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• The Wednesday Evening Concerts are gaining ground with the public. Thisweek, -Exeter Hall was crowded in every part, and a large portion of the audieliee consisted of persons habituated to the highest class of musi- cal performance. The concert watt ealculated to. gratify such persons as well aa a more popular assemblage ; for the "classical" part was brilliant and attractive to the generid _ ear, While the more familiar pieces, generally speaking,. were each al a refined taste would not disdain. The first part was selected from the 'Works Of Mendelsohn. The second part contained an overture and' a march of Rossini's, a polac- ca by Spohr, and severargems of the older English vocal school, which will never lose their charms for English ears. Among the performers , there was only one stranger, Madame Amedei, a young dramatic singer newly arrived from Italy, who, in a acena from 8emiratnide, displayed vocal powers of the high, order. In the beauty of her contralto voice she fully rivals Alboni ; and her personal appearance and energy of de- clamation, incline us to believe that on the Italian stage she is Alboni's superior.
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