The Philharmonic Society terminated its season on Monday, with a
concert of first-rate excellence. The greater the excellence of these con- certs, the less room there is for description or criticism. The best con- cert is that which consists entirely of chefs-d'eeuvre of the greatest mas- ters, and all such masterpieces are now well known-performed by artists of the highest rank, whose talents are equally well known. On this oc- casion the symphonies were by Beethoven and llendelssohn, the over- tures by Weber and Spohr; the pianoforte concerto was one of Beet- hoven's, played by Feuer; and the vocal pieces were gems of Mozart, Weber, and Rossini, sung by Clara Novelle and Belletti. What more is necessary, to give the musical reader a complete idea of the character of this concert ? As to the other concerts of the season, our brief notices of them have shown that they were, with slight exceptions, of a similar kind; and we have only to add, that we do not remember any previous season when the labours of the Directors have been on the whole more judicious or more successful.
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