Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-06

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Here is q splendid description Of a grand
performance ItH
Nv expectations were raised to the highest
n5int but cannot express how far they
were transcended TO understand the effect
YOU should first orm an idea OF the building.
Just imagine the building, with wails as high
q tolerably ambitious village spire and
then high roof supported BY columns-the
nave 500 feet and the doom Of course spans
something ike loo ieet T. e., It is shaped like
an immense acorn, only being more perfect
spere and 50 solid stone, and so smooth, that
sound which flls il echoes q long time
New at the base OF the dome Zone hundred
leet from the foOr,) where it rests on the
walls, there are one thousand jets Of gas
These all lighted, and SO high as TO be above
the ere, unless the head Is thrown quite back,
reflected fr0n the newly painted walls shoue
down on the multitude, literally like light
from heaven. And when you locked up,
and san the vast quantity Of gold, and gid
ed panels gilded arches and gilded railing,
al So high from 100 to 300 feet) il seemed
ike looking into heaven indeed. The choir
and orchestra, 600 strong, seemed but little
handful in that immense place. The organ
is new and ofimnense power tcost 500, ,eo0)
Tho lord mayor and lord bishop, and prince
eonsort and priRcesses and bishops, &c, &c,
we're there IN state, and ell was grand.
Then the missile Mr. Sins Reeves, the best
singer in London, stood up, and in the open
ing reeitatiye, aComfort "" filed the whole
honss, dome and al, alone. The airs "Come
unto noe, (sWeet beyond expressionl al
know that my Redeemer llveth, ''TheTe was
not any SORROW like unto bis sorrow" He
was despised and rejected oh, it makes rs
better 70 hear these songs at any timei but
/ oy such voices, in such place, and with such
an echo, floating back like q fragment Of
Aapels singing, from shat vast dome, at every
pause, il seemed as though every heart would
| melt and It did seem as though | could love
the savior better than ever before. And then
the choruses, with all voices and instruuaents
1 ---trumpe-s, cymbals, kettle drums, and ob-
gan, with s base vaster and more profound
han you can conceive of. felt my cheeks
burning with the excitement Of joy. could
not bat think how great the genius Of the
great mssier, Handel Here is his work, 50
well rendered before, / thOught-deyelcped
into far exceeding proportions OF palhos, sub
Unity and power by this increa ed force
aOW who can tell the limit to mans capacity
lt heavens enjoyment; for performers and
lrran pedals. eqnal to one thousand more,
and the effect is only enhanced Suppose we
nave six thousand performers, and base thst
shall roll like the thunder Of the storm, it
would only develops power Of the music not
cached bef1re-and then try and think what
the music viii be when thousands and th1us-
nds and ten Zines ten thousands shall strike
heir harps, and blend their voices in a purer air
tnd a nobler song, under the arch Of heaven
tself Oh, it IS worth years Of common life.
tli5one nconcert under the DOME"
/ When they sang, aFor unto Us a child is
born, and repeated it again and again, each
part taking il up anew, and all vieing with
,aeh other, with endless variations, follow
ng with joyful rapidity IN each new repeti-
lion, ana finally ell in unison shouted 2 his
name shall be called the wonderful +" the
whole base force of voice and instrument ard
lrgan, and sll the upper parts in full voice,
IN together thundered it forth " wonderful p
4 started ine from my seat-it was like
thunder-like the voice Of Cod" One Of
the choruses, very loud, had flied the house
IN il all echoed again, and, at the last words,
they all paused and waited for the last vol
anne Of echoes to die away in grand silence
and then poured forth the close, {" saith the
Lord Godi" Itwas sublime; and again, in
the chorus, aseribing glory, and honor, and
wisdom, and power, and riches, and bless
ings' to the saint, the force was increased
At each word and each word followed each, a
great billoW Of sound filing the dome, AMI
echoing, and re echoing again and again
4 increased by each word, until the solid old
arch seemed fairly to shake. And then The
closing " Amen2-the conductor suspended
his baton, and the echoes rolled and gwellet
and died, and then he brought it down agar
one blow. "a" paused until the voice!
md instruments had reached their fulles
power, and the organ, with all stops in us'
had reached a deeper depth than even il
{ deepest thunders before, and every ear wa
strained, and ali stood wondering at the ma
ies.Sc effect wondering to find their very
I.souls rtscking and ringing With the swelling
voices. aud then one more flow, "men," an'
If swelled and sWelled, the organ rolled, tn
great dome gathered up the voices concen
trated therein all in one, and rolled bacl
again the mighty ech0-and the concert wa
ended Correspondence Of the World.