DUNEDIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21988, 24 June 1933, Page 17

DUNEDIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

With a programme that embraces the violently dramatic yet arresting “1812” overture of Tsehaikowsky; the impassioned Sibelius tone poem “ Finlandia ' ; the graceful “ Blue Danube ” waltz if Strauss, with its charming lilt and inspiration ; the sombre and affecting “ Valse Triste ” (Sibelius) ; a typically florid Gomez composition, “ II Gnarany and a fantasia giving choice samples of the large and majestic genius of Beethoven—with these as the nucleus of the programme to be given by the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra at its concert on Thursday next in. the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall, the talent of an organisation that has won great local favour should be given full play. This is the first, concert for which the orchestra tries the experiment of allowing patrons to select the programme by vote; and the public choice, it will be conceded, provides a happy augury of interesting entertainment. AI. de Rose’s slender but highly expressive ‘‘Chanson Romanesque” (cello solo, with strings) and the same composer’s “ Romauce Sans Paroles” are added attractions on the lighter side. The artists associated with the orchestra for the occasion are Air Helmuth Hoffmann (pianist) and Miss Gwenda Burt (contralto)'.