MASSED BANDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 5

MASSED BANDS.

MUSIC AT, NEWTOWN PARK

"There's magic in tho music of 6 ,•] military:band!"'runs a lino mi a' fami- ■} liar musicjiall song,: and there •is a lot ) ■ truth -in the /lyrist's- alliterative-: ■ f,tKbnip!ht'.; i ,/ Tie , a dozen. of'Wellingtan's' bands wereVto-.-j ' play • attracted ; atout ,3000 peoplo to 5 iNewtown Park yesterday; .afternoon;--. 1 ; Although tlie attendance 'could iiot_ba ! ' considered thing. but. -, satisfactory, ; ? the ! conditions liiider,' which/: the ba nda played mado tho outing anything but 1 pleasurable., Half a gale blew coldly -~ ' 'ialong;- the/ grbund^.;-raismg^:clOTi^^M-:^ ;dust; aloiig ■ every .-'path; and:Atrirf r bare.;.'!.i . ,slopo,-wkere tlie public,disported itselfir;j The- music was. only,! audible , to. those ; on the leeward side of the- bandstand, ''.; but. even there I :the■ pCTfowhances; ;o'f lthe S iraajority ! :6f"the ; bands;: of ■. a^V 1 ! •very high; quality: , L'Mer:"such'-condi-; J ' ..tions, it could , liot beiexpected. . Still, 'v, those 'wlio had tho pleasure of hearing ;1| the Wanganui . Garrison. Band in Wei- j)' hngton a-few days ago cannot"but con-"}- 1 elude that our brass band music Icaveo 'much room: for improvement. :A mili- |!J tary.band.'was also-.included in-thelist-| : - of contributors,'.: bu't:its?.attenipt : .:{o'; i •justico to. Bale's overture to "The 80-; i:j 'hemiaii;. Girl'!., "ve'r^ Tlie^attack was ragged;' the runs wera'|■! not cleanly - or.-crisply played,:, and the -jH ensemblo. did iiotproduce 'the/: body: of £'■ sound to be,exited .from. this .number s ! '. of players. Not even tho spirited cou- it V: iductmg of Mr.. Moschmi (whose clarinet .£'■■. : would '■-havo'strengthenedC: jp could give tho band tliat' precision, aa •!/ .. to tempo, , and tho!:tone colour a niili- ?. ! tary' baud should bb competent to produce. Yet thero w'ample room for a s ;'.:; Jgood military /Wellington; tba& v |:;; will study seriously} -practise assiduous^'?.'• ■ ]y, _ and obscrvo . a .codo .of - idisciplina ; .which will be ; a deterrent' to she loose:ness, and, in some cases, which creops inte' all bands fA.,one;tiii» : ,' -oranother. Nonotably good results caa :;■■■ ibe achieved without enthusiasm, and - ; ;that is not " a . marked feataro of tho & gsneral run of our bands, which ten or: twelve years ago were a source of pride - to tho city. The Pipe Band is doing ; very. weJl . because the ' element of enthusiasm' will improve any ' niusic, oven pipe music:. ' . . . Yesterday's programme ,was : as i follows March, . "Rajamahendri," and ■ selection, "Songs of Robert Tamiahill" i (both by Ord-Humo), Jupp's - Band; ' selection, "Dinorah" \ (Meyerbeer),' Tramways Band (under Conductor , Clarebut); selection; "Bohemian Girl" ' : ~ ■ (Balfe); Military, Band' (under Conduo- .- \ tor . Moscliini) ; selection, "Song's of ; '' ! > Balfe": (arranged bj H. Round) ] Po- . i tone Municipal Band,'(conductori"Lieuft.' j Herd); selection, "Tutti in Maschera," ' : (Pedrotti), Wellington 1 Garrison,-Band (under Lieuti Herd); pipe solo, "Lady ! Islington's Weloomo to New Zealand," ' j Corporal T. .A. M'Donald; selection, "Scottish Airs," Wellington Pipe Band: ' massed: march, "Craigieleo" i,'(Parker)J i conductor, A. Clarebut; "God Save t-ho •! King."