ROYAL ARTILLERY BAND.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14898, 11 February 1914, Page 12

ROYAL ARTILLERY BAND.

4 j , It k oar good fonane tiiat Fiand- : iaast«T Siretton was able to raiwm hi* « conditioaal of a return visit with his Sne band, arxi he and they were heartily wek-omod back at ih» sr first concert,in the King £dward Bar- , racks las: eight. The hall har- * boured a splendid audience, ■without being inconveaiently overcrowefd. Tntarrangements on tftis occasion perlaitied an cixierly «jatry ol tiie put*- ; lie. Aa excellent pa'grammo was : provided, mc lirarxi jiarcn from ■■Kienju'" in the vaii. antl Beethoven's ssiolime Overture iv tioetlie'R "Jciimonz ' following ia wake, perhaiis the one number that sufiered inosi irom the prc/efes ci lor the military.'>a:id, exivllemly ;« it was played. iho Barcarolle irom '"Tale* of Hoffmann"" wa> in>on«i as an encore. The clever, lanciju! "'Suite of Woodland Dances." by HeH>ert Haines. wss represented by the ■ "Dryads" Darce.", "Woodland Sere- j nade," and "Fauas in the Forest ,: am] ; after the whistling chorus of the j "Wienir Madia*' can;e the greatest jK-n'onnance of the evening in the "Entry of the into Valhalla." from Warner's "Kheingold.* , that ; ff.nxzidioso of instrumental inspiration. In the secojid part a very weh' ; aiTunßed selection from Leoncavallo's -, ■•I'ajjliafo:/' a transtription of "Weber's '■ "Invitation to the Valse." with rather : too elal>orate orchestral ornamentation. > and the erer-beauiifuJ ovt-rture to ] "William Tei!." by Itossini. vere the - principal numbers. Corporal £. Rev- ; nolds played cleverly and with much penrer of uxecntion a piccolo solo, "The Wren," and the".Royal Artillery March" and "God Save the King," played with a fine spirit brought the concert to an end. Wβ have so folly expressed our admiration of the work of the hand that little need be added in their praise. Again there was ton- i spicuous 3lr Stretton's absolute con- 1 trel over his baad, ■whom he has j trained to obey the slightest move- ! ment of baton and hand, and every j glanoe of his eye. The fine attack. { the mellow eonority of tone in com- j bination, and the precision and finish I in every detail strike one now as j forcihlv as at the first appearance of f tho band. Mr Stratum's readings al- ! ways command the highest respect, j There are no laggards and no incom- { peteats in the band; the woodwind par- ( ticularly seem to mind no difijpjifie> in trausposinjs fctrinjr passages, and "■•*»«viallT in the "Paaliacri" Felection. ■with many tit-bite of soli, there was alwjiys the right man and a cood man. found in the right place. The largo assemblage enthusiastically appreciated the whole performance. The Baml will give a concert at ltGncastoT Park this afternoon, ami in 5 King Edward Barracks this evening, j