Garcia the Centenarian and His Times: Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and ScienceMackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
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Garcia the Centenarian and His Times: Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science
To commence at 7.30.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
"La Vivandière," to conclude with the "Spirit of Gold," a Ballet,
and other entertainments.
ROYAL GRECIAN SALOON.
An entirely new opera in three acts by Auber, "Le Chevalier
d'Essone," with a Farce and a Divertissement.
Commencing at 6.30.
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
An entirely new grand spectacle, entitled "Marmion; or the Battle
of Flodden," with other entertainments in the Ring.
THE DIORAMA, REGENT'S PARK.
(New Exhibition.)
"Eruption of Mount Ætna."
COAL-HOLE TAVERN, STRAND.
(Opposite Exeter Hall.)
Chair taken by JOHN RHODES every Evening.
Glees, Duets, Solos, Catches, Comic Songs, &c., executed by the
most numerous company of vocalists in the Metropolis, under the
direction of Mr Warren, R.A.
MADAME WARTON'S WALHALLA.
(Leicester Square.)
"Tableaux Vivants."
CREMORNE GARDENS.
Grand Aquatic Tournament.
Magnificent Water Pageant.
The following paragraph appeared on July 29, and from it we get an
insight into the aftermath which the months of revolutionary disturbance
had bequeathed to the city Garcia had left only four weeks before.
"_From a Paris Correspondent._
"The theatres here seem struggling to get on their legs again. The
only speech that was listened to attentively during my visits to
the Assembly was that by Victor Hugo, advocating an annual grant of
680,000 francs to the Paris theatres."
Let us now look at the musical events which were taking place during the
first weeks after Manuel Garcia's arrival in London.
We find many interesting announcements in the concert world; and it is
strange to note that practically none of the halls in which they were
given survive at the present day. On June 23 M. Chopin gives his
_matinée_; while the Philharmonic Society informs the "subscribers and
the public" that their eighth concert will take place at the Hanover
Square Rooms, on June 26, with the following programme:--
Sinfonia in A, No. 2, Mendelssohn; overture, "Leonora," Beethoven;
sinfonia in C minor, Beethoven; overture, "The Ruler of the
Spirits," Weber.
_Vocal performers._--Mme. Castellani and Signor Mario.
_Conductor._--Mr Costa. Tickets, £1, 1s. each.
On the same day there takes place in the Great Concert Room of Her
Majesty's Theatre, Mr Benedict's Grand Annual Morning Concert, with the
following artists:--
"Tadolini, Cruvelli, Vera, de Mendi, Schwartz, Sabatier, Mme.
Lablache, Miss Dolby, the Misses Williams, Mme. Doras-Gras,
Gordoni, Marras, Brizzi, Lablache, Caletti, Belletti, Ciabatta,
Pischek, and John Parry."
Three days later Monsieur Berlioz gives a recital at the Hanover Square
Rooms.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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