WEDNESDAY POPULAR CONCERT.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 110, 10 May 1894, Page 2

WEDNESDAY POPULAR CONCERT.

The Skating Rink was crowded to oxoess last evening, and large numbers had to stand, dnring the Wednesday Popular Concert. The great attraction was the first appearance in Wellington of a well-known singer, Miss Jeanne Ramsay, a young Southlander, who went to Melbourne to receive the culture of her voice, and there gained considerable fame as an accomplished soprano singer. On more than one occasion announcements have been made that Miss Ramsay was coming over to New Zealand with concert companies, but up to the present the promised visit remained unpaid. Miss Ramsay reoeived a most cordial welcome from last night's audience. Her voioe is a flexible soprano of good range, well trained, and possessing great faoility of execution. She appoars to revel in cadenzas, shakes, trills, and similar forms of vocal embroidery. Her first number was Bishop's " Lo ! Hear the_ Gentle Lark," the florid passages of whioh were easily and effectively sung, though the vpice laoked the element of sweetness which has been so important a faotor in the pleasure given by the bird-like trills of Bishop' 8 composition as sung by former artists. There was an enthusiastic recall, and the singer repeated the last verße. Mibb Ramsay next appeared in the famous " II Trovatore " duet, " Ah ! che la Morte !" the Manrico in tbis instance being Mr. E. J. Hill. The duet wos impressively and "artistically sung, and was encored. The visitor's last programme solo waß the " Dear Heart of Mattei, with -•which ehe onoe more "brought down the ihg use ;" but best of all was the arch and [coquettish, interpretation which she gave to [the quaintly humorous trifle "I couldn't, teonld IP" given in response to the recall. Sutra.. Harry Burfort, whose method chows .Considerable improvement, waa reoalled for icaoh of her Bongs — " The Children's Home " iand "I Dreamed a Dream." Mr. K. J. * Hill was not in his onstowary good voice last night, but he was recalled nevertheless, imperatively, for his contributions. These 'included " Mj Queen" (Blumenthal) and " My Little Love" (Wellinga). Mr. Tytherleigh l santr " Willo' the Wisp " (Cherry) and " Out -on the Deqp " (Lohr) in robust style, and Mr. Walter Haybittlo sang Chevalier's " My Old Dutch," and as an encore number " The Kipper's Lullaby," an well as giving an effective recital of " The Bosuns Story." Mr. Tytherleigh announced that Mibs Ramaay would uppear again on next Wednesday evening, when special arrangements would bo made for having an adequate supply of tickets on sale in town and providing further seating accommodation.