but
scarcely had he returned to Glasgow when he was summoned back
to alter something. The concert was given in the Merchant
Hall, Hutcheson street, now the County Buildings. The hall was
about three-quarters filled. Between Chopin's playing Madame
Adelasio de Margueritte, daughter of a well-known London
physician, sang, and Mr. Muir accompanied her. Chopin was
evidently very ill. His touch was very feeble, and while the
finish, grace, elegance and delicacy of his performances were
greatly admired by the audience, the want of power made his
playing somewhat monotonous. I do not remember the whole
programme, but he was encored for his well-known mazurka in B
flat (op. 7, No. 1), which he repeated with quite different
nuances from those of the first time. The audience was very
aristocratic, consisting mostly of ladies, among whom were the
then Duchess of Argyll and her sister, Lady Blantyre."
The other survivor is George Russell Alexander, son of the
proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Dunlop street, who in a
letter to the writer remarks especially upon Chopin's pale,
cadaverous appearance.
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