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SO EDINBURGH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
qua mox depromere possim, than Geminiani of
his last and worst set of Concertos. The second
movement, which has always been justly ad-
mired for the gravity and contrast between the
trebles, which frequently repeat a fragment of
Canto Fermo, and the bass, had a most stri-
king effect given to it by the force and energy
of this band. And the fugue, which is com-
posed upon a most marked and happy subject,
though seldom in more than three parts, as the
tenor constantly plays an octave above the bass,
seemed more rich in harmony, and ingenious
in contrivance, to-day than usual. There never
was, perhaps, an instrumental fugue on a more
agreeable subject, treated in a more masterly
manner, or more pleasing in its effects, than
this, which differs in several circumstances from
almost all other fugues; first, in the given sub-
ject, being accompanied by an airy moving
bass; secondly, by the reversion of the subject,
when first answered by the second violin ; and,
thirdly, by the episodes, or solo parts, for the
hautbois. This Overture, almost ever since it
was composed, has been so constantly played
at St Paul's, at the Feast of the Sons of the
Clergy, that it now seems, in a peculiar man-
ner, dedicated to the service of the church." —
Burney.