M. SEDLATZEK’s,
At the residence of J. Taylor, Esq., George Street, Hanover Square, Saturday Morning, June 8.
Well attended, and M. Sedlatzek performed several pieces on the flute with that ease of execution and delicacy of manner for which he is distinguished.
Mr. J. B. CRAMER’s,
Opera Concert Room, Friday Morning, June 14.
The highest treat in this concert was Mr. Cramer’s performance of his own beautiful concerto, op. 48, which he played with that pathos in which he excels all pianists, and with the spirit—but spirit devoid of feats of agility—that he ever possessed. With M. Hummel he performed the fantasia in F minor of Mozart, and, as a last movement, the finale to his duet in F major,—a most finished performance; and with M. Herz, a ‘grand concerto duet,’ which, though admirably executed, we could not but think a very incongruous union. He also introduced, by permission of the Philharmonic Society, the new quintet he wrote for their concerts, and which now went off in a very perfect manner. Messrs. Mori, Nicholson, and Wright, played fantasias on their respective instruments; and Mad. Cinti, Mrs. Knyvett, Miss Novello, Messrs. Phillips and Parry, jun. contributed their vocal aid. The room was full from the commencement.
SIG. AND MAD. PUZZI’s,
At the residence of the Countess Cornwallis, Friday Evening, June 14.
The élite of the foreign artistes now in London came in support of this concert, and the company consisted almost exclusively of people of fashion. The music exhibited little that is new, but it was well performed, and chiefly vocal. Mad. Puzzi sang an aria, ‘Se amore soltanto,’ by Rossini, and was charmingly accompanied by Sig. Puzzi. The latter also played a fantasia on the horn. Messrs. Moscheles and Herz performed a duet on the piano-forte; and Messrs. Osborne and De Beriot a divertimento for piano-forte and violin. The tickets to this were a guinea each, and the rooms were well filled, but not crowded.