Mr. Hullah's Sacred Concerts, at St. Martin's Hall, commenced on
`Wednesday evening. Handel's Israel in Egypt was performed, on the whole, with great effect. The double choruses, unequalled in difficulty as well as in grandeur, were sung with a correctness highly creditable to Mr. Hullah's puplls ; all that was wanted was greater boldness and force, so as to give the impression of immense power which this music demands. The solo parts in this oratorio are, somewhat unaccountably, exceedingly slight and scanty ; so much so that under Handel's own direction they used to be eked out by Italian songs from his operas. The effect of the oratorio does not much depend upon them; but, such as they were, they were very well executed by Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Palmer, Miss Banks, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. G. Oalkin ; the last, a young tenor, who made his debut on this occasion, and showed very promising powers.
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