AUCKLAND GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 114, 17 May 1927, Page 17

AUCKLAND GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY.

EIGHTH MUSIC AX. EVENING.

LECTURE ON HAYDN.

Gramophone enthusiasts were treated to an enjoyable entertainment last evening when the eighth musical evening of the Auckland Gramophone Society was held in the Auckland Amateur Operatic Society's Hall in Grafton Road. Among the noteworthy numbers presented were Choral Symphony in D Minor (Beethoven); "Muldooney's Christening," a humorous number by the Big Four, who were recently heard in Auckland; Schubert's "Marche Militaire," played by the Covent Garden Opera Or-, chestra in.London; an organ solo entitled "The Storm," by Arthur Meale"; "And the Glory," from Handel's "Messiah," and well-known selections from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "H.M.s. Pinafore," by H.M. Coldstream Guards.

An interesting and amusing address was delivered during the evening by Mr. A. Fairburn, on Haydn and his works. Mr. Fairburn illustrated his remarks by a number of reproductions of the mastit&j ygrjes, among them being "In Native Worth," by Tudor Davies; "With Verdure Clad," "Roaming in Foaming Billows,"'"'all from "Creation," and Quartet 4n, J) Major (Allegro Moderato), by the famous Flonzalay Quartet. The Flonzailay Quartet is a hand of musicians which was founded by an American millionaire, and in order to preserve perfect harmony in their renderings, the members are excluded from playing in other orchestras, and also from rendering solos.

One of the outstanding numbers on the programme was a Parlophone recording of Haydn's "The Heavens are Telling," from "Creation," sung by the Sheffield Choir, in which clearness of tone, despite an extraordinary volume, was noticeable. A piano solo of one of Chopin's twenty-four symphonies, played by Arthur Cortot, was also well received.

Records were played on Mr. D. Porter's own instrument, which has an especially large amplifier, and which while reproducing records with a tremendous volume, loses nothing in clearness and quality, and is quite devoid of vibration. Mr. B. O. Heather acted as demonstrator. Supper was served during the evening.