VOCAL CONCERTS.
THE second Vocal Concert, on Monday night, consisted of the follow- ing selection 1. Overt ore, Faneleat HIMMEL. Dr GREEN F .
2. Anthem, '0 our hands" Ilonst.EY.
3. Glee, 'What bill4 sOPet bird " 4, Select ion 151t11 "Fs mrst PuireuLt..
5. Cantata, et is el acre his of Bedlam" rester Ls..
6. Madrigal,'' Dmi ti la a valley '' WI LEVI.% SporFoara. 7. Glee," ape c la serve ''
8. Motet, ' Not onto us" F 11ENDELSWIIN Its RTHOLDT.
9. Quintet, Pianoforte, 2 Violins, Viola, and . Itt.1,610LR. smrnr• 5. 5.1,011R.
10. Terzetto," Night's lingering shades"
11. Glee, " Het urn, blest (lAys
12. Aria, Mr. PARRS. junior," II Pensier" HAYDN. 13. Madrigal," Fair ■Iieplierd's L. MA RENZI°.
14. Selection from I.a Clemenza di Tiro l■lozairr. REETIMVF.N. 15. March and Chorus, from the Ruins of Atheas The Directors of these Concerts have, this year, added an introduc- tory overture to the former solitary instrumental piece of the evening; an arrangement which allows its the pleasure of hearing some comp°. suums habiteally (Aphid,. d —we know not sary—from the Philharmonic biIIs: among such. is 111■.■fm.'s h sistiful ()vesture to Funchon. No.
2,1s one of Gar ',theirs-, to which instrumental p ors
Mere judiciously added. P: ■.i.Cs name is always a weleon.c.addr- tton to a concert-bill, provided the performers arc equal to sustain the onerous burden which he imposes on them. In the Tempest they were. The fragment from this charming opera was admirably per. formed ; but it belongs to few singers to display all that Punceets has concealed in his three great Cantatas. They sing the notes correctly ; arid some foolish master, or injudicious friend, assures them that they h we learned the song. But cold correctness will not suffice for Pun. esee.. Natural temperament has as much to do with a perfect develop- ment of Isis power as it correct ear and a tuneful voice. Could flettaisost and Hmeri.t.mAN, although of the saute school, have changed voieee, HARRISON Wollid have failed jun " Let the dreadful engines ;" or rather, he would never have attempted it. The energy and the im- petuosity of BARTLENI AN were as necessary to his performance of this song as his voice. No young lady, she Amy be assured, rem be taught to sing " Bess of Bedlam." Ni, master's pencil-marks will avail aught there. Miss Bitten is LI very clever, correct, :sgreeable siss;er ; but she is ill-advised to touch this song. Every thing else she had to do was done perket good taste. No. 8 is a composition which will sustain its author's voeal reputatiam but it is little else thins a repetition of pas- sages either taken from his other wt kings or those of others. The selection from Tito brought a reminiscence of the pleasures we used to enjoy at the Oj iera. house in past days. The Italiens say that Mozeite could nut write in true opera buffo—that there is too muck grandeur mingled with his gayety. If this be true, (and it is true that the. niece gayety mid sportiv(ness which appear in the comic operas of the Italian school are not 1011111i in those of 3Ioz A tea',) the St my of litus, dramatized by Aliereseesto, muet have been eminently adspted ta his powers ; and he has si ti Illi tis that it was. The selection of this evening did not comprise the most popular pieces of the opera ; but from stud' a work it would he impossible to choose an uninteresting part. It was very well 'scrim med. LUCA MA II ENZIO and WILBYE Stand ill ['Ili! Sallie Mat We position, the one at the he,s.I of the Roman and the other the acknowledged chief of the Eaglielt Madrigal writers. If his countrymen rightly styled the former, " I 1 phi dolee eigno," Our Eeglish swan sang a yet sweeter strain. We never heard "Down in a valley" so well swig, because never before at the Vocal Concerts.
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