FIRST CONCERT TO-NIGHT

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 27, 31 July 1924, Page 8

FIRST CONCERT TO-NIGHT

Mr. Charles Hackett will give his first New Zealand concert in the Town Hall, under the direction of Mr. E. J. Gravestock. Although only a comparatively young man, Mr. Hackett has achieved triumphs which' mark him an a singer, and an artist that New Zealanders are fortunate to hear co early in his career. English critics unanimously voted Mr. Hackett the "best tenor to be heard in London since Caruso." His recent tour of Australia has been a record one, and although return visits to Melbourne and Sydney were demanded, Mr. Gravestoek adhered to his promise to bring the great tenor to New Zealand, together with his associate artists, M. Braiza, the young Serbian violinist, whom the London "Daily Telegraph" considers to be amongst the foremost violinists to-day, and whose reputation, in England ranks him as a great .artist, and Mr/Clarence Raybould, the eminent English pianist. Mr. Hackett has arranged" a fine programme for to-night, which includes the popular Poet's Song, from La Boheme "Questa o Quella," from Rigoletto ; II nuo tc-ore," from Don Giovanni; Star V.cino" (Rosa); "The. Kiss" (J-jeetnoven): "Sniagge Amate" (Gluck) ■ ['Sea Fever" (John Ireland) : "Evening' (Hagcmann) ; "The. Fuchsia Tree" and "Morning Song," two songs by Roger Quilter: "Thank God for a Gardon" (del Riego); "Duna" (M'Gill), etc. M. Bratza's numbers include the First Movement from the Tschaikowsky Concerto. "Slavonic Danoe in E Minor" (Dvornk-Kreisler). "La Capricieuse" Elgar-Knmance (Palmgrcn), ".Moto Perpetuo" (Ries), etc. The second concert will bo given on Saturday, and-the third and final on Monday next. Unreserved seat patrons may purchase tickets at the Black Cat Confectionery next door to the Grand Opera House