ATTRACTIVE VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 14 June 1939, Page 6

ATTRACTIVE VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

SCHOOL OF MUSIC—NEXT MONUAV Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly.” one of the most attractive operas of its time, was the composer's most virile and strongest work. At its first performance in Milan it was deemed a failure and had to be withdrawn The Milanese showed their disapproval of the very music which has placed their com- i patriot at the head of composers of that time. The aria, "One Fine Day.” one , of the gems of the opera, tells of "Butterfly’s” expectancy at the return of i her lover. This aria has been chosen j as one of Mrs T. H. Carr's numbers at the forthcoming Male Voice Choir con- 1 cert at the School of Music next Monday night. A further item will be "Life and Death” (S. Coleridge Taylor). A baritone soloist, new to a Nelson audience will be Mr J. Y. Wilson (late of i Christchurch) The possessor of a good ' robust voice he will be heard to advantage in two ballads: "To-morrow - ! from John Masefield's "Salt Water Ballads” set to music by Frederick Keel and another by the same author “Roadways” (Hermann Lohr *. Miss Austin i L.R.S.M. will be the solo violinist, playing “Adagio” by Max Burch, and Molly 1 on the Shore' by the renowed GraingerKreisler duo Part songs and quartettes will complete a first-class programme The plan is at Messrs Begg and Co.'s.