Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-04
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From the louisville Jrurnat.
cLE Butts CUNcERT.-This great
artist consented, only abou, the middle OF
he day ycsier day To give concerl, and
last night he Apollo Rooms appearo !
To bc converted into a copy, IN immature
81 The great pei formers Norwegian
N@l>tl oo,n, into whose vortex the whole
city seemed 10 he drawn The rooms
we're titled at an early hour, and crowd
ed almost TO suifucation for three hours,
yet The immense concCuIe showed no
signs of iaugae or sotie y. No musical
genius has ever drawn anything like an
approach to such tan audience belbrc in
this city. aud what is 10 be 6one with
the crowd 10 night we are at as much
oil loss 10 Surmsc. rs we are 10 guess
how any one ever thought Of comparing
Vleux Temps, or Ar;ot 10 Ole Bull.
The two former came here trumperd "a
more than rivals OF the great Norwegian
with announcements ahead OfihemSel YES
oi their expected visils-they came and
drew from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred persons to hear them and gave
no extraordinary qualification by their
performances Ole Bull came at mid,
day, without any notice Of n visit, and
hlled the spacious Apollo Rooms with
an audience OF the elite ofihe CITY, and
held them together for hours with the
enchan,er's rod, leaving them anxious
!or more OF the divine strains.
The performance commenced with u
concert IN a. composed bv Go Bull,
and hl.ed with beaaIiful passages, on
which were displayed the most master
lyeXecurion, and the very fires of genius
giving however, rather promise Of the
good things to come, than the actual
substance.
The second was Paganini's celebrated
Mel CoTpiu, in which there were deve
opmentS Of genius never given in an
equal degree on he violin, except by
The great composer himself. Like Pag
anInI, Ole Bull W S rs original on The
majestic allegro. the playful rondo, and
The merry presto as in The adngio, and
mus piece gave full play to his wonder
,uli powers, in all these points of excel
lence. We have the piece lying before
us. and all lis beauties spring up around
us. while Ole Bulls execution is dancing
IN our memory. The air was played by
him with more simplicity tan i, was
Srltlen by Paganini. 1t seemed to us,
that, while throwing his who e soul into
ms instrument, he kept his p, wers up,
except occasionally. where they would
not be curbed, until he came To- The 18th
variation, on which there fell d shower
OF genius, lighting up with intensity
anu b'lliIancy the entire scene. The
iIh variation in this theme was not Civ
en- IN this. but was reserved for The 9TH
piece, The Carnival Of Venice. 1t was
III this variation that Pag4ninl won such
fame III the alternate bow
and pIzalcato movements, and we cam
mol conceive how ole Bulls execution
could have been exceled even by Pays
aninl The tdgcolet limitations IN the
Sd variation were perfect and made the
audience hold their breath.
The third piece was the celebrated
Qnarie,te, composed by Ole Bull, in
which he introduced Hail Columbia and
Yankee Doodle, with fine effect. The
whole piece is crowded with beau
ties.
The fourth and last piece was tho
Carnival of Venice, partly as written by
Pnganni and partly the composition of
DE Bull. IL The audience had heard
nothing else from the great magician
they would have been we'll repaid, II is
the most wonderful piece Of music we
ever heard The violin becomes SO
nearly vocal in portions o. il, that the
words are easily understood. We can,
not trust ourselves at this time of the
night with the beginning of criticism
either on the merits ofthis composition
or the execution Of it by Ole Bull.
In the intervals Of Ole Bulls perior
mances. Mrs. Webster favored the aud
enCe with one Of Lees beautiful com
positions, entitled Bells upon the Wind
and an pine melody, composed by
Rossini, entitled 'The Aipire Flower
Girl They were sung with her usuaI
rare excellence. Mr. Lehman also ia :
vored us with The Fisherman's Barcorollc
and another piece on his flute, in which
he, of course, acquitted himself with
great credit. He IS an extraordinary
performer.
ESCITFMENr IN CATTARAUGUs CoUSrI