We observe the announcement of a plan which seems calculated
to supply a want long felt in this metropolis. It is proposed to erect a budding containing a great hall for musical festivals, w:th concert- rooms of various sizes, so as to afford accommodation for every species of musical performance, from the concerts of the Philharmonic Society, and the overflowing benefits of our most popular artists, to the meetings of amateur societies. Such a building is undoubtedly a desideratum. It would at once remove the chief obstacle to great performances of sacred music in London, by providing a hall at all times accessible, ready for use, and sufficient to accommodate audiences whose numbers would be productive at a moderate rate of admission and it would enable our principal concerts to be got up on a much greater scale than is practicable at present, when the gigantic orchestral works of BEETHOVEN are compressed within the walls of a room which. five-and-forty years ago, was not more than sufficient to afford scope fur the ideas of HAYDN. The details of the plan for this Na- tional Music Hall have not yet been given to the public ; and we can- not, therefore, as yet form an opinion as to the probability of its accomplishment; but we have heard its origin ascribed to a gentleman who is well known for his sagacity and success in undertakings of a similar kind.
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