CHURCH CONCERT.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 3, Issue 160, 25 December 1895, Page 2

CHURCH CONCERT.

A very large audience assembled tit. the Pukeroa Hull on Friday evening last on the occasion of tlie concert projected by members of the Roman Catholic Church in order to provide funds to effect certain repairs to the building. A most agreeable programme was submitted and the concert was an unqualified success in every particular. As the audience were being seated Miss Cinders (piano) and Messrs T. Srunson and V\. A. illiums (violins) played the overture ; an agreeable composition in which the always favorite airs the " Suwanoe Eiver " and the " Mocking Bird " alternated most' melodiously. 6liss May Malfroy sang a tender melody, " A Serenade;" the-musie by Qodiaut being well suited to the

words which are by Victor Hugo. 1i? jsecoud part she contributed "The ' Emigrant" which was most p-n' -tlv sung and elicited the hi irtv approval J; < of Tyrolean airs, was most creditably reii- M j derei by Mr H. Stewar,, who later (J!1 : demonstrated his versatility in a hu.n , r . ' ous song which drew forth combii -1 apr; phtuse and laughter. Mr 11. Roth s;»i» | ! " Remember nf jno more in fine si vie ! and was equally successful in' .1 fragm -at j from "Patience" in the second pari. 'i I Miss Pattie Griffiths, who possesses a v.vj] j modulated voice, sang "On the Baalg [ of Allan Water " with much feeling :;ad I expression. Mr E. R. Webb's robust I j voice was he trd to much advantage in I " King of the Night " and in re -pon.-; I a well deserved encore repeated the Ist. verse. Miss Lucy Dansey, who is favoroil | with a rich contralto voice, made a most ® j successful appearance, her singing uf > " Thy Voice is near" being rewarded 'j. I with an encore, to which she responded »; by rendering "I was dreaming." Tin first part of the programme conclulwl !' with a duet in character by Messrs ]•'. Holmes and G. Mayes, entitled "Englan,i , and Ireland's Own," which was- lavishly applauded, Mr Holmes responding f, i "self and partner" by dmieiiig an Irish jig to the intense delight of the cogno,oenti in such matters. The second part ' v was prefaced by a pianoforte solo exquisiteVv rendered by Miss Brabant, afi.: which Mi* T. Samsori sang in style the ever-green "Maid of Athens," j bowing his acknowledgijnjpts to. the heart-, | encore which crowned his efforts. Mrs AVil- | nou, »uu»: coiitiibuuouH are always ] lfectly rendered, sang"Ttfc Romany L i s ' j with artistic feeling and was deservedly ei; - I cored. Oik; of the 'most meriti vi .1.. j numbers iir the programme was the son;. " Mona' by Mr li. Richardson, givoi wifcb an intensity of expression whici. p raised the audience to a pitch of enthusi 1 asm that could only be 1 - appeased by tin- 1 singer's return to the platform. The en- § core item was "The Heart Bowed Down " ' which was given in air equally effect ivo manner. The accompaniments throui;. - out the evening were played by tin js' Misses Ginders, Brabant and Smith, ai:d Mr Fordyce and to their effective; playing , much of the success of the vocalists is & undoubtedly dire. Those entrusted with j the management of affairs neglected 1111 Rj detail of arrangement, the hall and sti.gn f being prettily decorated. The danctf I which followed was largely attended ami : kept up till a reasonably early hour.