BRIGHT CONCERT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 206, 30 August 1940, Page 9

BRIGHT CONCERT.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. FINISHED PERFORMANCE. j ] Last «mw», prwwnMsi in the > Town Ha,, by the Ati< kland Symphony Orcberrra, -most rar.k as :he most *ncceesiaX £iven to duLe by -his r*ce-nt.>-loraied j :i»trunseniAl organisation. The T>ro»£—arcine ' \ 'a* o: a lajriy ;:chi *ad bracht character — \ the m&cnuin op* be:nc Mendelssohn > ? use", odious "Scotch" *> :r.r»ii\x.> —and weU 1 within the scope of ss amateur c-ambir.a- j j tioo; also, is bed the merit ni r.-" being 1 too 3onf. Aa »::-roimd m - noliwabl*- Tae ensembie »-as *e»lj-l«it- , ; ai>o*d. tit«ne »n3>«wrf>d Iβ He rotvre fiaisl) Ij in the whiie ;,-«■ :on*i qv.k.ily. :or ; la* ICOSS pßri. lriu! exc-er-tioTiiZ'T fi%c»c. ) A very farourab 1 ? *•£« I rhe oTfTiinp Tmmber. VTftv:"* ""Der ] Frejecjiuix" pTpnure, played. It n* | imtnpdkw'.r <>rjd«u xMtX the jL;m c: the: cxeembic was more ia ;ne d:r«-:ion of ! rc-Siie-mer.* e4 e\- r and *h£" ' of bi£ vo]cme >v soaa i. And woniy :nt«'Ti*io.ri to preva:! ihronphoiiT "he ev«)inp. ! Mende-issohn's chamnnc Srmpbony Xo. | • S in A Mieot. which ifi!iow«vi. wi* c-.ver. ■ a v-e]}-TK.'.iiw>d iiid rhjnhnjsc t-radiucKi ' Abound:!!; ;n nuauc*. Then exme i" jby tie i-oucuc-toT". Mr. C-ol'-u Mimm. cc j Bach"* cboraje. "Jesu. Joy of Man"s De?:r- I ! :nc. in which the bras.* came" :n wiih orgaa-lik« eSect. Two Acbade? :or -raa. orrhatrra. fcy La;o. t*>? first. "A".V?»rr«tc. j in O Mmor.'' iht s«-oad "Aadantino" iD I minor\ daintxSy j.Liyed. Tr.ido sti rtTt\-;:ve and much between j two wark* with ■"Tvpa'&r apps>»l. thes? j Victor Herbert's "Irish Rii&faaady,*-' , the thematic maifria , . of which is denred from familiir folk soap air* o: & w-?ii- ; k-nown ne-jtra] c-ouatrj". and C-otte*" ]:rely suite. "Loaac-n Every Day," wiiKh. | with ;t* Inline me'.odjes. made h bright and s.r>ir:ted c'.off to a very sau?:a<.to:y coaewt. one which. .ludcing bj the -eai-mir. of the applause. ■Rα* lioroughji , eajoyed j br a iarjre audie'Dce. Mr. Must cm "sad hie force* weß ueder j control thrc»nchoT:i and is to i>e c&nsram- | Jated upon a great success. Mi» Ed:th j Whitelaw !e-d ihe or-cheetra with her asa&l ) dieiiaciioa. \ paeic was iarrodceed into the j rcocramme by tb? Apoi'o quartet ■W. M. ! D:mery. first rk>!in; G. C. Firth, violia: S. Siat#r. rioia: R. Pawion. 'c*Kol. This <-oicHiiau>>n p'.e«s«>d the aadj- ■ ence with the:r playing of ihe lirst mori'- J nieni* o: Br&bms' "Quart#t in A Minor."' and Ha>do"s " Quarte: in D Major." They were more in their playing o: a s-imple cvf P:u- '. \ *vi\;'f part sons. "Good-night! Beloved," j add-ed a recall number.