MARIE MOFFATT, PIANISTE.

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 94, 22 April 1933, Page 8

MARIE MOFFATT, PIANISTE.

. Considerable Interest is being shown In the first recital to be given next Thursday evening b.V Marie Moffatt, the yoiftg Now Zealander who returned homo recently nfter four years' of intensive study. Before leaving London Miss jroffatt appeared in a recltnl nt the Wlgmore Hall, London, and created enthusiasm by her exceptionally brilliant performance. Ilor programme for Thursday cvenin;: Includes 'several big works and a number of favourites. Special Interest will attach to her rendering of the "Appasslpnata" Sonata of Bee(hove{i, coming, as she does, fresh from the Influence of Srhnabcl. now recognised as the greatest living exponent of Ibis immortal composer. The recital, will be held In tho Concert Chamber (Town' Hail), commencing at 8.15

VINOGRADOFF AT KHANDALUAH. ' M. VinngradonV the Russian ' pianist, will give a recital in the Khandallah Town Hull next Monday evening. Assisting 11. Vlnoliracloff will Do Mrs. Wilfred Andrews, who will .sing a group of songs. Seats (at 2s, plus tax) may ho reserved with Miss Ella Brown, chemist, Khandallah. MAYFAIR CABARET. A special cabaret night Is being held this evening at the Mayfair Cabaret. Music will be dispensed by Ihe popular High-Hatters Band. The baud will also appear on Sunday evening, when the management will hold a supper entertainment. Talented local artists have also been specially engaged, and particulars will bo found In our advertising columns. BROWNLEE AND ORCHESTRA. On Thursday, May '1, .Wellingtonians will have the opportunity to .bear John Biownlee, the world-famed baritone from the Paris Opera House; sing ,-wlth the Wellington Symphony Orchestra. .- This concert will be the final local opportunity of, hearing the' goldenvoiced baritone. ;>ln only one other city of Mr. Brownlee's comprehensive lour or Australia and New Zealand has lie appeared with an orchestra,' and that was at a celebrity concert' in Melbourne. Three big operatic, numbers—the Prologue from "I Pngllnccl," "So, Sir Page" from "The. Marriage of Figaro," and "Star of Eve" from ■' "Tannhiiuser"—have been selected by Mr. Brnwnlce for his numbers with Ihe full orchestra, and the interest in these arias is considerably enhanced from Ihe fact that Mr. Brownlco has sung them countless times with grand opera companies in Europe ami South America. Ad-, mircrs of Mr. Brownlee's duo pianist, Raymond Lambert,-.-will be: delighted to hear Mr. I,amhert as so|olst in tbc Grieg Concerto. The Symphony Orchestra umier.Mr. <le. Manny will play tl)e overture to "lUenzi" OVagner),: ..the "Jupiter" Symphony of Mozart,' the rhapsody "A-Shropshire.-Lad" (Butterworthj, and Coronation March . from, "Lo Prophete" (Meyerr beer,).. The' -standard* Set ., by the orchestra justifies expectations .of notable ..performance on this ■ occasion, the. box ,plari for the eon-: cert will open at the Bristol on Thursday, April 30. ■ ■: : ~ ■ : : ..„.-.''. " SUNDAY^AT .THE...RITZ. ■ The Ritz, Ltd.,. of. Wellington, • announces elsewhere in this issue that' the restaurant will again be 'open on Sunday - afternoons> ; and evenings, >-as ;frdm, :.tomorrow; -Every . effort Is belijg made to make the Sunday evenings as successful as they were formerly, and patrons arc ensured of something' interesting and 'at-: tractive. Among ths orchestral 'Items Will be several from the Haydock Quintet, a combination that is well and favourably known in Wellington. _________^^