We appear to be entering on a busy musical season.
Both the Italian houses are expected to open in the course of next month. The Philhar- monic Society has to encounter the rivalry of a " New Philharmonic So- ciety," which is to open in Exeter Hall on the 24th of March, ten days after the first concert of the old Society. This new establishment holds out to the public the advantage of greater cheapness, giving six concerts for two guineas; and professes the intention of paying greater respect than the old Philharmonic Society has done to the claims of living com- posers and their works. Its performances are to be conducted by Hector Berlioz. Though we have long ceased to complain against the Philhar- monic Society for producing so few modern orchestral works, yet we shall be glad to see the expediency of a different course put to the teat of experiment. As to the palm of merit—" detur digniori."
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