A NELSON MUSICIAN AT WANGANUI.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 16 April 1910, Page 5

A NELSON MUSICIAN AT WANGANUI.

KEUiTAL Bl' MISS LOUISE CKO'U'UUJiK.

The following extracts are made from the ..augauui press reports of the first recital given m that town by Miss Louise Croucher on luesday last. assisted by Madame Briggs and Mr Gordon Meße'th (accompanist). The "Chronicle" says:—St. Paul's Hall was well filled last night, and had Ihe weather been loss unfavourable woiud not have accommodated all who would have liked t.i be present at the violin recital by Miss Louise Croucher. . . . Miss Croucher is an artist in every respect. She produces a full i*ieli to i<2, while her 'technique is admirable. She seems to surmount dillicultics with a facility and certainty of ■execution rarely heard on the concert platform. . . . . Whether in the brilliant "Hungarian Dance'' (Joachim—Brahms) or in the "Concerto Komantique" of Godard she charmed ' her audience, which insisted upon an encore to the latter, when she gave the popular •'Humoresko" by Dvorak. Her concluding brackett d number was 3 beautiful melody by Tschaikowski, an J "Zephir," by Hubay, in which the intricate harmonics were produced faultlessly. .Miss Croucher, on being recalled, gave a pianoforte solo, "Consolation" by L'iszt, proving herself a soloist on tne piano as well as on the violin. In its report the "Herald" says that, considerable artistic pleasure was evinced in the reception of the pieces played by this talented young lady. She will certainly be a great acquisition to the musical circles of the town. She is undoubtedly a great artist in violin playing, and m the pieces rendered that night the rendering of the nuances, light and shade, miaint rhythm, and time were done m ii maimer which individualised the different characteristics of each composer. The last two pieces, 'Melodic." bvTschaikowsld, and •'Zephr, bv Hubay. were also fmely rendered, the playing of the harmonics in the last piece being especially fine. For encore Miss Croucher played -the piano solo "Consolation" (Liszt), wh'«n demonstrated that she is also a really first-class pianist as well as a violinist of exceptional ability. Altogether the pieces were rendered with artistic skill, the linuid tones of the viol'n, the splendid' double stopping, clear shakes and harmonics, together wth the different expressions displayed in the various characteristics of tlieseveral composers, pro ml Miss Croucher fo be a verY fine violinist and a true artist on the instrument.