SONG RECITAL

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 133, 2 December 1931, Page 4

SONG RECITAL

TALENTED PUPILS

■Accomplished, -vocalists" 'occupied the stage last night in Nimmo's Hall, these; being some'-of the adullpupils ot Madame Evelyn de Mauny. In each case there waS ample .ividence.that natural talent had %een carefully and well trained, the. result being that.each singer contributed. Srtißtically-sung and pleasing items to the programme. The audience was large and'apprediative-, being generous in applause and In' tRe matter of floral and oilier gifts to the singers. Owing to the fact that^ she; was suffering from laryngitis; Miss Mona> L. Mann was undbJa to; sing- ;Her placd:in the opening-.diiat witii^atalie Wilkinson was taken . W. this number being ,i.e-yond-the Meadow.: Gate" (Montague PhillipsV -Natalie: Wilkinson subsequently . sang "The Dove" and '"Tis June," both by Landon Ronald, while.Graco Robertson sang "Trees" and "Hindoo Song,. the latter being enriched with a .violin. obbligato.Jby:. Desmond Lavin^ The- same violinist contributed :the violiri-obbligato to Godard'sr "Angels Guard Thee, which. Jessie: Booth sang with' feeling-, an item which she followed TOth "KnOjVest Thou the' liand"- from ■ "Mignon" •. (Thomas). - With Mai King she sang Carl Goetzs | duet "Calm Silent: Night." Mai King contributed a group of three Maori Bongs, 'which was one. of .the most appreciated offefings of the evening. These. .were .Alfred Hill's "Waiata: Poi""ftnd n"Waiata- ■ -Maori," and the Princess Te Earji Pais^ - hunting ''fMaorLKglumber. Song. The male vocalists wer^very effeetive;~Chai?les.. W Clift has a bass voice of qunhty.-wJiicliL ■' he used to advantage in the old'Euglish "I Do Confess" (Henry Lawer), "Mavourneen" (Florence; Aylward), Stanford s "Drake's DrumV* and "The, Bong of Hy- ; brias the Crei#i" (J.,-W, J. , Newton Goodßon disptayed^abihty in his singing of ■'?Ihie Bitterness: \;j>f Love"': (Dunn), "O,?Sb Swget,is-SBe-"- (Alcock)^. the old ballaS '/Lord Randall," fed-Kahtfr "Aye Maria;?' In the last-named Desmond Lavi.n's violin obbligato was of outstanding quality.../■."Er.igkayS'Loys Lilty ; was given as an,.encore. Not the/least feature of the-programme • we^e the "aceoinpaniments played with true artistry by Madame Evelyn de Mauny. Mr. Besmond' Lavin, besides helping with the obbligato* HOted. above, .played the diff}-. . cult Wieniawsky '"I^gende" ■:' with true- ' musicianly. interpretation,' following- -it- : later with ?jibay'B' vivid \"B.eJTe Kati, . In each case" I(« was forced" to'give «nc6re numbers, but with one exceptionj encore numbers otherwise were wisely not' allowed, thus keeping the programme within reasonable bounds of time.