THEATRE ROYAL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 9144, 30 August 1892, Page 3

THEATRE ROYAL.

I MISS BUHVBTT. 7 A laree and fashionable audienc 7 assembled at the Theatre Royul las 1 night, when Miss Alico Sydney Barvet gave a grand piano recital. The pre . gramme, consisting of nearly all classics p pieces, presented selections from nearl 0 all In maitru, inclodinp Handel, Men 0 detesohn, Beethoven, Mozart, Ravine Thnlberg, Field, Uottscbalk, and Osco Comettant. The artiste proved herself n player poeßessed of remarkable tecbniqni and with wriat power thnt would b noticeable in a male performer, an therefore much more so In the case < a lady. Miss Burvett's style of playin ereatly resembles that of Monsier. Kowilskl, the manipulation of the kcj board being accomplished with th deflected wrist and the forward thrust < the French school, of which both th nrtists named are exponents. The pn gramme, although drawn up exceeding] h well from the point of view of \? Ie musiciaD, in the opinion of many did m c, contain enough of what, for want of id lifttr-r term, is called popular mti9i y " Pliuic, Sn-ec-t Homo" and " Robj 1- Adair," each with variations, were tt es principal concessions to the almost un >n vcreal demand of the avenga theatri

soer for familiar melody. The "Grnnd Sonata" (Beethoven), with which the recital opened, was finely played. Opening in a crl»p and delicate ullesro admirably executed, the passage to the semi-mournful adagio, jocund rondo, find galloping prestissimo were achieve/! with graceful ease, and the whole sonata must have been intensely enjoyed by the many trained musicians present. The general public, however,- considered it the least entertaining item on the programme, and felt quite a relief when Mozart's tnneful "Turkish Hondo" succeeded. To go through every morceau In detail wonld be wearisome, but it should be said that each was loudly applauded, and that the lnir artiste demonstrated really remarkable powers of execution in every item of the four numbers given. Those which met with the most public favor, leaving ont of the case the two popular pieces of melody named, were the "Grand Fantasia Ou tbe Prayer from ' Moses in Egypt ; ' " a charming " Nocturne " by Field j " Extrait de la Suite," Handel ; Gottsebalk's celebrated composition " LaTarantelle j " and Oscar Comettant'a " Cradle Song."