THE SOCIETA ARMONICA. • WE suspect sfe have not bestowed
on the proceedings of this institution, -Awing - the present season, the attention which they are entitled to. It is a junior Philharmonic Society; and the ground has been so preoccupied by the senior Of the frater- nity, that the younger has not attracted any great notiee from the public in general. Its concerts, however, are attended by nu- merous, and really musical audiences ; and, to judge from that ofMonday evening, they are in hardly any respect inferior to those of the Philharmonic Society. The Orchestia seems nearly identi- cal; we recognize the "old familiar faces," from DRAGONETTI and LINDLEY in the foreground to HAapau in the extreme distance. The instrumental works of the great Masters are, consequently, performed with the same effect as at the Philharmonic ; and, as to vocal music, we have se:dom listened, at the Philharmonic, to so careful and judicious a selection as aril of Monday. * The compo- sitions performed on this occasion, though generally:excellent,' are too well known to our musical readers to admit of particular remark. We were never more charmed with the vernal freshness of' -BFETHOVEN'S Pastoral Symphony, nor More animated by the fire of the Overture to Anacreon. 'We heard TAMBURINI for the first time in a song of MOZART'S, " Non pin andrai ;" and he sung it as chastely as ally German could desire. Madame SCHRCEDEn constituted the great vocal attraction. She sang a great deal ; and always in that high tone of feeling, and pure style- of execution, for which she is distinguished. Her po ers are not confined to the German style ; her manner of singing ROS.iINI'S beautiful duet, " Anior possente nome r was admirable. The tenor part of -this duet (bating a sort of undefivable French je ne sais poi) was very finely sung by NOURRIT.
Altogether, this is an excellent society ; and the Philharmonic had better look to their laurels.
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