" CLASSICAL CONCERTS.
Tim example set last year by BLAGROVE, LUCAS, and Co. led imme- diately to the establishment of a rival firm ; and this season Moat, Warrs, and Co. are first in the field. The first of their Classical Chamber Concerts was at Willis's Rooms last Monday. The instru- mental part of the selection was admirable, and admirably performed. It commenced with STOUR'S beautiful Nonetto ; a composition to which all the performers, Mr. BAUMANN excepted, did full justice. This gentleman has great command of his instrument, but tone is com- pletely sacrificed to execution : unlike that of HOLIdES, MACKINTOSH, or DENMAN, it is thin, reedy, and unblending. The next piece was a Quartet of BEETHOVEN'S—We think the 6th of the First Set ; which was succeeded by one of HANDEL'S Trios—the one that is always played ; and the Septet which MOSCHELES wrote for the Philharmonic Society.
The vocal pieces in these concerts are of very inferior interest ; but Moat ought to have known better than to exhibit such a maimed and mutilated display of " Parto, ma to ben min," as an accompaniment by the pianoforte and clarinet only. If sting at all, it should have been properly accompanied.
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