AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13910, 8 December 1910, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

mcniwritAi. society caNCKitT. j 3 %.. ' ■„, l.cstr.l *«l. <"'« »°£ t m tne numbers selc.ted t» f»"" ™ c „i,.'iamine vere by no mean.- new to tit U «■' evident oon.iilerame .car. w, be-" taken .o rehearse then: mlb;----11., i . hil-l knowledge of the rompo.--fmi- .«. '•- -nn.et.iiin?, the fccnu'iert >«nphonv." ".No. •> Ulnn- »!*.," tln> ••"lannhmiser, a»" ".Itusa.n.ni'l.- overtures, to _el, ct l«»ur 7 ,!-. mi t l '" programme, nrc irctU . .'in' Vh.-r« w*«s noticeable abmH .1, ~!.■•. in-')t tho Orchestra last mgnt. ~'') u'V* i-'-eption, a enspness and ,;.,'.ml bnlhanev of tone, added to a ro.-.meiid-'.lf and cv refill attention to IhcTrtc ~iv light and shade J he . .<-. irn «»'>om-d auspiciously, the _- k.Tilde v tbe '- hinJ {, !-' t ",' ";"- oll< - ]- ---r J' 1 .' 1 i. „.- .riven oxcelbntly, witnblv fe Schubert's •'Unliiiisheu .Hunphony." "i 13 minor, was also we I Ht-.ed 1 lie weak siot wa.. undonbtedRtlieVdh'- l' lt! "-' melody in the first Sovi-mcnt there w.'.s a lnck of soundL ol tone, but as n whole the niarvrllonsU differing phase:; of the niovei, nt were interpreted with considcriblc ,urn'". The second movement va. bcttei nlnvcd as a whole than tho first theie being more smoothness. Thp'norl. is a very exacting ow, and i>» On i'i-t i a deserve praise tor the iP.llv i->i.dl at manner in which it was Ihe strings were heard to \'c-v "rr»t advantage in tho **\ orst) ,.f" r "iiom "Lohengrin," the pianis_„r_ effeft and the number as a whole h<. m T "lven excellently, with the execution" that in parts tho tempo was t'ken far to slow. Liszt s- "J.hap_miie Ilongioi?-. No. 2" made familiar ?, a-, hv the Exhibition Orchestra was i!i\rd vei\ creditably indeed. All the 1.1-t** nnrked well, nnd the boss was ..pe-ia'.lv !_ood. The "Tannhauser oi.rture was the least satisfactory of -|| the oidiestrnl items. _ It was lomcv.h-.it iu«Rc<l, and instead of «de-id-'l separation of the \ eniister<_ music, and the "Pilgrim r Choru. " -lie two were rather mixed „„ the whole interpretation being im-citi-lartoM. and by no means up to the st.ipd.ird of the orchestral numbers which preceded and succeeded it. liinsBonct's he .utifullv melodious ''Angelas was admirabiv giv_n, the devotional character ot the music being well ex-lir-n-cd. and the orchestra was • ll .o exceedingly s_ood in Schubert s "Rosamunde*' overture. Tlio latter wis plavod with much spirit and crisp- ■ „_._. Mrs Arthur Mead wisely selected for her first vocal solo a composition of florid character, -which is exactly the dass of music in which she excels. Mra Mead sin*; "Caro Nome " splendidly. Sho nns in excellent voice, and with the excention of the small defect ot rather fo'remg her voice too much in • the higher passages, the number was • given most artistically. For an encore? Mrs Mead sang the waltz song, "So .Santa Ro_e" very finely indeed. Jn this-tho voire was held more in reserve in lino forte paesages, with the result tb_6 tho item was sting with great brijfiuncy and success. The two numbers were sung to orchestral accompani*T_M.nt. which ivas excellently played. It • is'aifficult to understand why the duet '.raw "Romeo and Juliet" was selected. MffCaerlTon-Bennett's voice is lacking innModv, and the voices did not blend .- nt 'all well. Mrs Mead sang with a good deal of success, but the duet was deddedlv one-sided. ■ Mr Alfred -Bums ronducted, and Miss Christabel Wells led. "THE MESSIAH** AT ST. LUKE'S. The choir ol St. Luke's Church is.ap- , pnrently one not without ambition. _f This is proved by the fact tha,. this ?.*«__., and at this appropriate scaison, __-4_ essayed ''Tiie Messiah." It was *. ■-_, compliment to the choir that the . iSmrch was almost as well filled last ' V «y.ning as it could possibly be. There *-. »«ero some excellent features about ~?_fitj pertormance which, as a whole, • wj__ not discreditable. The most at- I ' tractive parts were those taken by tho .":/ j'otmpr chon-iters, who sang the treble r '"'aira (which would ordinarily have been " .jopruno and contralto solos) in a '- delightfully fresh < and tuneful fashion. Their voices . were also /7-pleasingly conspicuotts in the "■ choriises. Tlio choruses as . a r, 1-hole, unfortunately, were rather *" lacking in balance, and there waa a f> - decided tendency to slnr over the in- [' ' tricate runs in which both the solo '-" and chorus work of the oratorio - -abounds. The has.