Evening of English Glees: 2nd

“If ever the term ‘a select and appreciative audience’ had significance it was when applied to the assembly gathered at De Garmo’s Hall last evening, to hear the English glees and Madrigals as given by Messrs. Bush, Rockwood, Beckett and Aiken.

The selections although more severely classical than those of the first evening, were nevertheless received with equal—perhaps greater—favor. The soloists of the evening were Miss Finch and Mr. Aiken, the former rendering a selection from Sullivan with much feeling, and receiving a hearty and deserved encore, and Mr. Aiken making a marked impression in Santley’s favorite solo, ‘O, Ruddier than the Cherry,’ which displayed to great advantage the quality, compass and cultivation of his fine voice.

‘Retire, My Love,’ by Horsley; a trio of Leslie’s, for mixed voices, introducing a tenor solo, excellently sung by Mr. Rockwood; ‘Strike the Lyre,’ by Cooke, and a pretty little composition of Walter Macfarren’s, ‘You Stole My Heart,’ introduced as an encore, were received with especial marks of approbation.

We cannot lost the opportunity of expressing a wish that these ‘Evenings’ be made a permanent feature of our winter’s enjoyment, calculated, as they are, not merely to gratify but instruct the subscribers.”