ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 138, 7 December 1912, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

MUNICIPAL ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. On Tuesday evening tlie final concert of this season of the Municipal Orchestra_ will be given 1 in the Town Hall, and it is to be hoped that the music-loving people of" Wellington will wake up 'to the fact that they have in their midst, a splendid body of instrumentalists, capable of giving excellent concerts; at merely nominal rates—a fact which up to the present they have not realised. It ie not too late to show their interest in this body and its enthusiastic conductor, who has done so much for music in Wellington, and the programme decided upon for Tuesday is worthy of a crowded hall. The concert will be composed entirely of "repeat" numbers, which have been encored time and again when previously given, and therefore particularly attractive. Some of the items are the intermezzo from "Cavalieria Rusticana," Brahms's Hungarian Dances, Wedding March, "Ferramors" (Rubinstein), Grieg's "Peer Gynt," movements from " "Nutcracker" 6uite (Tschaikowsky), Jarnefelt's dainty "Prelude"— a programme worthy of considerably higher prices. In addition to the orchestral items, Miss Gertrude Hunt will sing Sir Henry Bishop's "Should He Upbraid," with full orchestral, accompaniment, and Mallinson's "Auf Wiederschen." Mr. Maughan Barliett will conduct, and this will be his final appearance with the Municipal Orchestra. til. MARY'S CHURCH, KARORI. Mr. Robert Parker has consented to give an organ recital in the above church on Monday evening next) at 8 o'clock, and will be assisted by members of St. Paul's choir, who will render some vocal items. Trams leave the Government Buildings for Karori at twenty-five minutes past seven o'clock.*

