Wo mentioned briefly in our issue of the 13th instant that Mr. F. L. Crompton's third and last symphony concert for this season, which took place at the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday eve was a brilliant. musical success, notwithstanding the unfortunate inadequacy of the support which it received at the hands of the public. But the truth is, that concerts have been a bit overdone during the winter which is now rapidly drawing to a close; there were three for this week alone, ud unless something really novel and first-rate is advertised it will no longer be an easy matter to get people to attend them. Mr, Crompton had the invaluable assistance of an orchestra composed of a large number of the best amateur, musicians in Shanghai, and consequently the frstrumental music could scarcely fail to be almost faultlessly rendered. The programme opened with Beethoven's delight fal symphony in B flat (No. 4, op. 60) in four morements, which was played with a delicacy and precision which held the house enthralled to the last bar. Madame Grebin, who was in splendid voice, con tributed two fascinating little vocal numbers, "La Visione" by Vannuccini and "TeSaicTu?" by Massenet, and was accorded an enthusiastic encore, to which she was kind enough to respond with another. ravishing little chanson. For the opening number of the second. part. Mrs. Gessner was to have played Beethoven's Pianoforte Con-cerro (C. Major) with orchestral accompaniment: but, as we understand, she has had so little experience of playing with an orchestra that this composition had at the last moment to be abandoned, and tio solos were substituted, one being a piece by Chopin and the other a work by focsler. Mrs. Gessner, who was also kind enough to accompany Madame Grebin's songs, is too well known in Shanghai by this time as a pianist of rare profi {to need much in the way of praise from us now to commend her playing, of which it may well be said The' fairy music slumbers By forest, glade and hill, Tu thy unearthly numbers Men say tis living still All the compass of wild sweetness Thy master haud obeys, And its airy, fitful fleetness 'O'er harp and heart-string plays."
'Mr. Van Nierop sang Hope Temple's AN my world" with very pleasing effect and the programme was brought to am: hificent conclusion with "Saint-Saéns'
Prelude clu Deluge" grandly played as a violin solo, with organ accompaniment, by Miss Jansen.
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