CONCERT HALL.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19332, 9 June 1928, Page 17

CONCERT HALL.

" A FUSS ABOUT NOTHING." MR MOSCOVITCH SATISFIED. Mr Maurice Moscovitch, who has used the new Concert Hall, says there is nothing much wrong with the building itself or with, its acoustic properties. "Some of your local people are trying to be smart and make a fuss about nothing," was the comment of Mr Maurice Moscovitch, when asked to give his opinion. Mr Moscovitch added that it was not as good as the Theatre Eoyal for dramatic acting, but then it did not purport to be. He understood it had been built primarily as a concert hall, not as a theatre, and as such it fulfilled its purpose. His was the first company to give drama there, and they had found little difficulty in creating the necessary atmosphere. There was little to complain about in the acoustic properties of the hall. Certainly some of the sound was lost through the latticed grilles, and these would be better covered for a speaking part. Also the hall could be easily wired, and this would improve the lighting system greatly. Tho dressing-rooms were rather bare, but quite conveniently situated. People who complained had only to have a little patience till the Theatre Eoyal was finished. The Concert Hall served the purpose for which it was built, and it would have been foolish to have made it a repertory theatre with the Theatre Eoyal in the town. A Vocalist's Testimony. Mr Fraser Gange, who, with his wife, recently performed for a season at the Concert Hall, has sent the following letter from Blenheim • to the Town Clerk (Mr J. S. Neville): Dear Sir, — It has come to my knowledge today in this town, that word has gone around in Christchurch to the effect that' I had said the new Concert Chamber there was bad for Let me say here and now that no such statement was ever made by me, and that, on the contrary, I have advised the building of equally artistic and fine sounding halls in other places.' My wife (Amy Evans) and I both found the Concert Chamber easy to sing in, fine sounding, and very comfortable. Yours very sincerely, (Signed) FEASEE GANGE.