THE WORLD OF MUSIC.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 208, 3 September 1938, Page 12

THE WORLD OF MUSIC.

NOTES OF THE DAY.

from far and near.

(By ORPHEUS.) s It is the intention of the ..rum Choir, ,of W.mngtoo. w v.Mt Dunedin and gne a <; Oliver. 10. The conductor is Mr. b. nart of a gala event in the resv- , P arc ' .- s-il7bur" recently . dential palace ot Sa .^ ur - rs of Mozart s piano was p avea. . the instrument had it restored tor a concert in the same hall where t ie , poser gave recitals when a clnld- Alter , the performance it wa ° P' a c Mozart museum. ORGAN RECITAL. An organ recital is to be given in St. Mark's Church. Remuera. to-morrow at 3 p.m. bv Mr. Alfred Pascoe. assisted b> St. Mark's Choir. The programme w .11 include compositions by B;ith esar Franck, Wesley, Rheinberger. Boellinann, Schubert, also a "Berceuse" by the late •T. Maughan Barnett. who for a number of vears was organist and choirmaster at "the church. "MIN -YU-A Y .** It i- extraordinary how widespread is this ••genteel*' but ignorant eiation of the English word. ' Minuet. Reference to any dictionary should convince those guilty of pronouncing it thus that there is no such word in an\ language. Possibly the '"av termination is given because the word is thought to be French. It isn t. It is English. The French word is "Menuet." CHAMBER MUSIC. A fine programme has been arranged for the Auckland Chamber Music Society's concert to be given in the Lewis' F.ady Hall to morrow at _3 p.m. A Haydn quartet (Opu» 6. Xo. 3t. Arensky's D Minor trio, and Brahms' piano quintet in F Minor (Optis 34) will be played. Those taking part in the presentations will be Helen Gray (first violin'. Moya Cooper-Smith (second violin >. Freda Wallis (viola) and Jean Clarkson ('cello), and Kathleen O'Leary (piano). NATIONAL ORCHESTRA. News comes to hand that an Australian Broadcasting Commission National Orchestra is to be formed and conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent. The broadcasts of the concerts to be given by this new orchestra will be heard on September 10, 14 and 17. With players from each State to constitute an orchestra of 120 players, representing the best the Commonwealth has to offer, the prospects of soine superb performances are bright. The hope has been expressed that this organisation will be permanently constituted. The A.B.C. can afford this. It has no commercial stations to support. ENGLISH ORGANIST. In the person of Mr. Frederick Ealham, a well-known English organist is at present making a trip on board the Rangitata where he is acting as pianist and general musical organiser. Mr. Ealham started his career as an organist at the early age of 15, when he gave Bach recitals at various cathedrals. Since then he Las had considerable professional ex Pf T ? ence ' He also has a number of compositions to his credit. One of these, an "In Memoriam Suite." is dedicated to the I memory of a friend. Mr. William RusselL i a former chorister of Paisley Abbey, who was killed at Suvla Bay landing on i August 5, 1915. Mr. Ealham. who also was present, lost his sight for a short > time and it was while he was convalesc- • ing that he wrote it. This, in the cir- [ cumstances, he refused to publish. Another composition of his, "The Lament." is, however, sung every Armistice Day > in the Abbey in memory of the late chorister. Upon his return to England • Mr. Ealman intends to return to organ playing.

"DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER." The Koval Wellington Choral Union is at present rehearsing Wagners. opera "The Flying Dutchman," wliiili i- to b» presented in concert form 011 Thu'-lar, October 27. So far three of the foists have been engaged, these being Alma Clegg (Senta*. soprano. M . Uussell J. Laurcnson (Dalaud;, baritone, and Mr. Hari*on Cook. bass. The other soloists have yet to be chosen.

JJLLE. RENEE NIZAN

Mile. Xizan. the young French wliose recitals given r<ven'ly in the principal cities of the Dominion created su dt a stir. ha~ been jicrfi : ming wit ii equal succc.-s in the Comnioi.wealth. The Melbourne <-riti<-s were unanimous in their approval of her .vork. One critic headed his notice. "Peti'e I'-enc'i-woman's Magi<-."' an] prais<--,l iier performance in * lie highest terms. In Svdnev. too. lier work was ae<]ahned. According to the latest advi--e« from Australia the talented young player w.i> to give three r»-cital- in the Brisbane City Hall on Awgu-t 22. 2-i and 24. these beins sponsored by the Brisbane City i Council in the hop#--; that thr-v may I provide* a ctimulua in orp.m music.

LAWRENCE TIBBETT

Tlie story of Lawrence Tibbett. who opens a short reason here in tiie Town Hall on September Ki. i-. in brief, th.it of a young man who studied to i>e a. conductor, wanteil to be an actor. and turned out to lje an operatic linger. Tiie many who have !i-tene<i with pleasure to his recordings may be interested to know that the celebrated baritone does not relish the ordeal of making record-;. He says: '"I find it more nerv t - racking to make a record of one song than to give a concert of twenty. I don't like making records-, and when I have made vhein I infinitely piefer li-tenin:; to other people's." At the same time. Mr. Tibbett- remarks that "the gramophone is my severe-1 critic and my greatest surprise." An Australian critic, commenting upon his programmes, write-: "Ilis book of words is a voluminous tome. . . . From that book manv programmes could be compiled, some of thrin highbrow to the last degree. some of them from the chea]>er and more tawdry i-tore of son?. But Tibbett tried to -teer a middle coiir-e. and he did it very successfully. He sang some beautiful lieder. and opera. But his ehoice of music for 'the great unwashed' was not by any means unmusical. Xor was it cheap or tawdry."' According to this critic, Tibbett's voice is '-actually of much lighter quality than we might have expected from his films . . . and now we know that Tibbett is an arti-t w-ho uses full robust tone with discretion, that his most beautiful effects are notachieved with the full voice at all. an 1 that he is capable o; exquisite rnczza. voce singing.''