PRINCIPAL CONCERTS.
The Philharmonic concert of Monday—the last but one—was pro- nounced, by the unanimous voice of the audience, the best of the season, and probably of many seasons; for it did not contain a single piece with which the most fastidious criticism could find fault. The Symphonies were the G minor of Mozart and the Pastorale of Beethoven. There were three Overtures of the highest class: Weber's Oberon, Beethoven's Fidelio, and Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage—a piece which, what- ever may be thought of its success as musical painting, is very character- istic of its illustrious author. Mr. Cooper performed on the violin a Con- certo by Maurer; and delighted as much as surprised the audience by his highly finished and beautiful performance. Everybody wondered where so much talent had lain so long concealed. Mr. Cooper, we understand, was a pupil of the late Spagnoletti, and has since followed his profession chiefly at Bristol. Now that be is deterre, we hope the London public will not lose sight of him again. The singers were Madame Viardot-Gar- cia and Mademoiselle Corbari. The former sang the fine scene from Zin- garelli's Romeo e Giulietta containing the famous air " Ombra adorata "; which we would gladly have heard from her on the Covent Garden stage on Tuesday evening, in place of the rubbish of Bellini or Vaccai. Corbari sang Elvira's great aria in Dan Giovanni; and both ladies sang a pretty duet from Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte.
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