LORNE STREET HALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5629, 1 December 1879, Page 5

LORNE STREET HALL.

CAJIAXDIXI CQXCEII T. M.vi>ame Caran'divu and her family might claim to be ilia iirsfc who intro luced musical entertainments of a high class iuto many of the Australian colonics. The remark is certainly applicable to this colony, for when most •■:( the N-jW Ze.il .:i I cities '.v-.:e built of wod, her concert;- vrere regardel bright ?»• d '-leasaut- viaifcAl.ious, povj '-.h's «.»v cla* Qt <, CoJoiii;*.' ' ' V.vYiral, •• eu uninfc;' ra -.'..- f ? , ! ~ it wA omr io »•- pu f 'dvV* • o nev. hAt £>*<jusive. i*er faimiv U >si:ia, Miss Fauny. Mi»s rubella Caraurimi, have been associated wit'a her form-r succe33ts and shared her popularity. Indeed, this group of ladies hare always been regarded with an unusual degree of public labour and personal inVrest, and their photographs are honoured with a place in mai y drawing-roo 11s, b sides beiug severally distributed in numerous albums- 'I be return of Madame Uarandini after six years absence could not tail to awaken interest. The *'ir*fc of a series of concerts recently announced by her took place on Saturday evening iu the Lorae street Hall, and was well attended. The young ladies who were forme rly so popular, do not visit Auckland on the present occasion, the reason being that they now occupy social positions for which their talents, personal qualities, and high culture eminently lit them. But she is accompanied by anct' : ier dapghter, Miss Marie Carandini, who, by her performances on Saturday is destined «o excel iu the particular Hue she has chos'n for the practice of her profession. Madame Caraudiui is also accompanied by Mr.Gordon Gooch, a bronze and silver medallist of the Royal Acad my of Music, London, whose voice we should be disposed to caU a magnificeut baritone, although it goes far down into the bass register. Miss Josephine Deakin, also a member of the company, is a pianiste of ability. Mr. Walter Sherwin is a3 well known as Mad tine Carandini . : ;ersdf, and in the capacity of business agent, as well as professional singer, has always been esteemed. The concert opened whh a pianoforte duet from " Martha," by Miss Marie Oarandini and Deakin, played with admirable taste. Tiiii wi»s Followed by a quartette, "Ly ! the tarly beam uf morning," from "The Siege of ilochelle," by the company, and the cavatina " Waitiuy," by Madame Carandini. These several items wud received with loud applause. The chief interest centered in Miss Marie Caraudiui's rendering of a song, "It wa3 a dream," by Cowen, which was always a ftp ;cial favourite as sung by her Mater, Miss Rosina Carandini. Although comparisons are, a rule, ina linissable in notices of this kind, yet the only way

affording a correct notion of the powers of the debutante of last Saturday evening ia by comparing them with the excellence which distinguished her bister. In timbre, rescuant po-.vers, an 1 purity the two voices are nearly alike. In pitch, there appears to be this ditfVrence, that Mis? Marie Caraudini's voice is more sustained and of further range in the upper register, while in the voke of Miss Kosina the lower notes ha I greater capacity both of tone and expression. The : difference, we are inclined to think, is to be 1 ascribed to experience. For touic delicacy Miss Kosina Carandini could hardly be surpassed. Both voices a«*e sympathetic, 'hat of Miss M&.-i-i Ua •y.ndiiii being snore remarka-Mc in this? particular. Her rendering o: the acng was followed by loud applause, contiuued until the lady consented to sing another very charming ballad — 48 Take inc to thy heart again"—to which a similar yuthusiaatie compliment was accorded. Mr. Gordon Gooch saug 44 Si II Rigor,"' from 44 La Juive'' of Halevy, and his admirable style, no less Uian the qualuies of line voice was the theme of general encomium. He afterwards sang 44 Man the Lifeboat," and a discriptivc song by Dichl, entitled s Jnck'e Yarn," ea;h vi them beiag .'>•*& ei&as performance;. Tiw duet, '* T-usi Her Not/' by aud Mid. . ; /a? Aud'u, was also l>w- 3 ly .Vp« pUudcd. But a performance sv/eefc Aud. sympathetic was the rendering of the well-known, "Say to Him," from the 44 Grand Duchess," by tbe latter. The second part of tbe concert comprised the pianoforte duet, 44 Marcbe den Tamb>urs," "From the Valleys and Mills" (Bohemian Girl), the well-known trio, 44 I'm not the Queen," (Rose of Castile," and 44 Jessie, thy Flower of Damblaine," by Madame Carandini. Mies Marie Carandini saug, 44 1 canuofe mind my wheel, mother," and 44 Carissina," in both of which she was euthuaiiHicaLly applauded. Her presence and manner are inetautly provocative of the sympathy of the audience, so that her success is beyond question, and. she realizes to the fullest extent tho expectations entertaiued of her singing. The second concert will take place this evening.