BREMEN.
THE winter concerts, which were very successful, having terminated, there was a benefit concert got up for Mad. Mühlenbruch, the principal singer, who has a sweet voice and exquisite taste. On Good Friday, the Messiah was given in the cathedral, when Mad. M. and the younger Mlle. Graban, and some talented dilettanti, did justice to the music of the immortal Handel.
DUSSELDORF.
IT is expected that the musical festival which is to take place this year will be one of the most brilliant on record for many years. Among the attractive pieces which are announced for performance, are Mozart’s symphony in G minor, the overture to Leonore, by Beethoven; Handel’s oratorio, Israel in Egypt; a cantata by Wolf; and Die Macht der Töne (the Power of Sounds), by Weber; and some compositions of M. Bergmuller and of M. Felix Mendelssohn, director for the present year. Mad. Decker (late Fraul. von Schätzel) is to sing on the occasion.
DESSAU.
FOR some years past few foreign artists of eminence have played at our concerts; the recent visit therefore of M. Haase, jun., from Dresden, was the more welcome, from the rarity of such occurrences. He played a fantasia by Molique, on Swiss airs, a duet by Lafont and Hertz, from Fra Diavolo, and Mayseder’s Thema, with variations in D major. His tone is full of exquisite expression, his style remarkable for elegance and freedom, his cantilena is exceedingly grand, and his bowing masterly, like that of Polledro his instructor.
JENA.
OUR usual concerts and musical entertainments under the direction of Dr. Hand have given great satisfaction. A concert by the Vocal and Instrumental Society was the first of the season. The selection comprised an overture by Reissiger and one by Lindpaintner, and concertos of Hummel on the piano-forte, Keller on the flute, and Jansa on the violin, all played by dilettanti.
Mad. Filipowicz gave a concert, at which she played a polonaise by Kalliwoda with much feeling, and Mayseder’s variations in E major. There was also a musical entertainment given by M. Rössner of Darmstadt, and MM. Buschmann, father and son, the former playing the harp, the other the terpodion.