A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 6

A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

»- SOUSA'S FINAL CONCERT. .Sousa and his magnificent band scored a brilliant triumph at the Town Hall on Saturday evening, when .the final concert of a_ memorable series was given before ah immense audience, which was fairly carried off its feet, so- to speak, by the splendid performance of the distinguished company. The audience was extremely fortunate with a special "request" programme, comprising tho most popular titbits in the band's repertoire, and to these wero generously added encore items enough and to satisfy. The opening number was' Tschaikowsky's celebrated "1812," which created such a furore of enthusiasm at one of tho earlier concerts. A Chopin suite—a' mazurka, a. waltz, and . the "Marcka Funebre"—was the next item of note, and here the band took a higher flight, interpreting tho characteristic music of the great French composer with a performance which left nothing to be desired. Another memorable number was the selection from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly," and tho audience was especially grateful for the "Peer Gynt" suite, given as an encore number —tho encore numbers, taken as a whole,.wero a concert in themselves, by the way—the brilliant and ever-popular "Zariipa" overture, the whimsical items. "The Band Camo Back" and "Has Anybody Tr-ro Seen Kelly?" and tho favourite "Blue Danube"' waltz. The celebrated S'.msa marches - figured largely, in the concert, one of the most popular being "The Federal," while the old favourite, "The Washington Post," received its-due share of plaudits. The solo numbers included "April Morn" and "Tho Goose Girl", (the latter an.encore number), by Mifs Virginia Root, soprano, the violin numbers "Ziguenerweisen"- (Sarasate) and "The Swan" (Saint-Saens), and Mr. H. L. Clarke's cornet solo, "Showers of Gold and "Killarney." Just as the audience rose to go. the band played "The StarSpangled Banner." His Excellency tho Governor and Lady Islington attended the concert. ' There was also a good attendance of tho public at tho matinee concert which was given in the afternoon, when a yorv fine programme, generously augmented by indulgent responses to encore calls, was presented.