The second Philharmonic concert, on Monday, was not so good
as the first. No exception, indeed, could be taken to the symphonies,— Haydn's marked Letter Q, and Mendelssohn's in A. This last, which was written many years ago for the Philharmonic Society, has never been published, and is comparatively little known ; but it is a beau- tiful work, and full of the author's genius. The adagio has scarcely been surpassed by Beethoven himself. The overtures, too, were excellent,— Beethoven's Leonora, and Bernhard Romberg's in D. But Mr. Blagrove did himself little credit by his violin solo, a paltry production of Mayse- der ; a mere string of unmeaning passages, fit only to serve as exercises for the instrument. Mr. Charles Selman is a respectable pianist, but his strength was insufficient to grapple with Beethoven's C minor concerto. Mademoiselle Charton sang two of the opera airs she has been singing during the season at the St. James's Theatre ; but she did not seem at home as a concert-singer, and produced no effect. Herr Formes, in two German bass songs, astonished the audience, if he did nothing else, by the " power " of his vocal organ.
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