WE were much pleased by the performance of the Pierian Sodality a week ago Tuesday. It was much better than last year. The orchestra played well in time and, as a rule, well in tune. The "Overture to Fra Diavolo" was perhaps quite as well executed as any thing which followed. The "Funeral March of a Marionette" would have been improved by a little more attention to accentuation; it lacked its full delicacy and grace. The same criticism might be made on the "Toujours ou Jamais," which did not need such a heavy accompaniment. So good, however, was the performance in most respects, and so marked was the improvement made since the last concert, that we hope for great things next year. The fact that the Pierian can do so much better than we thought only makes us more critical of its faults and more anxious to see it take, as far as is possible, the position of a truly artistic orchestra.