DUNEDIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22064, 21 September 1933, Page 7

DUNEDIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

An intriguing programme la promised in that announced for the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s forthcoming conceit in the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, next Wednesday evening. Russian music—that. of Tschaikovsky—will be the first task that M. de Rose will set his orchestra, and a French programme will compose the second part. The juxtaposition of these strongly contrasted schools of composition is interesting, especially as the latest cablegrams reveal something closely resembling a political liaison between the Soviet and the Gallic republic. However, M. do Rose’s incorporation of the two widely diverse elements in music is artistically natural.

Tho cornerstone of the programme will be Tschaikovsky’s Symphony in B minor (Pathetique), a poignant work, culminating in an impassioned fourth movement —the great “ Adagio lamentoso ” in which two contrasting themes are worked in with great dramatic power. In almost complete contrast will be the series of French compositions—the Pastorale of Cesar Franck, founder of tho modern French school; the exquisite Barcarolle of Saint-Saens (“Une Nuit a Lisbonne”), and the powerful overture “ Phedre,” which Massenet wrote for ;he great Bernhardt. The soloists will also be confined within the artistic convenances of the programme. Miss Sybil Baker will play with full orchestral accompaniment the first movement from Tschaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, one of the most showy of “duels” between piano and orchestra; Mr R. Duerden will sing “ Song of the Volga Boatmen ” and Massenet’s “ Elegie ”; Miss K. Geerin is listed for the well-known song “ Plaiser d’Amour ” of Martini; and Miss Ngaio Garland will have full orchestral accompaniment for the famous vieuxtemps violin solo “ Fantaisie Appassionata.”