MR. WILLIAM HEUGHAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19963, 4 June 1928, Page 12

MR. WILLIAM HEUGHAN.

Singing with rare artistry, Mr. William Henghan, the Scotch actor-singer, agam delighted a large audience in the lowia Hall on Saturday evening. Into his wonderful bass voice, Mr. Heughan infused niauv shades of meaning and expression. Mellow and well controlled, it is a voice capable of dramatic expression of a high order. Intermingled in Saturday s programme were English, .Irish and Scotch folk songs, and that the singer was generous in his gift of song to his audience was borne out by the fact that no fewiar thai, seventeen were rendered. Apart from the national songs the most popular was " The Song of the Volga Boatmen, given in English. The far distant chanting of the boatmen on the banks of the Volga., coming near, passing, and fading away, was productive of beautiful effect. Mr. Heughan won rounds of applause for his charming and realistic rendering of the New Zealand native song, " Waiata Poi. A throbbing aria, given with admirable tone, was Mozart's " Within These Sacred Bowers," sung in Italian. The only other operatic air was Rimsky-Korsakow s, " The Song of the Viking." Of the Scottish melodies, " Scots Wha Hae, " Wi' a Hundred Pipers " and " The Barrin' o' the Door," were the most noteworthy. Perhaps the item leaving the deepest impression was " The Devil's Love Song" (Samuel), in which the acting of the singer emphasised the story For sweetness and feeling, the old Irish melody. " The Mountains of Mourne " was unsurpassed Parker s ballad of Somerset, " Dashing Away With a Smoothing Iron,' given as> a requesft number, was much appreciated. Miss Gladys Sayer, as accompanist, proved herself an accomplished artist, and the warm applause accorded Miss Maud Bell, the 'cellist, was well earned. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. One of America's most famous "stunt" fliers, Al. Wilson, has the principal role in "The Air Patrol," the thrilling drama of intrigue and adventure now showing at Everybody's Theatre. The unusual story of this excellent production shows the modern methods of a secret service agent. '"Neath Arctic Skies," the second feature, is an exceedingly graphic film of an expedition to Kodiak Island, off the coast of Alaska. Here is found the giant Kodiak grizzly, one of the largest and most ferocious animals in existence. The attempt of Captain Jack Robertson, famous hunter and explorer, and his companion, .Arthur Young, to obtain pictures of the great bear in its natural haunts, was an exceedingly audacious one, and was accomplished only after much marching over scarred hills and after encountering hardship and danger. How successful they were in the venture the film shows. ORGAN RECITAL. An attractive programme was given at the organ recital at the Town Hall last evening, Mr. Maughan Barnett being the organist. The "Pomp and Circumstance" was much appreciated, and a fugue, "St. Anns," was an outstanding item. "Song of Triumph" was played in a manner revealing all its many beauties. Among the other items, Minuet in D (Mozart), and Nocturne in E Flat (Chopin), call for special mention.