20 APRIL 1861, Page 17

There was a performance of Molique's new oratorio, Abraham, at

Exeter Hall on Wednesday even in„ in aid of the funds of the Middle- sex Hospital. This work, it will be remembered, was originally produced at the Norwich Festival in September last, when it made a. great impression. Its performance on Wednesday drew an overflow- ing audience, was on a grand scale, and must have been of substantial benefit to the hospital. This noble oratorio, the greatest work of its class that has appeared since the Elijah of Mendelssohn, ought to be produced by the Sacred Harmonic Society, whose very limited re, pertory stands in need of some addition.