THE BENEFIT CONCERTS.
THOSE of the present week have been HANVES, on Monday even- ing ; Nicitoesost and WILLMAN'S, on Wednesday morning; and Mrs. ANPERSON'S, on Friday morning.
The first was strictly an English vocal concert, the whole orches- tra consisting of a pianoforte. Most of the principal English singers gave their assistance ; and with such help, a better selec- tion of Glees and Songs might have been produced. Some of the Madrigals were finely performed, and afforded great pleasure to a numerous audience.
NICHOLSON and WILLMAN'S concert was chiefly distinguished by the Concertos of these two eminent professors, and two Concer- tantes (principally for wind instruments) by NEUKOMM and CEIE.• LARD. A piece of impertinence on the part of one of the principal singers deserves notice. Madame PASTA received twenty guineas for her assistance at this concert; refused to attend a rehearsal; and then insulted the band and the audience by insisting upon singing with no other accompaniment than the pianoforte, in a piece which required orchestral effect—because it had not been rehearsed. The vocal music, with the exception of two Songs of MOZART, sung by Mrs. BISHOP and Miss CLARA NOVELLO, was of the stalest and most worthless character.
. Mrs. ANDERSON gave us, with her accustomed good taste, BEET- HOVEN'S splendid Concerto for the Pianoforte in G, and his de- scriptive Fantasia, with its vocal conclusion. Both were very finely played. Madame MALIBRAN, who had been announced, was com- pelled by the terms of her engagement at Drury Lane, to decline appearing at this or any other concert. Her place was supplied by CINTI. The room, nay even the orchestra, was crowded with fashionable auditors.
We have to apologize to Mrs. BISHOP for having, by a slip of the pen for which we scarcely know how to account, substituted Miss Massores name for hers in the Duetto "Bella Ninfa," at Mr. VAUGHAN'S concert : and we beg to repeat, that the perform- ance of this beautiful duet was one of the best things of the evening.
Cisrri and RUBINI sing at the Philharmonic on Monday night, and MENDELSSOHN and DE BERIOT play.
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