JOSEPH HISLOP

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 189, 8 May 1931, Page 2

JOSEPH HISLOP

Voice of Crystal Clarity

Rarely has there been manifested in New Zealand such keen Interest in the coming of a personality of the world of art and music as is being shown in the advent of Joseph Hislop, the famous British tenor, who will appear at the Town Hall on Thursday, May 14. Hislop is coming to the Dominion under the aegis of Messrs. J. and N. Tait, who have provided New Zealand music-lovers wßh many feasts of music—song, piano, airll violin—and to mention just a few of the examples of their enterprise and of perfection of musical talent with which we have been regaled In the past few years, the names of Galli Curcl, Paderewski, Heifetz, Moiseiwltsch, Chaliapin, and Kubelik may be given. Memories of the triumphal success which Hislop enjoyed in New Zealand in 1927 in the course of a necessarily short season are brought back by the approach of his pre; sent tour, this time, fortunately, a more extensive one. Hislop enjoys a popularity unique in the world of music. His is a glorious tenor voice, with nuances of tone that are remarkable. It is a voieo of crystal clarity and sylvan sweetness; it can be tender and romantic, or powerful and declamatory, and Hislop is a veritable genius in his wonderful control of it. Tall, slim, and handsome, Hislop to some suggests frailty in his appearance, but to hear him sing opera, lyrics, and ballads is to hear a golden-voiced tenor, idolised in every part of tho world—English and for-eign-speaking, as the case may be. His modesty is a particularly charming quality; his humility in the knowledge that his is a God-given gift Inspires his songs with just that touch of unworldly appeal that audiences enjoy—a spiritual exaltation, as it were, that lives long in the memory, and brings joy at the recoll'.etion. In this respect, perhaps, Hislop is more Impressive than any of his talented compeers in the world of song and music. Isidor Goodman famous as an accompanist as well as brilliant solo pianist, also an extremely personable young man, will support Hislop, so that a rare treat is assured.