ANDREW BLACK CONCERTS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12497, 7 May 1906, Page 8

ANDREW BLACK CONCERTS.

For his* final concert on iSaturdav : iv.-mng in the Choral Hall, Mr Andrew Black gave an excellent prcgramme. which wa.s rocoiv- d by the largo aiitlienc *. Hit- opening items w ri> "Tiie Ft! King" anrl "Nazareth." ; which were bracketed. Beth were splon- I .-Lilly sung, and for an encore he gave La.s-on'.s ''Thy Blue Eyrs" very finely i: ]11 - ■ <l. Tosti's groat song ''For Ever and For Ever" enabled Mr Black to disp'ay the great power and fullness of tone which he po.--Kossi.-s. It was grandly .-!!'.:•;. His f-iug-t'.g of the fo!lcw ; :;g nitmb'-r. Sergeant's "Blow. Blow Thou Winter Witirl,"' was also a mo?: artistic p i■formaneo. The forte pass>a,g"s rang out like a trump, t, and the tone was, perfect and true even to th*. l most ,s' R-nuous portions of the sonjj. For an encore Mr Black i-ang the Itailtan ! buffo song "Gia Luna" with a .great deal of humour and .sneers**. Two old ■Scottish songs, the beautifully pathetic ballad ''Kirkconnel Lea." and tho quaint "To Hae a Wife and Rule a ! Wife." wore admirably interpreted, as was also the encore number, "Father O'Flvnn." Mr Black's singing of the ; wel!-k**own. song "Simon th- Cellarer." and "The Little Irish girl," evoked quite an ovation, and he responded by -singing "The March of the Cameron M--u" with great force and spirit. Miss Ethel Sinclair's contributions to the programme, wero all givr-n most artistically, j Hor playing in the la.-i' movement of j Greig's "Sonata in C Minor" and tho j "Legenrle" of Wieniaw.ski, particularly tie* muted passages, b?;n.g deserving of ! tlie "iiigiv-t- ]K)i=sible praise. M. Borschke's frst 6010 wa.s a "Sonata" of his own. witch wan a very melodious oom*H>sition. II was, however, in Lizst's ■ "Rhap ody No. !T' that M. Borschke ex- ! celled himself. Hi* interpretation of this wonderful composition, crowded ns it- is with every phase of melody. was mr.it mr.M-erly, displaying great executant, ability. The company left for Wellington after the concert, and it i.s satisfactory to nerbe that a return, season. , wiil be given prior to their leaving for J Australia.