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AMUSEMENTS. rjTHE pOSSACKS \RE ZOOMING. ' rj»HB QOSSACKS ARE OOMIXG. ITIHE T) 0N pOSSACKS. mHE T\ O N pOSSACKS. HISTORIC RUSSIAN CHOIR AND DANCEKS. Last year E. J Carroll held musicloving New Zealand spellbound with the witchery of Kreisler's music. This year he is bringing to this country The Don Cossacks, the historic Russian Choir, whose sinking has shaken the art centres of Europe to their foundations. They are indeed one of the wonders of the world. COMMENCING COMMENCING rpUESDAY, TUNE -J^ AT THE TOWN TTALL OWN -d ALL "THEIR MUSIC HAS GLORIFIED THE WORLD. -, FURTHER CONCERTS : Wednesday Afternoon (June 16), Wednesday Night, Thursday Night (June 17), Friday Night (June "IS). Friday Afternoon (June IS), Saturday Afternoon (June 19), Saturday Night. Read what the Greatest Authorities :n the j Aγ , Centres of Europe have to say regardIng this far-famed historic organisation, which is now on its way tn New Zea..ind. and will open its Australasian Tonr in your city on the dates mentioned: — VI7HAT fTtHE T ONDON "DRESS OATS 4 BOCT rpHE T) ON ptOSSACKS. "Not often can it be said truly of a musical debut that JT CAUSED A SENSATION ; yet literally, a very considerable sensation was created by the singing of the Don Cossack Choir. "Not a word of praise su by the critics in Berlin, Leipsiz, Munich, Dresden and elsewhere was exaggerated ... A chorus like "The Sea," of Shoumov, nf which the first line is translated. "The sea furiously reaches the beach, groans and howls, and is angry"'; and the last. "That the tempest will pass and then the water will be like a mirror," was a typical example of this choir's ability to thrill. Call it virtuosity, if you like, but that sea had real fury in it, and the calm that followed was mysterious and arresting." -Daily Telegraph." March IC. 1925. "Superb bass voices, to whom it is nothing to descend to the B and A sharp below the bass cleff—a note or two below the 'cello's treble falsetto.' But the virtue of their performances of religious and secular song?. given throughout in Russian, lies in their musical expression." "Morning Post," May IS. 1923. "They sing everything by li> j ;irt and without any "giving of the cute," burst off suddenly into a fortissimo or steal in a pianissimo while :he audience is still I exchanging comments —and. we thought, praises—of the song just finished. They stand Ike statues; not a muscle moves, except in the face, with the articulation of. the syllables. Their compass is from A I below the bass to D, the fourth line of the treble cleff. The volume of sound is like • that of a large organ, and varies from the roar of tubas on heavy pressure wind to the whisper of a vox angelica with the swell closed. All this is under perfect control as regards time and dynamics, and the pitch never rose or fell by a hair's breadth. It is a really wonderful instrument, and is p , .yed in a masterly manner. c For one of the encores two exceedingly Ifcile dancers came in and performed, rather like the Gurkhas on a resined floor." "The Times," May 16, 1925. "Yesterday's audience was tremendously worked up by their whispered pianissimos and clarion-like fortissimos. and the exciting vigour of tb ir rhythm." "Daily Mail," May 16, 1923. "In respect of sonority I have never heard the equal of the choir. Their unanimity and drill are wonderful. Their bouche fermee effects when they accompany a soloist , are liie nothing else. Their ranee of force is astonishing."' "Daily News." May IC, 1925. "The excitement and brilliance of their performances are such as few hearers can resist." "Daily Express." May 21 1925 "IT IS LONG INDEED SINCE THEIR LIKE HAS BEEN HEARD IN LONDON " The Westminster "Gazette," May 23. 1925. I A~XD \ MEKICAS \ I Q.REATEST AUTHORITY j I A LSO:— I J " VOICES OF INCREDIBLE POWER ' AND DEPTH. A SENSATIONAL SUCCESS." I —"New York Musical Courier. ,, | I lyilAT rpHE / vONTI.NIiMAL ; \ PRESS QAYS 4 BOUT ] ' rpHE T|ON /COSSACKS:— | | I X *-> 1 STUTTGART— " We also possess good men's choirs, but it would be difficult even to approach. let alone surpass, the achievements Of the Don Cossack Choir. These <■ people reveal so undisputed a mastery over the piano and pianissimo—the real test of a choir—perform with such unrivalled delicacy of beauty, and produce such a range and volume of sound that no German choir can ever hope to surpass it." —" Scbwabisehe Tageswachf May 12, 1924. MUNICH— " One did not only listen entranced to the far-famed legendary Russian bass ' singers, sonorous and modulated even in the lowest depths of sound, but one also heard the soft lyrical enchanting tenor voices." —" Welt am Sonntag."' June 1. 1924 , LEIPZIG— , " The choir exhibits in its Russian | hymns and soa.es such a mastery of j sound that its beauty and fineness of > tone bears comparison with the t>»sr ! orchestras." j —" Neuste Nachrichten," July 4 1924 BERLIN— " ' ! " Then the ' Song of the Bargees, i the ' Volga Song.' We have just beard I Chaliapin sing it with all his fiery ' force. But this song is universal, and with what unrivalled distinction the Don Cossack Choir handle the ever varying and oft-recurring dynamic changes of phase. The low notes fade slowly away, although every sound ,s distinctly heard in the large hall. Or they give their stormy rendering of 'The Captive Cossacks.' while in th; 'Red Sara tan" the chorded arpeggios of the accompaniment were marvellous " "B.Z. am Mittas," September IS. 1924 HAMRPRG— " Every variety of choral singing ;s mastered. ... as though the choir were comiiM.-cil of bnt one voice instead of The pianissimo was like ;i far-away bell. The fortissimo filled the enormous hall without effort. One j did not know which was the more astounding, the clearness and richnesof the tenors or the organ-like depths of the basses." —" Hamburgher Fremdenblatt," Sep tember 25. 1924. AND rpHE A USTRALIAN | I T>RESS TT A S ADDED:— | "The Age": "The audience was completely taken by storm. The applause was vociferous." " The Argus ": " To miss hearing and seeing the Don Cossacks would be to miss a unique and delightful experience." "The Herald": "No one could listen unmoved. The Cossacks Choir thriils the city." "The Daily Telegraph": "They created a furore." '• Morning Post ": " Something entirely different from anything yet seen oir the concert' platform. A magnificent demonstration." " Sun ": " They thrill by an orchestralike magnificence. Nobody can afford to miss them." 1 PREFERENTIAL. BOOKING I I NOW OFEN. I Preferential Booking of the Reserved Areas at 10/6 (plus tax), J I are now open at Lewis R. | Eady and Son. Ltd.. and applica- | tions should be addressed to | LEWIS R. EADY AND SON, LTD. 1 To which firm all cheques to be made payable. Ordinary Plans Open at Lewis IF. Eadr and Son. Ltd.. on I TTTSPAY Morning N'pst. | ANOTHER E. 3. CARROLL ATTRACTION. Manager for F. J. Carroll Celebrity Tours: CAMDEN PRATT. CD OVERLEAF ON PAGE NINETEEN,