ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

■ . ORGAN BECtTAL./ .. Both i£r. Maughan Barrett .and the City Council must be : intensely, gratified -by the 'undoubted success that'js/attending; tjie, organ recitals that are being-giveiv." weekly 'in the. Town Ha 11..:. The' appreciation'". that' ; ' ; '.iG 1 being shown is a complete •Vindication',ofi'tho argument brought forward .againfet municipal enterprise in; this direction. Despito.'.+he-'Cold showery weather 'pf last,; evening, tihcgaudienco, was numerically I encouraging, j;am\ ~thc;. fact that.Bix out of the eight'items can be taken'as an' - insgation~°9f.''.the:°cn£hii6-" iasm that greeted the-rcfn?shing' : ;programmo presented; by - Mr/" ..BaVnetty-'-.The ".'classical numberselected .was" Mendelssohn's No. 3 Sonata, a gigantic' work,.'scored' on-.tho-'broad-est, lines, starred with wonderful'contrasts, and ending with a beautiful tri.nq.uil,. movement, gloriously' . restf;il...,4,(tcr.the vibrant, clangour of the preceding fugue.. As a musical' foil nothing coul(r;jia,v^' r ;]iqeii.;. rapre appro-' priate than the soft placidity- of 'a' tranEcription of Carl Bolim's. Stlll'.''as'' 'the' iviglit." Tho fibre of organ niiisic iii'; ; gcneral r Hardly : lends itself to the dainty"'delicacy of a-Wfvottey yet Mr. Barnctt succeetled'-in'■■making'Handel's pretty number, from the overture; to.i,"OUo" interesting. Boellman'i?;."Suite ;Gothique" is a work of great charm. Jt-opens with-; a-florid chorale, full of. rich • by. a minuet, the rhymth :of. which was somewhat cloudy. The prayer which succeeded was alto, gcther charming in its religious colouring, and finally, the .riotous j:occatb' was given 'out With 1 Grip spirit. Lemare's Andantin'o" .is'', now' quito familiar; to all lovers: of' organ'music. Its pathetic air gives opportunity,;for a->variety of combination of rare beauty, and its interpretation by Mr. Bamett ;lefti nothing-'to; he desired. Massenot's ." AragOnjiise," .'from.'tho ballet music of "Lc Cid;" mado'-familiar'; by tho Exhibition orchestra, was gladly welcomed, T and the audicnco would make, no objection .to 1 ! hearing the whole of ,th"6- Frenchman's.'fasci'n-'j ating suite. -Another: ■ number'' that ""found ! favour was Hollin's dainty •• "Spring Songj" I upon which followed Wely,'s popular" Offertoiro 111 F. . ... ~ ■ .... The ■ next. ■ recital, to "be" given on Tuesday evening next, will consist,,of,;.a; prognriwho selected from tho pieccs which Save "'received tho largest number of votes recorded: bv those who' have, been present' at' tlie rccitals'already given.' — •- i. , V ' ; . THEATRE ROYAL. The latest in' biographic,'filmV ; pia;y an important., part..in Fuller's :.vaudfvillo:. enteVtainment just at present. .The finest of the'-series last evening was one 'depictife the"Kabits'.'of familiar birds, in tho procuring'bf '.whichjriuch'. ingenuity and patience must : havo ; been be-> stowed. Hugh Lloyd fiddled "on' 1 ? his. violin and . turned somersaults-, on- ai~.ilack- wire',-'and generally convinced tho public- of. his . capa-city-to defy the staid laws of-'equilibrium. Another "star", turn was that 'of Eva Lee and her picaninnies,. the; eccentricities, .of tho little 1 black babies causing roars of laughter. The turn represents -in—-life- -the • comicalities of picaninnies, which form favourite subjects for pictures-and postcards. Bonetta"and Williams amused .the audience inj- a comic -sketch, making their reappearance after an absence fiom the local platform-.' The other 'itemß, went to make'up a strong' programme! ' THE ROTAI,'PICTURES. ' Tho unpropitious weather-.makes.'-very : little diffcrenco to the attendance .at "His' Majesty's Theatre, and last-night a crowded h»use„ witnessed tho excellent s?riwi of .jpisturfs which constituted the programme. To-night a ' eemplete change will be given,, wi,th .pictures arriving to-day. Among th 6' new' -subjects to be projected are "Tho flour-footed Hero," "The Pantrymen's Dreams," and "Tho Mystic Mirrors" constitute the.star.items.-.j,-;.- , , . FACING THE MUSIC. , ■ It-is hardly accessary' to giv.o affinal,-re-minder that tho farca'-.comeilv, --"facing- the ■ Music," -is being prdMcad"Jn;:'thc''CConceft" Chamber of tho T9wn•H.Tll-to-iright""sml l to-'' morrow night, to assist the Victoria Collego " gymnasium and Social Hall Fund, The performance is under the «patronogo-.--.-of ->th"ir IJxccllencies the Governor and La'dv Phmket ind premises to result;in material financial, lid to .the College Gymnasium.'' Miss" Ethelivyn Kirk and her string orchestra" iliay- be ! !xpectcd to givo somo-. music-'of-, tho,"best liiality. A few good-seats .arc still unreserved ; it the Dresden. ; - : OPERA"'H'OtrSE:"" r "' Tho second tirod.uction'J'bf '"Tho Ited Laiiip ''.' iy the Hemming pnrpanyratacted ; alibthdr' rowded house last evening,- aiid the iVr'nii" noidents of tho . Nihilist plot" were followed ', rith" keen interest. .... This evening .-"They ■ lorals.of Marcus"-will bo staged fpr the-first - ime. .It is tho latest addition-to' Mr.-' Floin-" ling's extensive, repertoir.e.'.bf 'lugh-class' plavs, 1 ' nd was a tremendousTnrccofis on its first pro- ! .notion in London. SiiwMarcus Ordeyne, a ' nidd!e-aged baronet, with no taste for society nd a liking' for research-tin renaissance liter,-i- ! uro,. is astounded one evening whilst seated i n his garden, by the-sudden , appearance of a - eautiful little creatfi'vo,;. who tolls him a uriotis tale. She is the daughter of British •' aronts who lived in ".Syria. • Jloi' father v ying, -he.r mother, enters; a Turkish harem, ( 'rom thoro, tho yo'ung'.'girl.'fCa'rlotta) eloped' itli a young Mnfflisl(ftTf^i'.T;.W^tp'b©oiigli , t*..lle¥:'' ) England, left her traiiij and,' for. some" ' ncxglaincd reason, ebuuiiittedJ suicide':'l'; r i!he ay in which she fascinates Sir Map-eiis;'and, -' luses his family and. frieiidslto. .expostulate itli him on his treatnlent of the young ladysul his position in'society,.is'lquito interesting; : .is3 Beatrice Day appears ;-Maiu'-' '1; aring, the former sweotheart -.of .hir Jtareift; 10 rest of the • ,l ipport. On Saturday : iught, '"Oliria," an Inptation by W. G. Wills,'pL i .y.icaT -of' ri r akefield," will be produced-here for the b •st timo. " r