TOWN HALL ORGAN RECITAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 117, 17 May 1920, Page 7

TOWN HALL ORGAN RECITAL.

I Alexander Oullniaot. who helil the I a;-poluinicnt as organist of T.a Trlnite, I'arls. for thirty year*. an.l whose orsran I i-oniposi'tion-s hare probably lipen m<. re widely used at iui|iortani rwitals than I hose of uny oMier composer, and who seldom spoke without liavliiß somethlns tv M y was the composer whom Mr. Burnett c-h'ose to represent the chief classic work of Ihe i-tviial given on Saturday night. The lirst Symphony In l> Minor. Dp. 42, was the Mihjc.-t. ilDd the reclMiHst ,-o:ild not have iliosen a 'heTtcr work {» ilUplur the organ and the girts of Uie author. The w a3 leudercd iv a lirond ami majestk manner. the deep pe.lal noma and weight of the larse

flops on the jjreat mnuual shone out with fullness, and the ri.-h r.N»ds of the solo organ lent colour to the diapasons. The npentnt; subject was announced on mil 1-cdat In a style which .-ihiblted the tmld fbnrarier of rhe work. This was followed wit.h o brilliant exposition of the subsequent musl<:, and delicately trealeil were i.ie liai-niooles of the n.-c;tative. The so.'Tvoired reeds, sambas, and llutes were mmMued effectively in Hie "■Pastorale," whilst the soft tbirty-two 0:1 the pedal was used to advantage. The high pressure reeds on manuals and pedal «xxl out with tellinjr quality in the Finale, whilst th« mirtnres added brightness to the concluding measures. The uioiralYenese of tone of t>!ie n<A»le instrument was majrnin'c.f'U'tlv represcirted during fhD performance 'of "the AndnnTe, the extended chords on the maiinala were played with derision ana strvngln. and the ocraves and tenths ou the pedals were footed with accuracy acd firm Schnberfe "Am Meer." Beethoven's •■indante." Fanlke's "Carillon " and Birn«fe •Triumphal March" were other nicely ■rend«red pieces. Mr. D. V. LUiK-rap was the vocalist and Mr. VThittaker accomj*nist.