THE HARMONIC SOCIETY'S REHEARSAL.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXX, Issue 5225, 21 May 1874, Page 3

THE HARMONIC SOCIETY'S REHEARSAL.

The concert of tho Auckland Ilnrmomc Society, which is to tako placo to-night at the Lornc-Btrcet Hall, bids fan to bo a very attractive aflair, if we jiulgo by tho vt ry successful rehearsal yesterday evening. Tho programme in an excellent one. Thu uingmiicLut Twelfth Mass, by Mo/art, was gone through in a m ■nncr that augurs well for tho in- ro complete pi'rfoi inauco this evening. Thoie are scvoinl gems in tho programme wliich need only to bo mentioned to uruato a general dosho among tho public to hoar them. Tho uaosfc prominent of these is that fine old gleo — we may nay the very prince of glees — "When winds breathe soft." This beautiful musical composition, by Webb, is of itself sufficie.it to attract an auda-nco who cau. appieciato sterling music. It is undoubtedly the most oxpressivo and characteristic of all glees, whether anci' nt or modern. Its varied movements, ho well adapted to give expression to the words and full of meaning and deep pathos. Tho opening andante movement wai inngm* fiotmt, sweet, and touching, breathing tho sonso of tho po( try in quiet, neb harmony, which goon to tho very bouI of tho Hotelier, ft will not do, however, to trench moionpon the subject; at piesent. We leave fniMier ciitiuism till the public performance of dun owning, which will doubtless bo rendered in Huch a manner aa to keep up the chatacter of tho Society which bo successfully appealed before the public last Docunibor at the Loinostreet Hall,