JUBILEE EXHIBITION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12402, 16 January 1901, Page 8

JUBILEE EXHIBITION.

notes. ~ , . , . The concert at ks . mg^-, P. 1 williams, coined more than toe usual m-onorbion of concerted vocal items, and C lent it . character fa. tative and musically, en 3 oy»l.le J^ 1 nertained to these concerts recent y. Lpi-a two really excellent quartettes, m which Mrs Brooke, Mies M. Graham and Messrs 1. Millar and B- S. Collier sust-amed too parts. The- voice glance was toautiful, and both numbers were simg'with^a^re dramatic The secondrequirements of expiession Piusuti’s undying “ Good N igW. _ was particularly express.vely sun 1 operatic trio, “ The hlagic-wove Scaif sun by Mrs Brooke and Messrs Collier and Millar was hardly so successful, but the duet “O, For Thy Wings, O Dove, by Mrs Brooke a nd Mr Collier, .was uJ many-re-sneebs the gem of toe evening. Mrs Brooke 3SSS mtlei's Jorid “ Ch. sin "in" was sweet and expressive, coloratura singing is not her besUod om of exoreis’on. Nevertheless, she scored an emphatic encore. Mr W. A. Bownng contoibuted two songs, “Once,” and Mascheroni’s “Beloved.” Both were sung correctly and with considerable finish, but the enunciation in each case was somewhat smothered, and toe renderings were a trifle lifeless. The same charge lies against Mr Frank Hobbs, whose voice is also rather light for such a song as “ The Deep Cold Sea.” Otherwise his singing was unexceptional. Tosti’s “Good-bye” seems to die very hard, but this would be the more excusable if it were were often song with the Eam’e exquisite taste and perfect finish as were imparted to it by Miss M. Graham, who, being warmly recalled, sang “ For Ever and a Day.” Mr Dykes’s “ Lady Humming Top ” was, as announced, distinctly _ humorous,” but it was a somewhat pr-mitive form of humour for a concert with pretensions and performances. cello solo—a- theme -with eleven variations—nicely played by Mr L. Bonnington, lent a further charm of variety. Mr G. P. Williams contributed two recitations. The first of these, “ Omnes Illacrymabiles,” was somewhat colourless, and of doubtful orthodoxy, whilst toe second, Calverley’s inimitable Fly-leaf, “When the Young Augustus Edward,” appeared to he caviare to the bulk of the audience. The Exhibition orchestra opened the concert with a well-play-ed overture. The accompaniments were played by Misses C. Lingard and Scrrvenor.