There have been a good many concerts this week; but
the style of concert-giving is much changed from what it was a few years ago. The great morning concerts, which used to be the favourite fashionable lounges, have almost disappeared, and have been succeeded by numerous concerts, chiefly serial, on a small scale, and consisting of chamber music of a recherche kind ; such as the Musical Union, the Beethoven Quartet Society, and others of a similar kind given by individuals. These, with the Philharmonic, the performances at Exeter Hall, and Enlleh's choral concerts, are the principal entertainments of concert-goers.
The only concert of this week on the old plan was irnst'e, on Monday evening. It was an enormous mélange of music, performed by a host of singers and instrumentalists ; and the Hanover Square Room was crammed to the doors. On the morning of Monday, Square Billet had an excellent classical concert, consisting chiefly of his own very fine per- formances on the pianoforte ; and M. Blagrove had a quartet concert at the rooms in Mortimer Street on Thursday morning, where several mas- terpieces of Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssobn were admirably exe- cuted. On Tuesday evening, there was a successful performance of Elijah at St. Martin's Hall, for the benefit of the Royal Asylum at Brixton Hill ; it was under the direction of Mr. Huila, and the choruses were sung by the members of his upper singing-classes. Signor Brizzi had a matinee at the new Beethoven Rooms, consisting chiefly of vocal pieces by the stare of the Royal Italian Opera.
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