VIENNA.
ON the occasion of the consecration of the new cross which has been mounted on the steeple of the Wieden parish church, M. Glöggle, the director of the choruses, showed that he could combine musical devotion with patriotic feeling. After the celebration of high mass, during which Haydn’s Nelson’s Mass and Cherubini’s Graduale were performed, the consecration commenced. There were eight trumpeters (together with kettle-drummers) who, after flourishing for some time, played ‘God save the Emperor,’ from the steeple. After which, Haydn’s Te Deum was given in the church; and the choir, with the accompaniment of the organ and the trumpets, repeated the national anthem.
M. Lachner, kapellmeister to the court, lately gave a concert here, for the purpose of producing some of his most recent compositions; at which a symphony was performed, which may rank with the best productions of living composers. The brilliant instrumentation of the first movement, the charming andante, the scherzo fugato, constantly increasing in interest, as well as the grand finale, sufficiently manifested that the clever composer knew how to employ the rich store of his ideas and to follow the best models. The introduction to the oratorio, Moses, is conceived in the noblest style, and is a composition of real genius; its principal feature is a chorus of exquisite effect, which was admirably sung. If M. Lachner brings the oratorio to a conclusion with the genius and skill which characterize the introduction, he will have accomplished a work which alone will entitle him to a place among the most celebrated German composers.
We are in anticipation of a rich treat at a concert to be given by a musical family, lately arrived here from Russia, and who have already acquired considerable fame by their distinguished abilities. Their name is Koutsky, and the members are Eugenia, a singer; Anton and Stanislaus, pianists (the former a pupil of Field’s); and Carl and Apollino, violinists.