LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10902, 5 November 1898, Page 5

LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT.

- The Auckland Liedertafel had the Choral , Hall filled in every part last night at their ! Inst concert for the season. Tho concert was J a successful one in every respect, and fittingly olosed a season of which the liiederr tafel have every reason to feel proud. On s this occasion the Liedertafel had tho assistance of Mrs. Coates and Mr. W. M. Quinn, soloists, Mons. De Willimoff, violinist, and 'tha popular Waiqta Quartette- The !p(-o- , gramme opened with " The Beleaguered" : (Sullivan), which was probably the least sue-,, ' cessful part song of the evening, but even if it 8 could be said that the voices might have blended more harmoniously in the opening part the audionce were fully compensated by I the excellence of the succeeding items. The remaining chorus pieces in the first part of ' the programme were:—"Every Rustling f Tree" (Kuhlan), "The Happiest Land" (Hat--6 ton), and " Reveries" (Storch). The two first--1 mentioned, admirably adapted as they are for - a male chorus, were faultlessly rendered, and '1 met with due acknowledgment, but it was the . onchanting music of the item just preceding . the interval that thoroughly awakened tho e enthusiasm of tho audience, and "Reveries" had to be repeated, Mr. W. M. Quinn appeared in "The Deathless Army" (Trotere), e and "Will o' the Wisp" (Cherry). The former, sung with appropriate martial vim, probably mot with loss recognition than it deserved, but on his second appearance Mr. Quinn had to respond with "Tho Village Blacksmith." The Waiata Quartette (Messrs. '• Trenwith, Mewburn, Rogerson, and George) met with an exceptionally flattering reception, their "The Anchor's Weighed" (specially arranged for the quartette by Mr. J. B. Warner) having to be followed by a bagpipe imitation, and on their appearance in a Bac- ] clianalian ode they were once more recalled, t giving "On tho Sea." Mons. De Willimoff f appeared in "Aria Con Variationi (Vieuxtemps), and "Mazurka Sarasate" (Zargicky), J but contented himself when recalled with s acknowledging the plaudits of the audience. Mrs. Coates was successful in her first solo i- "Darby and Joan" (Molloy), but she une doubtedly appeared to most advantage in t " Queen of Angela" (Piccolomini), sung with reverential appreciation of the subject of the l- composition, and deservedly encored. The a Liedertafel camo successfully through a difficult task in "The Sea Tight" (Paliard), which formed the opening piece of the second part of the programme, and in their othor o part gongs "Tho Retreat" (Do Rille) "Come rades in Arms" (Adolphe Adam), and " The ,r Way to Build a Boat" (Hatton), thoy ful,s filled the utmost expectations of their patrons, i- Mr. Arthur Toweey conducted. The platform was prettily decorated with flags, flowers it and plants. - - • ■- ' •I ' : ~~