- solos were satisfac*i torily sung by Mr W. A. Carew, al- '< •fchougb a little more vigor would have -. rirei. his interpretations more colour. 4"" * Th. tenor soloist, Mr l.eginald Ash- % .eWft, sang ouite out of tune, and his ..,!. solos were "thus m.rred. The or-fcui-st. Mr Arthnr I/illey, A1.Hi.C.0., V. .Sid wJto© very _j(S>d work indeed. Hia " r . accompnnimonS. wero both skilful and ... • sympathetic. *_» tho overture and tho L. pastoral symphony were tastefully £■ played by him. Tiie oratorio was, given / in Aid iif the Organ Fund, and th© 1 .object should have been materially asby last evening's contributions. \ i ) DRAMATIC'ENTERTAINMENT. _g/ A very successful dramatic .enter--5> f tninment* was given last night nt tho % West End Hall by Miss Lucy Cowan .tf and her students. There was a large, "i",,__oa enthusiastic audience. The first s'. -part of the programme included a diaT loguc, in costume, from- "As You Liko '' .'lt," by Misses M. Fountain and Lucy Cowan and Mr Frank Cordery; the *. catnedietta "Twenty Minutes Under an - 'Umbrella." by Miss Eileen Grossmaim -. and Mr F. M, Cordery; and a dialogue, *; "The Backward Child," by Miss M.. j "Brewster and Miss Lucy Cowan. Be- '■ tween the parts -Miss "H. E. Brown ' played a piano solo well. The farcical .; eotnedv, "The Boots at tho Swan," »$ formed the second part. Tho respective parts were well sustained by Misses ~ Quill, Grossmann, Lousieh, Page, and ', .Enkey, and Messrs Pullyn, Cordery, and McCullough. The "programme will . be repeated to-night, with the addition " " rle '' c Q Uarre l Scene" from "Julius f*. Cassar," by Messrs Cordery and Ward. FULLEE'S PICTURES. | Tbe present programme of Fuller's I. Pictures at the Colosseum attracted a large audience last night, and all tho different series, especially those illustrating the story of "TJncte Tom's Cabin," wero well received. To-day i I! 161 ? ■"■'•' c ,l niatinee of "Uncle j, Tom's Cabin," and in the evening the j» second change this week of pictures will: | he made. The new pictures will inI £J u<Jc; —''FuneraJ of Princo Francis of F Teck at Windsor," "Tlio Mohawk's J» a -"t" "Lieut. Rose and Chinese Rirates." "Amalfi," "Hero of the Sedan," 'Making of Sweets," and olhers, including a number in lighter ; vain, OPERA HOUSE. ? The current programme submitted by Fuller's Vaudeville Company attracted another fair audience to tho Opera f % House last night, when the various f items, musical, terpischorean, nnd cine- , : matograph'>, were received with .; warm nnnlause. The bill will bo re7. peatrxl this evening. "?" HAYWARDVS~PICTCRES. !.'; .The current programme of Hayward's i r Pictures at His Maicsty's Theatre was _,_" repeated *.eiy successfully last night. |. when there l.as a large attendance. Tonight the panic bill will be given. | 1 MUSICAL UNION. | - Owing to Mrs li. W. Pidgeon unbuffering from a bad throat IK attack, ..lie ivill he inialde to sing tho |t-* oontralto .mina. in "The Messiah" *° W he given on Tuesday next. Mrs Ernest §? Firth has kindly consented to take tho I • part, tbohgh at eEort notico.

I.KEI.E BALLOON COMPANY. Ihe programme «f the Boebe Balloon Company*- di»p ia;v . at tho %sho „. „ roun( | s on Saturday includes threo attractions a tripe parachute decent, davli__ht ftietMirlis. and a band concert. One of the most mtorestins feature., of the balloon ascent will be the preparations i ;l tin- direction' oi inflation, which Is carried out on th c most mo-lern .oien-ti-ic pr:nc:ple.- by hot air. The ...ir.unny drum that by this til ere is no chance <{ an accent being marred hv failure «t inflation. X 0 doubt as t'«e citertamnient ■.. decidedly <>f 'v novel and uniiiuo character, thorr. will be a targe attendance on .Saturday niternoon. WAINONI PARK. The Wainoni Gal.*. h__. been dcfimtelv fi-.cd for 'ibursday, Jauuarv i_(itl| \ novel programme of sports "and entertainments will ..e given, j n addition to a big display of firework;;.