5 MARCH 1836, Page 11

VOCAL CONCERTS.

THE third concert was on Monday last ; and it wss, taken as a whole, the best concert of the season. This was the scheme- s. Coronation Anthem. " MA heart is iuditiug" 2. Glee, " Queen of the valley " HANDEL. 3. Song, Miss woonvarr, "'through the larui" ...... CulaArNan,rFor..

4, Madrigal, " Arise. awake,"

5. Quartetto e Coro. " Tv di grazia" MORLEY. 6. Aria, Mr. PHILLIPS, -Qui stlegno" 7. Glee, •• 0 bird or eve" 11 AVON, 114.01°:1A4r0.11.1TINOTOK. 8. Churns, " The tiger couches"

ISESDOP.

9. Romanza e Rondo Pianoforte, Mrs. ANDERSON

IIVAIMEL.

10. " Sanctus Dominus " Able la secilitia,nolliss RAINFORTII, " Byrom my eyes Wield JAAlcuft'sorr.

11. Duetto. " Dolce dell' anima" 12. Glee, " Go. feeble tyrant" 14. Madrigal. •• When April deckt" L. MARI:rum. 15. Terzetto, •• ()nal silenzio"

ATT WOOD.

16. Aria, Mr. BALER, " 10 credea" HALM

17. Glee. "Ye spotted snakes" STEVENS.

18. Finale, " Per Arai risplende" MOZART.

No. 1, is the finest of HANDEL'S Coronation Anthems : it exhibits more variety as well as more beauty than any of the others. But rarely does an opportunity occur of its being heard. The Vocal Society, at present, seem to have the exclusive possession of it. No. 2. was a choice exhibition of glee-singing, by HAWKINS, T. COOKE, Tuass, PHILLIPS, and E. TAYLOR : we enjoyed, throughout, the luxury of

perfect tune, and the complete union of voice with voice. This was not the case in all the other glues ; especially in No. 7. Mrs. SEGUIN sustained the soprano and the injury which is inflicted on a singer's style by the modern Italian practice of encumbering every vocal piece with noisy instruments, was made palpable in her performance of this glee. She has studied successfully for one school ; but success has been earned at the expense of that delicacy and refinement, that natural, unsophisticated expression, which part-singing unaided by accompani- ment demands. Mrs. SEGUIN is an excellent, steady, valuable per- former, in many respects ; and a little attention to the hint we have thrown out will extend the sphere of her usefulness. It required all HANDEL'S might to stand against the power and pathos which HAYDN discovers throughout his Passion; and espe- cially in the movement commencing " Tu di g)' zia," which exhibits the most finished specimen of his own peculiar manner. It is scarcely possible to conceive, while listening to it, that the composition was not originally vocal. It was very much better performed than on a former occasion.

The " Ssactus" from the Mass by the Abbe VOGLER, is a glorious composition ; and received ample justice. 'the composer is unknown in this country, except at these concerts.

We have reserved to the last the most attractive and successful per- formance of the evening, Miss RAINFORTH'S song. The announce- ment of a debut by a singer of whom not a single "puff preliminary" had found its way into the newspapers, in so arduous an enterprise as the scene from Der Frieschatz, made us tremble for its success. The first fragment of the recitative dissipated all alarm for the singer ; and every fresh movement of this extraordinary composition served only to discover her possession of new powers, capabilities' and perfections. Miss R A INPORTH'S voice is at once sweet, full, rich, and powerful: her style is pure and graceful, her articulation clear, and her expression forcible and judicious. Her singing seems the impulse of the heart, where every tone is modulated as nature directs, rather than as nit pre- scribes. We have heard this song often ; and no English singer- only one foreigner-ever made us feel all the variety of passion which it can be made to display, in an equal degree. Applause, frequently, is not the result of true vocal excellence ; but in this case there was no difference of opinion--the cognoscenti and the unlearned, the orchestra and the audience, united in vociferous and merited approbation. Of this young lady we know nothing, except that she is not a pupil of the Royal Academy: but, judging from her performance on Monday night, we must speedily hear and know more. Much credit is due to the Directors of the Vocal Society for having sought out and produced such a singer at their concerts. C. 111. VON WERIAIL