22 MARCH 1851, Page 11

The concerts of classical chamber music have much increased in

num- ber this season ; a favourable sign of progress. During the past week, there have been several, of considerable note ; particularly those of Mr. Sterndale Bennett and Mr. Lucas. Mr. Bennett, on Tuesday evening, with the assistance of Mr. Molique and Mr. Lucas, performed 80111C of the finest concerted pieces of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, and several of his own excellent compositions for his instrument. Mr. Lucas's con- cert, on Thursday, derived peculiar interest from the production of an entire novelty—a posthumous quintett of Mendelssohn, never before per- formed in this country. It was admirably executed by Sainton, the two Blagroves, Hill, and Lucas, and will take its place among the moat beau- tiful productions of its class,