PREMYSLAV GRAND FAREWELL CONCERT

Grey River Argus, 26 July 1907, Page 2

PREMYSLAV GRAND FAREWELL CONCERT

Tbe coming concert to be held on Monday next of Poland's greatest violinist, Leopold Premyslav, with the assistance of New Zealand's first soprano, Mrs Alice dower-Bums, and Australia's favorite pianiste, Miss Bessie Beattie, is being looked froward to eagerly by everyone-,by musical people and also by those who simply want to hear a simple, and homely melody interpreted by great artists.Premyslay does not only play the>%* Paginini Concerto, but he can "sing" a simple melody on the violin with entrancing delicacy , and sweetness. Mrs Gower-ißurns, after her singing of "O Roberto Tv Che Adoro," and "Mia Piccirella" at the famous Jean Gerardy concerts in Christchurch, was highly complimented by the worldfamed 'cellist upon these numbers. One of. the papers commetned in the following terms on the above: "That the' city was proud ~ it contained an artist who could so favorably appear on the same -platform as- such a musical genius as Gerardy. Her song "Sing Sweet Bird" pn the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, not only brought her the honor of_ a special command of the Duchess, but some months afterwards, a congratulatory. lpttelrT from the veteran composer; ; Wilhelm Ganz, at theage of eighty-six, on the fact of her having made . such a success of his. song on -such a memorable occasion. ' TMiss -Bessie ~Beattie, the pianiste of the company has. one of the most charming personalities on the .1 plat- . form of any artist that has ever visited these shores. . : '

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