WHANGEREI NEWS

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 248, 18 October 1924, Page 38 (Supplement)

WHANGEREI NEWS

ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT, (From Our Own Corresponded.' WHAXGAREI. th;s day. The Whangarei Orchestral Society presented its final concert of the season ia the Town Hall last night. In its endeavours to place the higher classes of music before the 'Whanfrajei public, the Orchestral 'Society has endeavoured to secure '.he services of high class vocalists and entertainers. On the present occasion these were Miss Vera Mojrini.? soprano (Auckland), and Mr. Tom Harris , also of Auckland, for elocution and humour. Both these artists quicfclv established themselves in favour, and the audience was exacting for encores. Miss Moginie s first number, "Roberto o tn Cbe Adoro" (Meyerbeer) was a most difficult undertaking, but the ensuing encore, for which a sympathetic rendering of "Robin Adair" was given, was deservedly earned ,m the J ec Ti half ' • she san S "Morning , ' , i? •Tγ, s P eaks >. and was again recalled. Mr. Tom Harris, in his recital, "The OW Man and Jim" (Rlley). followed by Alphonce" as an encore, and his Dickens character sketches in the second half of the programme so Impressed the audience np** f° Ul< ? not •* easi 'J" satisaeri. °f "-Fr" • Dl< * ene , character sketches, that of "Major Bageloch" was most appealing and as an encore, "Larry Gamp" iSeSt down equally as well. The Orchestral Society had six numbers set down oStho programme, and the excellent execution demonstrated that the conductor. Mr l t Pickmere, and made a wise choice, 6n one or two occasions a double playinsr beint. demanded. This applied particularly tf the "Incidental Music to Perm- Gynt* (Greig) and the "Prelude to Third[Act Lohengrin" (Wagner). Other numbera phony" (Schubert). Overture "U (Thomasi. and a Largo (Handel I -in<i Pwteludium (Jarnefdt): the plying of which only enhanced the reputation vfhirh tho orchestra has earned during an