German Music
Mr Alex Robson, accompanied by Mr Wallace Woodley gave a recital of German music at the German Week Exhibition tn the Durham Street Art Gallery yesterday afternoon.
He began with “For Behold” and “The People that Walked in Darkness” and followed these with “The Trumpet Shall Sound” from “Messiah.” His richly resonant bass-baritone voice had effectively Handriiaa roll and he sang with exemplary clarity. The last aria is set rather high for t bus. Mr Woodley played a Gtgue from Bach’s Partita in B flat and Beethoven’S “Fur Eltse” with flne tone and artistic interpretation. Then followed some arias from MerarTs operas. It is Questionable whether Mozart (and Schubert whose songs were sung at yesterday’s recital) should be included in recitals at a “German Exhibition.” Those men were Austrians not Germans—a distinction that any Austrian would be very Quick to make They were attractively sung with the requisite weight and resonant liveliness of voice and with graceful line in phrasing. “Night Uy So Still" by Brahms seemed a Mt heavy In treatment, but a little song by Schumann was delicately turned. The recjtal ended with “Rase4ipt Maiden”—« German folk song arranged by Brahms- It is a favourite Amy marching song. -CJX.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19680823.2.120
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31765, 23 August 1968, Page 14
Word Count
203German Music Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31765, 23 August 1968, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in