AEOLIAN ORCHESTRA.
The fourth concert of the season will be given by the Aeolian Orchestra in the Town Hal! concert chamber to-morrow evening, when a popular request programme will be rendered. The first item will be the march, "Bersaglieri," bv 'the orchestra, followed by the well known "Merry Wives of Windsor", overture. Miss Alma McGruer, the popular soprano, will give Musetta's "Walts Song" from "La Boheme," while Mr. James Simpson will sing "The English Rose.'' from Merrie England." Two selections which should prove popular are Lemare's "Andantino," and a symphony. 'The Military," after which the orches tra will play the gavotte from "Mig non." Of all the request numbers sent in, "II Trovatore" was most in demand, and the selection the orchestra will play contains all the most famous airs from this well-known opera. Two other vocal items, "Villanette," by Miss McGruer, and "Lorraine," by Mr. Simpson, also appear on the programme, the rest of which comprises Syppe's popular overlure, "Light Cavalry," two gavottes (Bach), the march "Cleopatra." and "Funeral March of a Marionette" (Gou- ! nod).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19799, 21 November 1927, Page 12
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176AEOLIAN ORCHESTRA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19799, 21 November 1927, Page 12
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