ORCHESTRAL MATTERS IN CHRISTCHURCH.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13063, 13 March 1908, Page 8

ORCHESTRAL MATTERS IN CHRISTCHURCH.

TO THE KDITOK OF ''IHH rBESS." Sir, —A circular ha.-. been sonfc throittrh the post to a lar_e niiuiber of phiyors in Chri-teliurc-'i. iuvititi'JC them to attend a injecting; U) di.-.eu.-..'* tho formation of a new crche-'tru for Christchnrch urder the eond>ietor.,!iin of Mr Scherek. As one wini a good knowledge of the up.s and downs of musical i-ooie-ties, 1 would like to utter a r.oto of warninir. to youny; otithiwia-sts wlio may be likely to be carried away with tho newness of a second .society, and may bo tempted to piny false, to tho faithful old Mur-ica! t'nioii. Xow. a town of tlii.s -size cannot support; two good orchestra.'!, for one rca.«on —thf-ro are not pi a vert* en on eh. Tlien what is moro nii.-vorahh-. Ib-rn to hay**. two imperfect and half-alivo sofieties. for that i.s what ir riir-atis. The propos-'d neir iir-lFiTii rnny flourish f"*r a month or two, but can nr.ly be .s-horMlvod (T can jx.int to several such in-uan'-cs in I'u-w Zen laid. Jf thero k an honest desTP to improve orchestral matters here, let the unattached players join the ifti«->al Union and r-'uhe a fine la rev oro-be*tra. whi"h. under vch a eondnctor ;m the Trr'f.ii n , >--s'v-(' ; . could bo the very _*;i?vnt ion of music in f*i,ri.s-'ehure I . Just 0 ,, -» : Wbv d'd tho pro-io+ers of thi' -*ehenio send invitation* to such a 1.-fee number of nfrformin. mcmlwr.. o p ihe Mimical I'm ion? .A" liononr to lb-no vrho. to "-y k^owlr.-'cr, - ,, tore tin the rres-saco. X,-,, s+'V]; to --h<> old s'bin. w'b 1 " 1 - hi,-. ■**:>rvd timr~= r-hn-'d. of if. and Chri-<ft-rhnreh will -stick fo yo't. TTo are pr-id of vr.iir dnir-r-; ni T.\r* l r-.-ist. in c- ; -.s r-f it>p water po'trin.-* of a

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