MADAME KIRKBY LUNN. Madame Kirkby Lunn will give her third and last concert in Wellington tonight, when an entirely different programme will be presented. The artist will sing "Che Faro" (Orfeo), Gluck, "Im Herbst" (Franz}, "Vergiblisches Standchen" fßrahms). "Poppies for Forgetting" (Lohr), "Morning — and You" (Avlward), "0 Lovely Night" (Landon Ronald), "Sapphische Ode " (Brahms), and "Three Fishers" (Hullah). Mr. Andrew Shanks will sing "Toreador Song" from "Carmen," "Hame" (Walford Daviesi. and ''Border Ballad" | (Cowen). Mr. William Murdoch will play~ "Ballade in 'A-flat" (Chopin),"Hark! Hark! The Lark" (SchubertLiszt), a new Prelude in G-minor by Rachmaninoff, and (by special request) Mr. Murdoch will play "La Cathetiralc Engloutie" (Debussy). M. Andre dp Ribaupierre will play "Romance" (Wagner). "Caprice" (Paganini-Gorski) and "Zigeunerweisen' (Sarasate). The box plan is at Christeson's, Manners-street. THEATRE ROYAL.' The programme at the Theatre Royal this week has been popular with the large audiences night by night. The Crimson Ramblers, Miss Bessie Slaughter, Black and Bronte, and Mr. Harry Linden afford excellent entertainment. The bill will 'be repeated to-night, and on Monday night there will be a complete change. • | ON> OUR SELECTION. "On Our Selection," as & book by Steele Rudd, is one* of the most popular works' on Australian life yet presented for public approval, and the play by the same name comes with good credentials. The Bert Bailey New Dramatic Company, now presenting "On Our •Selection" on tour, will appear in the Opera House, Wellington, on Saturday next, 14th December. Two of the authors of the play (Mr. Bert Bailey and Mr. Edmund Duggan) appear in the east, and,, needless to say, they malc6 the most of the characters they represent, while the other members of the company have been carefully selected for the various .parts, among these being Mr. Guy Hastings and Miss Mary Marlowe. The box plan opens Tuesdaynext, at the Dresden. WELLINGTON LIEDERTAFEL. The final concert of the Wellington Liedertafel for the present season will be given in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall next Wednesday evening, when a programme of high standard will be presented. Amongst other items there will be Mendelssohn's stately double chorus from the "Oedipus at Colonos," and (by special request) Elgar's charming "Song . from the Greek Anthology,"' and Stanford's vigorous "Songs of the Fleet" will be repeated. Miss Dora Read, contralto, who is already favourably known to Wellington audiences, will be the assisting vocalist. SUNDAY CONCERT. To-morrow a band concert will be given at Day's Bay by the Waterside Workers' Band.' • A special programme has been arranged with the object, the band states, of showing the general public that the band is worthy of the City Council subsidy. ' THE, NEW THEATRE. The current programme at the New Theatre, „ Manners-street, drew large houses last evening and to-day. Chief amongst the pictures.are "Two Daughters of Eve," "The Girl at the Cupola," "A Bird's-eye View of Paris," and "Broncho Billy's Last Holdmp." On Mon. day next a particularly interesting programme is'promised. The management announce the screening of a sensational pictorial story, entitled ' ".The Mystery ( of the Glass Coffin." This is, an Oriental conception, embracing the mythology of the Hindoos, and has been excellently produced by the Eclair Co. The story is described a 6 a particularly weird one, and splendidly acted. FULLERS' PICTURES. The final entertainment of moving pic-, tures will be screened this evening by the management at the Vivian-street Skating Rink. An excellent programme includes films from all the leading picture makers, interesting alike to old and young. A dramatic story of a powerful nature, entitled "Down Through the Ages," is one of the finest films of ita kino* yet seen in Wellington. The scenes are laid' in Egypt, and give some wonderful views of the ancient city of Thebes. There are also many other capital supporting pictures, including a scenic study of Devonshire and the banks and I gardens of Paris. , THE KING'S THEATRE. The chief feature at The " King's Theatre is "Red Fox, the Poacher," a coloured drama by the Pathe firm, and it is supported by an excellent and' varied programme. There will be a change of programme on Monday, tho star item being "A Woman's Ambition," a story of a woman's folly, supported by two Vitagraph productions featuring Maurice Costello and , John Bunny. THE EMP/RESS THEATRE. An excellent programme is being shown at_ the Empress Theatre continuous pictures, which resulted in an overflowing attendance last evening. Among the principal "features" is the Indian tragedy by the A.B. Co., entitled "The Chief's Blanket." There are pathetic circumstances associated with the death of the heroic "brave" who endeavours to -recover the sacred blanket, which had 1 been removed from the dead body of his chief. The Edison drama, "In Hia Father's Steps," the Lubin drama, "The Smuggler," and the topical events in William's Weekly, are all entertaining. The comedies amuee t everybody. A sporting" dramatisation of '•A Rogue of the Turf" is to be introduced shortly. * SHORTT'S PICTURES. "The Ancient Bow," a Western drama of great merit, is at the head of a pTogramme of good pictures "at present being shown at Shortt's Continuous Theatre. "A Juvenile Love Affair" is a well-acted child study. On Monday, in addition to the usual change, a finelycoloured Pathe production, "The God of the Sun," will be screened. •PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. Drama, comedy, and pictures of travel are all wpll represented in the programme which is drawing crowded houses to the People's Picture Palace. "A Dangerous Lesson" and "The Bank Cashier" are fine dramas, scenery is represented in views near the Simplon Tunnel, and there are several good examples of the comic art in kinematography. ST»AR PICTURES. There was again a full house at the Star Picture Theatre last night, and the " new. programme was greatly appreciated. "Red Fox, the Poacher" is one of the outstanding features, and the remainder of the programme- is "bright and varied and interesting. Last night the proceedings were in aid of the Island Bay School tennis court. ST. THOMAS'S HALL. The current programme at St. Thomas's Hall is cf nrst-class quality, and ie attracting full houses. The principal film is an Edison feature drama, entitled "A Dangerous Lesson," and the remaining items are well up to the standard. The programme will be repeated to-night. |

SUNDAY CONCERT. The Wellington Professional Orchestra will give the eighth and final concert of the season td the Town Hall to-morrow evening., Mr. Herbert Bloy will conduct, end Signer A. P. Truda (i!autist) will be the soloist, being accompanied by the full orchestra of fifty players. A silver coin collection will be made at the doorp. BAZAAR AND FANCY FAIR. The Miramar Municipal Bras 3 Band will hold a bazaar, fancy fair, and art union in the Miramar Town Hall and 1 grounds, commecing on sth February, meeting of ladies will be held on Monday evening. v '