THE voice 1t acquire this discretion parilc
ularv tha, We maintain that YOU should hear the great mas
trs of urope and be guided by them Yon would theniee
that you take TOO great liberty changing at every moment
the movement Of the time. You would then comprehend that
the thought OF the composer suffers OF t
kind of lic.rce which be abandoned If we wish 10
keen within bounds Of good We make these remarks
which may appear very frank and which So but which
we believe perfectly ust the Profession winch speaks
10 YOU and with friendly advice anxious TO see you placed at
rho bbet raak III the scale Of artistic merit, TO which an
EXQUISITE mechanical execution does not lead but genius
alone which is beautiful and sublime in proportion IS
simple naive true natural spontaneous snd dvesed Of all
effort.
We are happy to inform the public that Tuesday ere
ming the same place the Concert Of Sgnor CIoFfr the
celebrated performer upon the Trombone, VIII take place
The extraordinary talent Of this artist of the first order, who
has conquered all the natural asperties Of his Instrument
and reduced it to the sotncss of hahuman voice would
be alone sufcien to fulfil all the conditions of an excellent
concerts but let examine his programme, and with
what combination Of ottraction and genius he has
surrounded himself Two Of the artists who lend
him their aid are already well known signor Anog-
mini and Mr.. Wallace--one the greatest Tenor who
has been in America after Garcia the other know not
whether call him the greatest pianist vionis
poser superior he these three branches The third
traction and still unknown the American publicNIiss
Sophie Gertz of Norway, OF whose fine genius have al
ready spoken previous articlesmakes her debut in this
assembly of great artists herself worthy member of the
eletd schierd, Choice band)
u THE NEw-YoR EXAMINER, is the title Of